A leaked slide published by VideoCardz revealed some exciting details on Intel’s upcoming 10th-gen Core i9 processors in high-performance laptops.
The processors in question are the Comet Lake-H Core i9-10980HK, and the slide indicates they can reach clock speeds up to 5.3GHz under ideal situations. Combined with an eight-core architecture that supports 16 threads, this CPUs are intended for mobile PC gamers and content creators looking for workstation-level productivity while on the go.
There’s a catch, though: The 5.3GHz unlocked clock speed is described in the slide as the “Thermal Velocity Boost,” or TVB, not Intel’s traditional Turbo Boost speeds. Thermal Velocity Boost only kicks in if the system has headroom for power and temperature, so it’s likely you won’t be running at this accelerated speed for long durations. It also could mean that not every laptop with the Core i9 can boost to 5.3GHz.
At this point, we still don’t know what the processor’s base and boost clock speeds will be. Still, given rival AMD’s spring launch of its gaming-centric Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 9 4900HK processors, Intel’s faster TVB speeds will allow the company to stay competitive.
An earlier leaked benchmark showed Intel’s Comet Lake-H enjoying a slight edge over AMD’s current-generation Ryzen 9 3900X desktop processor in single-threaded performance, but the 10th-gen CPU trailed its rival in multi-threaded operations.
Intel’s 10th-gen Comet Lake-H is in the same generation as the company’s Ice Lake release, though it is still based on the 14nm node. Intel adopted a more efficient 10nm process for its Ice Lake processors, though it seems like the power needed for H-series chips still isn’t there.
Earlier leaked benchmarks suggest that Comet Lake-H can drive performance gains of up to 40% when compared to Intel’s previous generation Coffee Lake architecture. The PassMark CPU benchmark posted by Twitter user @_rogame showed that the 10th-gen Core i7-10750H performed 40% better than the Core i7-9750H.
Alongside Intel’s processor drop, there’s been increasing speculation that Nvidia will also announce its new GeForce Super graphics cards for laptops on the same day, April 2. That’s according to a report on Notebook Check.
With both companies rumored to announce processing and graphics chips, we can also expect to see a number of laptops debut or get refreshed on that date.
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Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).
Two residents of Chicago have filed a lawsuit in the US over claims that robots run by Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics captured their facial and hand measurements without consent, bringing renewed attention to the food delivery robots. The cases raise a troubling question: If a robot delivers food to your door, can it also be gathering sensitive information about you?
According to a report by The Associated Press, the proposed class-action lawsuits were filed in Cook County on Oct. 9 and allege violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. The complaints claim that the robots’ cameras and LiDAR sensors captured information on customers’ faces and hands as they approached the machines to pick up their orders. Both have denied the allegations.