The 170 and 140 are the first in the series—wunderbar. A few weeks ago, Intel rebranded the Artic Sound-M data center GPU as the Flex series. The first products introduced are the Flex Series 170 and 140—how wonderful is that? The name change was made almost the same time Intel launched its new slogan campaign: How Wonderful Is That? The Flex 170 and 140 compare as … [Read more...] about Intel offers pair of Flex series GPUs for the data center
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Asus rolls out the D7 Tower workstation
The Intel-based GPU machine is positioned as business-ready and sports a 12th Gen CPU and Arc A380 discrete graphics. AsusTek (Asus) announced their entry into the workstation market in May 2020 with the ambition of capturing 5% of the commercial PC business within a year. The company planned to launch 10 to 12 products in the commercial category within the domestic market … [Read more...] about Asus rolls out the D7 Tower workstation
Will AXG survive Gelsinger’s axe?
Five years of no results in the midst of dumping businesses. Intel’s financial report revealed two hard-to-ignore situations. In a quarter where the company reported a loss combined with dropping margins and sales, Pat Gelsinger also jettisoned several non-essential business units that contributed to the drain. Of the groups Gelsinger got rid of was Optane (started in … [Read more...] about Will AXG survive Gelsinger’s axe?
Intel Q2 2022 financial results
Sales down, forecast down, revenue $15.3 billion, down 22% YoY. Q2’22 was a rocky quarter for Intel. Network and Edge Group and Mobileye achieved record quarterly revenue. Meanwhile, Client Computing Group and Datacenter and AI Group were impacted by adverse market conditions. The company revised its full-year revenue guidance from $65 billion to $68 billion, down from its … [Read more...] about Intel Q2 2022 financial results
Intel acquires Siru talent and IP
Finnish company known for its low-power GPU designs. Stung by Apple’s abandonment and then spectacular showing with its M1 Pro SoC and threatened by Qualcomm with its Arm-based Nuvia SoC that is targeting Windows, Intel needed to shore up its low-power capabilities and offerings. Taking a page out of Arm’s big.LITTLE game book, Intel squeezed a bunch of watts out of their … [Read more...] about Intel acquires Siru talent and IP
Intel Q1 2022 financial results
Sales down, forecast down, revenue $18.4 billion—down 6.6% YoY. Although Intel reported that its first-quarter results for 2022 were down, it beat Wall Street expectations on revenue and EPS. The company began shipping initial SKUs of its Sapphire Rapids to select customers and launched its Arc A-Series dGPUs and its newest Xeon D processors. The company reorganized its … [Read more...] about Intel Q1 2022 financial results
Gelsinger’s grand strategy—leave no socket behind
It takes a system engineer to see the big picture. I suspect Pat Gelsinger has thought about what Intel should (and shouldn’t) do since he left in ‘09. He’s had the benefit of being inside for 30 years, and then 12 years on the outside watching the company. No one could have a better perspective and understanding from the transistor level to the macroeconomics of the 80 … [Read more...] about Gelsinger’s grand strategy—leave no socket behind
Intel Q4 2021 results
Sales up, forecast down, revenue $20.5 billion, up 2.5% year over year. Intel reported its fiscal year and fourth quarter results for 2021. The company beat Wall Street expectations on revenue, and gross margin, even though it was down from Q3’21. Hitting $20.5 marked the highest quarterly and full year revenue ever for the company. Intel advanced its IDM 2.0 strategy and … [Read more...] about Intel Q4 2021 results
CES 2022 highlights: AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm
Can you even believe an in-person CES happened? CES 2022 started the year out with a bang, staging an in-person event in that charming little burg in Nevada, However, several dozens of the biggest and smartest companies chose not to go share the air with the unknown, unwashed, and unvaccinated throngs populating the casinos. AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all held virtual … [Read more...] about CES 2022 highlights: AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm
Done with ’21, what’s new for ’22
2021 was an uneventful year for GPUs and AIBs. Neither AMD nor Nvidia introduced a new GPU architecture, and only released AIBs based on derivatives of their 2020 GPUs. It will be mid-February before we get the final results, but we estimate the desktop PCs will hit 117 million, notebooks 297 million, workstations 3.5 million, and tablets 170 million units in … [Read more...] about Done with ’21, what’s new for ’22