Intel in 2025: Year in review

This year saw some pretty big changes for Intel, some of them being positive, and others, well, not so much. Overall, though, it was clearly a better year for Team Blue than the rocky 2024 Intel experienced, which culminated in the resignation of chief executive Pat Gelsinger – and the eventual appointment of a new CEO this year, Lip-Bu Tan, who took the top job in March 2025.

Tan's time at the helm has already been marked by some distinct turnarounds and progress, albeit there has been pain elsewhere, particularly on the job loss front. Let's dig into the ups and downs for Intel in 2025.

Another Arc Battlemage desktop GPU turned up – and XeSS 3, too

As the year kicked off, in the world of discrete GPUs, Intel followed the successful Arc B580 – which arrived late in 2024 – with a second Battlemage offering, the ...