http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-world-record/
ACT2 is a certainty
Look for massive layoffs anytime between March2 and the end of June this year. Better start updating your CV and looking for a job right away. If you get SSL4 or below, you are a goner for sure. It is happening ...
Any pro and con if transfer to McAfee ?
Uncertainty
Intel's crumbling automotive business
Qualcomm said on Wednesday that French carmaker PSA Group plans to integrate its infotainment systems processor in next generation vehicles. The Snapdragon 820A processor is expected to begin appearing in select PSA vehicles as from 2020. This... — read more
Everywhere you look it is crumbling in intel world.
ARMy killing it in mobile Nvdiia killinging it in graphics, AI and more. Xilinx killing it in FPGA TSMC in technology Now their old nemisis kicking BK in the groin What is Intels next ACT? http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1331380
Murthy wants to coach football
Loved all the football talk from Murthy today.. He's definitely got potential to be an NFL head coach, after all he is paid like one!!
Tech's beloved H-1B visa is flawed. Here's why.
Read the text. Video is the same as "Visas by the numbers" http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/21/technology/h1b-visa-program-flawed/index.html
H-1B visas by the numbers
Get educated and help stop the abuse! http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2017/02/20/h-1b-visas-by-the-numbers.cnnmoney/index.html
H-1B debate: Trump is making India's tech industry nervous
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/14/news/economy/india-h1b-visa-software-industry/index.html
India freaks out over U.S. plans to change high-skilled visas
Tick tock.... http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/31/technology/india-h1b-visa-trump-tech-companies/index.html
Extra cash for corporate workers
https://thehackernews.com/2016/02/hacking-apple-id.html
Apple to acquire Intel. Can this happen in the next 10 years?
Intel is going to nowhere. Apple needs Intel fabs, modem, connectivity,... to compete with Samsung. Intel grow pace is slow for several years, time to consolidation.
AMD stock crossed $14/share
A few months ago, when none of you Intel cheerleaders believed that Ryzen was the real deal You kept your money locked up in a $36/share Intel stock when AMD was around $6.... You thought AMD was all smoke and mirrors and had already had its run from... — read more
Austin site closing because of Atom failures??
So rumor has it that because of the failure in mobile and recent brick bug Austin site to close after focal.
The downfall of Intel correlates to the spectacular failure of TMG to deliver 14nm, 10nm and 7nm on original schedule!
For years intel delivered like clock work primarily because TMG delivered tick tock. Something happened in the past 6 to 8 years as TMG went from mutiple year process leadership to likely losing this year. 14nm continues to under deliver and impact... — read more
Any Intel employees building a Ryzen system?
Tee hee hee.
The next round of victims have been selected for the ACT
Focal tools closed, payletters are being printed and the run on the grey confidential envelops and small conference rooms have started. But that is not all, the next round of deadwood layoffs victims have been selected by management. May luck be with... — read more
This place is turning into a Google News link farm.
What happened to actual insider posts?
What happens to a great company when it gets bought by intel and is forced to use intel silicon?
Altera went from a competitor to an also ran. I am sure they will produce some valuable custom silicon to help intel milk their server line but gone is any market presence. But if intel silicon is so great why are they so late and how did Xilinx... — read more
What is going on at McAfee?
Is McAfee on the selling block. They are signature based protection, after the virus is out in the world, reactive. While you have Cylance that is based on math and catches the virus with out signatures, What is McAfee doing to catch up?
Dear managers: Why are you still at Intel?
I am just wondering why any of the managers are still managers at Intel. I mean, everyone I know is moaning about ACT and about how the people and the managers were screwed over and about how Focal is gearing up for another round of redundancies, and... — read more
AMD 1800x benchmark. Ouch....Intel is gonna be in a world of pain.
The top of the line Ryzen with turbo OFF. Still came out ahead in 6 of 8 categories. Also, single threaded performance looks great. http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-8-core-benchmarks/
Ryzen 5 1600X is slated to retail at just $259, while Intel's Core i7-6850K retails for a whopping $610.
Why is this significant? Because the Ryzen 5 1600X is slated to retail at just $259, while Intel's Core i7-6850K retails for a whopping $610. The two CPUs also offer similar specifications, with similar frequencies, 6 cores and 12 threads each, with... — read more
Another one bites the dust ...
This is getting pretty serious, wonder how long before stock price takes a hit http://www.networkworld.com/article/3171681/lan-wan/hpe-joins-cisco-juniper-with-faulty-clock-technology-problem.html
This is what happens when you don't hit your goals, and miss your target dates...
your major customers end up with stale product lines 3-4 years behind on major releases, with only minimal change refreshes or nothing at all. their customers in turn get frustrated and impatient, putting your major customers' market share and brand... — read more
Intel reving up the spin in desperation. But all the matters is is the product out there and is it selling in volume. Tick tick tick tock.....
https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/f2/intels-fake-news-8953.html Looks like spin control ramping up Trump style. Try as they might to spin past leadership in process as predicting future leadership it won't matter to the accountants as they soon have to... — read more
Big spending but what are they getting?
http://electroiq.com/blog/2017/02/intel-continues-to-drive-semiconductor-industry-rd-spending/ Spending like drunken sailors, but 10nm slipping, two years of layoffs, failed initiatives left and right, chip errata causing dead chips in the field. BK... — read more
Apple Developing New Mac Chip in Test of Intel Independence.
Apple stuck to its plan over the past 6 years. Everyone laughed at Apple years ago when then said they would do this... Apple is not Intel, that is for sure... — read more
Another failure confirms intel future is limited and more ACTs are certain
Looks like the latest advanced low power / low cost sever chip has a serious problem. A problem of the worst kind it dies in the field and your product don't work. This is another SoC failure. So even if an SoC makes it into the field it is a... — read more
An Intel Atom C2000 bug is killing products from multiple manufacturers
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/06/cisco_intel_decline_to_link_product_warning_to_faulty_chip/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/07/intel_atom_failures_go_back_18_months/... — read more
Lack of accountability makes work depressing.
I work in SSG on a project that is poorly managed with almost no accountability. Employees and management can pretty much do nothing all day and suffer no consequences. We have meetings here and there and folks pretend to work but everyone knows that... — read more
Focal result SLL4 indicate?
Any implication?
First of AMD Ryzen Benchmark by 3rd party.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2017/02/12/amd-ryzen-biggest-leak-yet-amazing-benchmarks-and-prices-starting-at-just-129/#5d8888a14bb7 The performance numbers are yet another worrying sign for Intel as they indicate AMD's Ryzen CPUs will... — read more
Intel's Atom C2000 Chip Flaw Spreads...
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/processors/42876-intel-s-atom-c2000-chip-flaw-spreads-to-juniper
Intel Says It Will No Longer Sponsor Science Fairs
http://fortune.com/2017/02/15/intel-science-fair-sponsorship/ No surprise here with BK and the Board so focused on 10nm and FAB42. Sponsoring Science Fairs is irrelevant.
Heh heh Puzder is out.... Replacements for Flynn and Puzder will be much better....
Because they can't be possibly worse.... Thank you old school GOP that would have voted against Puzder. You are 2 for 2 now. I wonder who is next to go...Someone with ties to Russia for sure...
Stock market all time high
Trump rally train continues. Party like it's 1999!!!!!!