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  1. FrgMstr

    AMD Thinks Intel's 10nm Stumble will Open Doors

    There has been a lot of talk in the press by analysts and others in-the-know, that think Intel is positioned to lose a lot of business due to its bungled transition to 10nm lithography. This article is paywalled at TheInformation, but it will give you one peek for free with your email address...
  2. FrgMstr

    Spin Qubit Chip from Intel

    Quantum computing science and theory is nothing new. The basics are bit like Schrodinger's cat. Quantum particles can exist in more than one state at one time and this is the basis of quantum computing, much different than our current off/on or 0/1 approach. Intel is touting a new Spin Qubit...
  3. FrgMstr

    Intel's Obfuscation Analyzed

    Why do I feel like going to the pub after listening to this guy? In all seriousness, we all know this is all AMD's fault for allowing Intel to stagnate, right? No matter what you think about Intel's shaky movements towards 10nm, or it having its thumb planted firmly up its butt for years now...
  4. DooKey

    Engineer Gives Interview After 28 Core Debacle

    By now everyone knows about the Intel 28 core debacle where the cooling of the CPU was questioned and speculation mounted that Intel just threw in the towel at Computex. In order to set the record straight an engineer has come forward and agreed to an interview about this situation. Be...
  5. N4CR

    32 Core Threadripper causes Intel to remove 28 core cpu off displays at CTEX.

    I find this interesting if true, it means Intel has had a loss of face after seeing what AMD bought to the table and decided to pull a 'shut it down' move. AMD fired the 32 core barrel quickly. Many of us were right that TR is epyc, the 'blanks' are dies (this was confirmed last year) and that...
  6. FrgMstr

    28 - Core Intel Demo Questioned on Cooling

    We mentioned the 28-core CPU shown off at Intel's Computex keynote this morning, and immediately our eagle eyed HardForum readers picked up on the cooling in the systems shown on stage. Certainly the cooling was not shown on stage however. If you look you will see two huge leads running to the...
  7. FrgMstr

    Intel's Computex 2018 Keynote in 8 Minutes

    Did you miss the 70 minute long keynote by Intel last night at Computex 2018? That is a damn shame. I know a lot of HardOCP readers get a bit chapped when you have to sit around and listen to company execs drone on forever to get a tidbit of information. I have to hand it to Engadget, they...
  8. FrgMstr

    Intel Teases Threadripper Challenger and 5GHz 6-Core at Computex

    Charlie Demerjian has dutiflee posted Intel's entire teaser PR from Computex outlining its upcoming 6-core 5GHz CPU that it is pushing as its 50th anniversary processor. Intel also teased an upcoming LGA3647 28-core 5GHz monster as well to put against AMD's Threadripper coming up in Q4 of this...
  9. S

    MSI X99S XPOWER AC Spectre/Meltdown BIOS?

    Hey guys, Back in January MSI put out a press release that they were coming out with a new BIOS for a ton of mobos - including my X99S XPOWER AC - http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-releases-bios-updates-to-address-recent-vulberabilities.html - however, the firmware mentioned (E7881IMS.1C0)...
  10. DooKey

    Apple Quietly Opens Oregon Engineering Lab and Poaches Intel Employees

    According to a source that spoke to the Oregonian, Apple is opening up a new hardware engineering lab in Washington County, Oregon. The job listings and other information are pointing to them poaching Intel employees and from other tech employers. Considering where the lab is located and who...
  11. DooKey

    Intel Announces New Optane DC Persistent Memory

    Intel is launching a new type of memory based upon 3D Xpoint and it's persistent memory in a DDR4 form factor. This new memory is expected to be used in datacenters and should really help out with database operations, but I'm not sure this will help the mainstream. With that said, I'm sure big...
  12. FrgMstr

    SemiAccurate Says Intel 10nm Launch a PR Stunt

    Charlie Demerjian always has an interesting opinion to share, and today is no different. Charlie is suggesting that Intel's recent 10nm "launch" is simply a PR stunt to save its stock price. I highly suggest going over and giving his supporting hypothesis a read as he has put together a very...
  13. DooKey

    Microsoft Patches Problematic OS to Deal With SSD Woes

    A couple of weeks back we reported about a problem with the latest version of Windows 10 and Intel SSDs. A nasty bug in the new OS could bork installs on machines with some Intel SSDs. That's the bad news and now we have the good news that Microsoft has patched this flaw and a manual update will...
  14. R

    Kaby Lake G Chromebook in Development

    in a report from XDA Developers, a new board is in development on the Chromium Git, codenamed "Kidd." "Kidd" is a Chromebook that will be featuring a Kaby Lake G processor. Since it's announcement in January, not many devices have showed up on market with the Intel processor with onboard Radeon...
  15. R

    Micron and Intel Develop 3rd Generation 3D NAND

    Via a post on their newsroom, Intel has announced today that in partnership with Micron, they have developed a new 3rd generation of NAND flash. The new chips are the world's first with 4Tb - 4bits/cell dies in 64 layers, and upcoming 96 layers. The 64 layer 4bits/cell die coming in at 1Tb...
  16. FrgMstr

    Intel Ousts its Chief Marketing Officer

    Intel apparently is not happy with the marketing direction it has taken over the last few years. Certainly pretty drone light shows are fun to look at, but till this day I am not sure what that really had to say about Intel's products. Oregon Live is reporting that Steve Fund is getting the...
  17. R

    Intel is Preparing For Fight With NVIDIA Over AI

    The Market Watch is reporting that Intel is digging in for a fight with the current leader in AI NVIDIA. The article states that while it will be an uphill battle for the entrenched NVIDIA, Intel cannot hope to compete without an equivalent GPU or processor for AI systems. And with the recent...
  18. FrgMstr

    Intel Suspends H310 Chipsets on Short Supply

    The H310 Intel chipset is likely not even on many HardOCP reader's radar, as it is the lowest of the low when it comes to 8th generation processor support with no enthusiast features. Intel is has run out of supply on the chipset, as reported by Digitimes, due to shrinking 14nm capacity as its...
  19. sybreeder

    PCIe NVMe SSD in production environment

    I've got at work Dell R730xd with 6 NL-SAS 7200RPM 8TB Drives in RAID10. Is was fine for what we use it - hyperv and main storage. OS is Server 2012R2 DC with about 20 VM. 1 of those is around 2TB bit and uses DFS. Recently i looked at perfmon and after a bit heavier work for example i've...
  20. R

    Intel Set to Fall Further Behind TSMC

    An article from The Motley Fool today outlines how Intel's troubled 10nm manufacturing may end up falling even further behind TSMC. Intel had originally planned to release it's 10nm chips in 2016, which was pushed to 2017, then pushed again to 2018, then a few weeks ago 10nm was delayed yet...
  21. DooKey

    German IT Distributor Publishes Intel and AMD Roadmaps

    An IT distributor in Germany has published upcoming roadmaps for Intel and AMD processors and chipsets. It looks like the AMD Z490 is coming in June with the B450 following in July and lastly the AMD Threadripper 2 and X399 refresh are coming in August. Not as much going on for Intel, but it...
  22. DooKey

    Spectre Next Generation is Coming Whether we Like it or Not

    According to the folks over at c't spectre isn't over it's just moving on to the next generation. They say Spectre NG has been confirmed as eight flaws in Intel CPU's that haven't been revealed yet and that some ARM and possibly AMD vulnerabilities are possible as well. So watch out people...
  23. J

    Spectre Next Generation

    Eight new vulnerabilities found on Intel processors https://www.ghacks.net/2018/05/03/spectre-next-generation-vulnerabilities/
  24. FrgMstr

    Intel EOLs Kaby Lake-X

    Intel has officially discontinued the Kaby Lake-X CPUs, just like we reported back on April 9th. There are still some good tidbits that will come to pass as well as explained in our "Intel Rumors - Kaby Lake-X - Skylake-X and Cascade Lake." You can read the official PDF from Intel on the...
  25. FrgMstr

    Chris Hook to Lead Discrete GPU Marketing at Intel

    Chris Hook, who recently left AMD as its Sr. Marketing Director, is now announcing that he is officially working for Intel. Interestingly, Hook's new position will be him "Leading Discrete GPU Marketing" at Intel. Hook has been responsible for marketing Radeon video cards for over a decade...
  26. DooKey

    Intel Delays 10nm Cannon Lake Processors Again

    Intel has announced they are not going to ship 10nm processors in high volume this year. This move seems to confirm rumors that their 10nm process still isn't up to steam and they need more time to get things right. While I'm all for getting things right I'm also impatient to get my new shiny...
  27. DooKey

    Jim Keller Joins Intel

    Jim Keller really needs no introduction to followers of AMD and Intel, however, just in case you didn't know he led AMD development of the K7 and K8 cpu's as well as being the lead architect of the Zen architecture. After his stints at AMD his latest job was at Tesla to develop chips for their...
  28. J

    Jim Keller joins Intel

    https://www.pcper.com/news/Editorial/Jim-Keller-Leaves-Tesla-Intel It seems the dream team is joining Intel. First Koduri now Keller... His work could be related to "Ocean Cove" core project https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/25/intel-corp-wants-to-build-a-revolutionary-processo.aspx
  29. P

    FS: i7 4770K + Gigabyte Z87X UD4H + 8GB G.Skill Trident 2400mhz DDR3

    Payment via PayPal and shipped via USPS priority to the continental US only. i7 4770K: does 4.7ghz @ 1.375v (YMMV) but has been run under water at 4.3ghz w/ all eco modes on. not delidded. $200 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116901 Z87X UD4H: 16 phase digital...
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  31. DooKey

    Intel Jumps Into the Smart Glasses Game and Then Exits Quickly

    Just a few months ago Intel decided to put their New Devices Group on the development of smart glasses called Vaunt. All seemed right in the world since no one else has really come out with anything worth a darn in the smart glasses market and Intel with their huge bank account might be able to...
  32. R

    Intel Releases 10 TFLOPS Chip

    In a newsroom post, Intel announced today the Intel Stratix 10 FPGA. This special chip is the fastest chip of it's kind in the world, boasting 10 trillion calculations per second. Field programmable gate arrays differ from standard CPUs as they can be re-programmed on the fly to perform...
  33. R

    Intel Hades Canyon NUC Reviewed

    Jeff Kampman over at TheTechReport has published an awesome review of the new Hades Canyon NUC and it's Kaby-Lake G processor. He put Intel's new tiny PC through its paces in a pile of synthetic benchmarks and games to see what the i7-8809G with its integrated Radeon RX Vega M graphics can...
  34. R

    Is Kaby Lake-G More Polaris than Vega?

    In an interesting article from PCPer today, recent tests and benchmarks for Intel's new Kaby Lake-G processors with Radeon Vega M Graphics show that the GPU may be more Polaris based than Vega. The first hint was that in AIDA64 the GPU in Kaby Lake-G is listed as "Polaris 22", while that could...
  35. FrgMstr

    Intel Rumors - Kaby Lake-X - Skylake-X and Cascade Lake

    Intel Rumors - Kaby Lake-X - Skylake-X and Cascade Lake In this episode of How the Rumor Mill Churns, we address some old Intel CPUs, some new Intel CPUs, and hopefully Intel CPUs that we will never see again. End of Life for good products is often disheartening, but when EOL pertains to...
  36. R

    Intel Discontinues Flawed Keyboard App

    Security Week is reporting that Intel is discontinuing the Intel Remote Keyboard app due to critical security flaws. The app was released in 2015 on Android and iOS, the Android version has been downloaded over 500,000 times, and was used to wirelessly control the Intel NUC and Compute Stick...
  37. R

    Intel Finishes Spectre Patching, Some Older CPUs Not Included

    A report from PCWorld states that Intel has finished with its microcode updates for the Spectre vulnerability found in its processors, however unfortunately, Intel has not provided updates for all of them. According to the Intel Microcode Revision Guidance paper, last updated April 2nd, Penryn...
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