Another Labor Day, another article about Intel. Who knew? In all seriousness, Intel is becoming as much of a hot topic these days as Nvidia, except unlike Nvidia… Intel basically sucks right now. Like in nearly every department.

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Yet recently, it appears Intel is at it again, trying to remind everyone why they’re still the king of PC chips—or at least, why they should still be invited to the royal banquet. You see, as we mentioned yesterday, while Intel is having one of the most horrific chapters in its 56-year history, including being left in the dust in the AI race, investors still hang their hats on the company's PC dominance. 

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However, after AMD came in guns a blazin’, stealing Intels market share, combined with companies disappointing13th and 14th Gen processors (thanks to a little party crasher known as Vmin Shift Instability, that had even the most patient tech nerds yeeting their rigs out the window) - Intel could really use a win right now.

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Which is why, in an attempt to regain some of its tarnished reputations, the tech giant is gearing up to drop its new Lunar and Arrow Lake CPUs. And let’s just say, Intel absolutely needs these launches to be smoother than butter on a hot skillet - because even though the mass majority of its investors are unhappy, the last thing they need is another round of gamers and power users ready to revolt.

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But first, let’s rewind a bit…

The Vmin Shift Instability issue was like that uninvited guest who shows up at your party, drinks all your good whiskey, and then breaks your favorite lamp. It impacted Intel’s K-series SKUs, causing performance to nosedive and systems to crash at the worst possible moments. You know, kind of like going on a killer winning streak in Call of Duty, about to unlock the Tactical Nuke, and then… you’re PC dies. Whadda tragedy. 

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Obviously, this clusterf***k had gamers wanna kick a fat kid at K-Mart (thanks, Theo Von) throughout this debacle as Intel scrambled to patch things up with microcode updates and BIOS tweaks, which, to be fair, did stabilize things a bit. But let’s be honest, the damage to their reputation? Well, it was like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.

Fast-forward to now…Intel’s banking on its upcoming Lunar and Arrow Lake CPUs to be the comeback kids.

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These new processors, set to launch in September and October, are built on entirely new architectures. Translation: they’re not supposed to suffer from the same Vmin Shift drama that plagued their predecessors. 

Meaning, Intel’s basically betting on their consumers to have about as bad a memory as Biden's dementia… which given, their PC audience is about the average age of a Wall Street Bet degenerate, that’s likely not gonna happen.

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So what’s the takeaway with all of this? Well, as we mentioned yesterday, given competitors like Taiwan Semiconductors, Dell Computers, and AMD are eating the companies lunch in the AI race - PC traction is really the only shot Intel has at getting a win right now. 

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And while the company is looking to future-proof their CPUs. More microcode updates are on the way, aimed at making sure those voltage shifts don’t ruin anyone’s day again (maybe Intel should trademark that rhyme?). They’re in the kitchen, cooking up stability improvements that’ll (hopefully) keep their current customers happy while they try to lure new ones with Lunar and Arrow Lake.

So to keep it short this Labor Day, it’s clear the tech world is watching closely - and if these new CPUs trip up, well we’ll all just have to add another “L” to Intels loss column (as the stock takes another tumble). 

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In the end, will Intel’s new processors be the game-changers they’re hyped up to be? Or will it be another reminder that proves Intel's mistake of not partnering with OpenAI back in 2018 was the most epic f***kup in the company's history? 

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In the meantime… stay safe, stay frosty, and Happy Labor Day! Until next time…

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