Koduri outlines the state of the Arc
We have got two animals but this might take longer than 40 days and nights
Raja Koduri, Intel’s SVP and GM of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics (AXG) Group delivered an update on the state of Intel’s first generation of Arc graphics and it looks like that it will be a long time before we see anything.
Intel expects to see profits fall this year
Stable until 2025
Intel expects its profit margin to drop this year and then be steady for several years as it invests in new technologies and factories to meet rising chip demand.
Intel snaps up Tower Semiconductor
$5.4 billion
Chipzilla has written a $5.4 billion cheque for Tower Semiconductor – a foundry for analogue semiconductor solutions.
Linux kernel will support Intel Hardware Feedback
Background tasks and light workloads can be run on the E-cores
The Linux 5.18 kernel is adding support this spring for the Intel Hardware Feedback Interface to make better decisions about where to place given work among available CPU cores/threads.
Intel’s Arc Alchemist graphics cards delayed
Leak suggests that Nvidia’s Nemesis will be the middle of the year
Intel’s Arc Alchemist graphics cards was expected to launch in early 2022, and give Nvidia’s higher-end desktop GPUs a run for their money, but leaks are suggesting that they will be a bit later.
Intel cuddles up to RISC-V
Starts a $1 billion fund
Chipzilla has announced a new $1 billion fund on February 7 to build a foundry innovation ecosystem and will collaborate with several RISC-V standard IC design firms.
Intel failing to wow Wall Street
Gelsinger appears to be viewing the world through rose-coloured glasses
Changes at Intel are not wowing asset management outfit O'Keefe Stevens Advisory which accused Kicking Pat Gelsinger of seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses.
Germany sends confused messages on semi-conductor industry
Thwarts take over while promises to spend cash
Germany appears to be sending mixed messages about its technology strategy after promising cash while thwarting a local take over.
Apple must regret wasting its cash on its own chips
Intel cleans its old partner’s clock
Fruity Cargo Cult Apple made a big thing of the fact that it was replacing Intel Chips with its own technology.
Vodafone and Intel working on OpenRAN tech
Want to break Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia’s grip
Vodafone has teamed up with Intel and other silicon vendors to design its own chip architecture for nascent OpenRAN network technology.