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Smartphones are now packing 5 sensors, cars are now being built with many of them, entire countries are increasingly using cameras for "social control". Demand is surely on an upward trend.
However, I wonder if there is much space left for premium pricing, latest phone sensors already offer...
This is, in my opinion, a bigger threat to Intel's DC business than Power, Ampere, Cavium, etc. The chinese government is certainly going to back Huawei big time and this could be a game changer in a few years, especially with TSMC doing so well.
It surely takes much more than a fast processor...
First of all, AMD announced great financial results, its best in 7 years.
AMD Announces Q2 2018 Results: Best Quarter In Seven Years
Next, AMD announced that Epyc Rome will be manufactured at TSMC 7nm, and chip is already sampling. This explains why Epyc 2 will come before Ryzen 2. Also...
It will have taken 5 years for Intel to move from 14nm to 10nm. How will Intel maintain its market position going forward?
Intel Delays Mass Production of 10 nm CPUs to 2019
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Interesting news. Apparently, boards from both sides have approved the deal.
Related to this news, I recently saw this blog post from CloudFlare (ARM Takes Wing: Qualcomm vs. Intel CPU comparison) which is the first good benchmark I have seen of Qualcomm's Centriq server chip...
From New Intel Core Processor Combines High-Performance CPU with Custom Discrete Graphics from AMD to Enable Sleeker, Thinner Devices | Intel Newsroom
(...) "Today, we’re sharing initial details on a new product that does exactly that, reducing the usual silicon footprint to less than half that...
Recently, there have been reports of Ryzen instability. AMD is yet to answer. One forum thread where this discussion is going on in more detail is linked to below:
Gentoo Forums :: View topic - Segfaults during compilation on AMD Ryzen.
Many users reporting issues and they are yet to find a...
Qualcomm Begins Commercial Sampling of World’s First 10nm Server Processor and Reshapes the Future of Datacenter Computing | Qualcomm
48-core processor, shipping in H2/2017
To me it felt like Qualcomm was taking forever to release their server processor, but the fact that they will launch it...