The semiconductor industry is no stranger to high-stakes narratives. The recent headlines surrounding Intel’s hiring of industry veteran Wei-Jen Lo—and the subsequent legal saber-rattling from TSMC—have successfully created a storm of drama. But if you strip away the legal posturing […]
Intel’s Hiring of Wei-Jen Lo: A Strategic Homecoming, not a Trade Secret Heist Read More »
Intel, the company that put “Silicon” in Silicon Valley and whose five-note jingle is seared into the brains of a generation, is in trouble. This isn’t just a rough quarter or a missed product cycle; this is an existential crisis.
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While the cutting edge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) often demands top-tier, and correspondingly top-dollar, hardware, a significant and rapidly expanding community of innovators is exploring the vast potential of AI on a more constrained budget. These researchers, hobbyists and smaller
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The relentless pace of technological advancement often comes with a hidden cost: a shorter lifespan for our devices and a growing mountain of electronic waste. From Intel’s perspective, particularly through the lens of leaders like Gokul Subramaniam, VP of the
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The spin-out of Intel Capital will be interesting to see. Usually, investment groups in companies are funded to identify new technologies that could be beneficial or detrimental to the firm. As for new technologies, they allow them to compete with
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As a December surprise, Intel launched its Battlemage GPU cards. Priced at a very affordable $249 and $219, these discrete graphics cards will make great gifts for the sweet spot of general-purpose gaming. Intel has struggled with discrete graphics for
Intel Launches Impressive Battlemage GPUs Just in Time for Christmas Read More »
ARM, along with Qualcomm, did a credible job of highlighting how technology developed for smartphones could have a major impact on the PC market. Both AMD and Intel have now produced competitive responses, though it is interesting to note that
Intel and AMD Form x86 Consortium in Advance of NVIDIA’s ARM Challenge Read More »
It was reported that Qualcomm approached Intel to explore buying the company. While such a purchase is unlikely to be approved, given the influence of both companies and Intel’s desire to remain independent, it isn’t impossible, and the two companies
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It is extremely hard to displace an entrenched vendor like Intel. This is because companies value relationships and really hate change, so even if you have a substantially better product, you won’t make many inroads. We see this in buying
Why AMD Is Taking Share from Intel – The Hidden Cost of Layoffs and Need for AI in HR Read More »
We are in a huge hype cycle for AI. This technology will certainly be a massive game changer, but it is new, still untrusted, and isn’t yet fully wrapped in mature services. Existing markets, like console gaming, are off-cycle and
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