Intel admits it cocked up over chip shortage
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 24 December 2018 10:50

Intel admits it cocked up over chip shortage


Will work better with channel partners to sort it out

While many Intel fanboys have denied that there ever was an Intel chip shortage, Chipzilla has fessed up and admitted it cocked up.

Intel complains that Qualcomm is a monopolist
Published in News


But no one has ever said that about Intel

In a moment showing a complete lack of self-examination, Chipzilla is moaning to anyone who will listen that the chipmaker Qualcomm is an evil monopolist which is stifling competition.

Intel plans multi-year expansion projects in Oregon, Ireland and Israel
Published in PC Hardware


Part of its data-centric plans

Chipzilla is talking about manufacturing expansion at its three main sites –  Oregon, Ireland and Israel.

Intel to flog off McAfee interest
Published in News
Monday, 17 December 2018 11:56

Intel to flog off McAfee interest


Early stages of talks

Chipzilla is talking about getting rid of its last stake in security outfit McAfee.

A new Intel has a fresh perspective
Published in News
Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:51

A new Intel has a fresh perspective


Take away: Strong leaders can motivate

Jim Keller, Murthy and Raja Koduri are very prominent names in the chip industry but it is very important to underline that Intel has many thousands of employees  and most of them being quite good in what they are doing. It won’t be Keller that will fix Intel’s CPU and its overall SoC design and Raja who is slated to fix the whole architecture, software stack and GPU, or Murthy that will fix the fabs and IoT / servers.

Intel's new processor has big and little cores
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:34

Intel's new processor has big and little cores


10nm and 22nm on the 3D Foveros package

Raja Koduri, ex ATI, AMD, Apple and now Intel’s senior vice president of Core and Visual Computing, outlined a strategic shift in the company’s design and engineering models.

Intel's new graphics solution is codenamed Xe
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 12 December 2018 15:04

Intel's new graphics solution is codenamed Xe


From Teraflops to Petaflops

Intel organized an architecture day on the late Robert Noyce’s estate, a founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, a $22 million estate where Intel used to have its board meetings. At this symbolic landmark, Intel’s Raja Koduri, Jim Keller, Murthy as well as dozen other engineers gave the press an overview in 10nm, future GPUs, FPGAs and server products.

Microsoft snubs Intel on Hololens
Published in IoT
Tuesday, 11 December 2018 12:20

Microsoft snubs Intel on Hololens


Qualcomm's 'Always Connected' Snapdragon 850 SoC gets the nod

Software king of the world Microsoft has decided not to use Intel chips in its second generation HoloLens mixed reality headset.

Intel might have 7nm quicker than expected
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 07 December 2018 12:21

Intel might have 7nm quicker than expected


10nm will be Chipzilla's bridging tech

Chipzilla’s much delayed and underused 10nm process might end up being a holding technology for a more successful 7nm process which will arrive quicker than expected.

New Sceptre version haunts chips
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 05 December 2018 11:58

New Sceptre version haunts chips


SplitSpectre discovered by IBM

Three academics from Northeastern University and three researchers from IBM Research have discovered a new variation of the Spectre CPU vulnerability.