In June, Intel will debut the Performance Maximizer, a one-click software tool that will automatically overclock your high-end PC processor. Also due to return is Intel’s “insurance for overclockers,” ...

TL;DR: Geekbench will flag benchmark results from CPUs supporting Intel's iBOT due to concerns that the tool modifies instruction sequences, affecting fair hardware comparisons. iBOT optimizes code ...

A software utility that helps users download the latest drivers for their Intel hardware components contained a vulnerability that could have allowed man-in-the-middle attackers to execute malicious ...

Windows: Intel made it a lot easier to overclock your CPU—pushing it past its default clock speeds to make it even faster, at the risk of potentially frying your chip. There’s just one big caveat: You ...

Intel has added "enhanced Alder Lake support" to its extreme tuning utility (Intel XTU for short), ahead of actually launching its 12th Generation Core desktop processors. Make no mistake, Alder Lake ...

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Update: The utility is back! Intel has published a minor update to version 3.5.3, seemingly to address some instability issues. Panic over. Original story below. The download link for the Intel Power ...

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel XTU) is a simple Windows-based performance tuning software for novice and experienced enthusiasts to overclock, monitor, and stress a system.