Micron takes on Intel’s hard drives for data centre business
Published in PC Hardware


Stab your former-partner in the back time

Micron has released a new line of hard drives aimed at data centres which will make its former partner Intel cry.

Intel does better than expected
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 25 October 2019 10:59

Intel does better than expected


Predicts shedloads of cash due to data centres

Intel beat the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street’s predictions for third-quarter revenue and profit and raised its full-year revenue forecast, powered by sales to data centres and easing concerns about slowing demand during the US-China trade war.

Intel reveals Tremont 10nm microarchitecture
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Chief architect: Expect 30 to 40 percent uplift

Intel has shared a few more details about the Intel Tremont low power Microarchitecture at the Linley Fall Processor Conference in Santa Clara and we had the chance to chat with Stephen Robinson, Senior Principal Engineer and Intel Tremont Chief Architect.

Intel serious about multi-GPU
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 23 October 2019 11:02

Intel serious about multi-GPU


Portents found within the Linux kernel

Changes made by Intel in the Linux 5.5 kernel seem to indicate that Chipzilla is serious about implementing multi-GPU with its incoming graphics cards.

Intel takes on SoftBank
Published in News
Wednesday, 23 October 2019 10:21

Intel takes on SoftBank


Anti-trust

Intel has filed an antitrust lawsuit against a SoftBank investment company alleging the firm stockpiled patents to hold up technology companies with numerous lawsuits.

Chipzilla has not given up on 5G
Published in Network
Thursday, 17 October 2019 11:33

Chipzilla has not given up on 5G

 

Spends $27 million on it

Chipzilla has just bought shedloads of 5G software, despite closing down its own 5G modem business.

Chipzilla says desktop 10nm is still a thing
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Tuesday, 15 October 2019 11:53

Chipzilla says desktop 10nm is still a thing


Denies rumours it is walking straight to 7nm

Chipzilla has growled at rumours that it is planning to ditch the 10nm production process for its desktop CPUs and was instead set to jump straight from the 14nm+++ lineup into 7nm desktop processors.

AMD server win squeezes ARM
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 10 October 2019 19:23

AMD server win squeezes ARM


Ampere on life support?

The recent success of AMD’s 7nm 64 core Rome powerhouse is very bad news for ARM's server efforts. Over time, Calxeda and many others failed, and Cavium by Marvell and Ampere don’t seem to be better either. AMD is just jeopardizing last chances for all existing ARM players to make any meaningful footprint on the data center and server market.

Intel kills Kaby Lake G
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Thursday, 10 October 2019 11:22

Intel kills Kaby Lake G


AMD and Intel collaboration seems so young

Chipzilla is getting rid of its Kaby Lake G – the unlikely chip which crossed a 7th-gen Kaby Lake CPU with a unique AMD Radeon RX Vega GPU.

OpenRAN tested in UK
Published in Network
Monday, 07 October 2019 10:58

OpenRAN tested in UK


Vodafone and Intel's open access radio tech

Vodafone is testing an open-access radio technology in Britain in a move that could break the grip of Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia.