Intel used an announcement about its new Cascade Lake-based Xeon 9200 Platinum to show off all the stuff they are bringing to the data center, which introduces many multiple SKUs and a range of supporting products with the intent of giving customers the ability to build custom server applications covering HPC, AI, edge, memory, and super-sized particle chasing servers. Intel … Read more
AI technology—which various companies and the DoD want to use in predictive maintenance, and process automation, is a perfect partner to augmented reality (AR) which enables technicians and maintenance personnel to find, quickly assess and correct any performance issues, without the burden of carrying packs of outdated documents. Most medium-sized to large organizations that have been operating processes for … Read more
The initial Compute Express Link (CXL) specification was developed by Intel and is being donated to a new consortium. Nine companies (so far) have signed up to support the new interface. Alibaba, Cisco, Dell/EMC, Facebook, Google, HPE, Huawei, and Microsoft. “Much like our roles with Universal Serial Bus (USB) and PCI Express—and we look forward to working with the CXL … Read more
The PC GPU market decreased year-to-year by (3.3)%, sequentially GPU shipments decreased (2.6)%
Intel is building on its computer vision family of products with a new RealSense camera, the T265. It is an inside out tracking device, meaning it does not rely on sensors outside the device or GPS for its location tracking. The new camera is Intel’s latest product for computing at the edge and will enhance VR and AR apps and … Read more
Intel has reported its results for calendar Q4 2018. Revenues were up 9.3% year-over-year showing strength across the businesses. The company is expressing optimism even as it searches for a new CEO and was forced to present a low-key keynote for CES this year. “A number of geopolitical dynamics are going to weigh on ultimate consumers and enterprise desires to … Read more
The gadget show of the year showcased new tech in all categories: from health care to TVs, cars, and robots. The darlings of the past, like 3D printing and VR, didn’t get quite the same play but cars and their entertainment systems are always there as are new TVs and PCs. The CES Innovation awards are a little like third-grade … Read more
As a sign of its renewed focus on constructing and articulating a coherent strategy for the future, Intel recently held an industry analyst summit, the first in four years. The confluence of the slowing of Moore’s Law transistor scaling, a rapidly transitioning computing paradigm from distributed, local clients to data-rich clouds, and energized competition from competing providers of high-performance silicon … Read more
This is the third in a series of short articles about graphics chips, controllers, and processors, that changed the course of the computer graphics (CG) industry. When IBM introduced the Intel 8080-based Personal Computer (PC) in 1981, it was equipped with an add-in board (AIB) called the Color Graphics Adaptor (CGA). The CGA AIB had 16 kilobytes of video memory … Read more
Intel reported its calendar Q3 2018, revenues were up 19% year-over-year driven, says the company, by strength across the business and customer demand for performance-leading Intel platforms. ”Stronger than expected customer demand across our PC and data-centric businesses continued in the third quarter. This drove record revenue and another raise to our full-year outlook,” said Bob Swan, Intel CFO and … Read more
Intel offers their Xeon brand CPU as the preferred solution for high-performance workstations. OEMs like Dell, Fujitsu, HP, and Lenovo tote the line and offer workstations based on Xeons. A couple of mavericks also offer workstations based on core in processors. When Intel introduced the Core i9 (Gen 8), there wasn’t an equivalent Xeon processor, and so boutique workstation suppliers … Read more
Xilinx held its annual Xilinx Developer’s Forum (XDF) in San Jose at the ritzy Fairmount hotel. The place was packed and rightly so because Xilinx had a lot to say. Best known for its FPGA, which its stuck in all kinds of systems and machines, the company has building a broad and deep infrastructure for the past three years beginning … Read more
