PC-related IC suppliers expect sales to fall due to Intel blunder

Taiwan-based PC-related IC suppliers are predicting their sales will fall due to a short supply of CPUs from Intel.

Ahead of the annual Supercomputing 2018 conference

Chipzilla has announced part of its upcoming Cascade Lake strategy and teased plans for a new Xeon platform called Cascade Lake Advanced Performance, or Cascade Lake-AP.

Industry sources

Each year Intel invests some $2 billon to please one large modem customer - Apple - and the level of investment will likely increase in the near 5G future.

Darren Mcphee joins Intel's Discrete Graphics group

It appears that some ex-AMD chaps have managed to draw in yet another ex-AMD guy to Intel, with Darren McPhee joining the blue camp as the Product Marketing Manager in Intel's Discrete Graphics group.

Fighting those shortages

According to the latest report, Intel might be outsourcing some of its entry-level processor and chipset production to other foundries, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) being the only viable option.

But there are signs that all is not well with that Apple iPhone deal

Chipzilla beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit and revenue thanks to its high-margin data centre business and strong demand for its PC chips.

Will arrive in late 2019

Intel has denied rumours that it is killing off its 10nm chip manufacturing process after repeated delays. Chipzilla says that 10nm chips will arrive in late 2019.

It will save everyone of us

Micron is planning to take full control of IM Flash Technologies joint venture with Chipzilla.

Just three percent

Chipzilla has reduced its stake in supplier ASML to just below three percent.

And Intel the thumb down

Shortages of Intel processors means that major manufacturer Lenovo is using AMD chips more and more, while it has also given the hard word to Chipzilla.