Apple’s move to dump Intel saved it $2.5 billion
IBM bloke adds up some numbers
Apple's decision to quit Intel and use its own M1 chip to power the latest MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini will save the company $2.5 billion, according to a new report.
Intel’s 4004 is 49 years old today
Still used
Tim McNerney the project leader at 4004.com, a site commemorating Intel's original 4004 microprocessor has pointed out that Intel’s 4004 chip was first released 49 years ago.
Tame Apple Press claim benchmark proves M1 chip is faster than Intel’s old one
Which was more than a year old
The Tame Apple Press has been releasing benchmarks for Apple’s new M1 chip to prove that their favourite company makes better chips than Intel. Unfortunately there is something rotten in the figures.
Intel releases Xe Max discrete GPU
Claims it beats Nvidia in every metric
Intel released preliminary information on its newest laptop part -- the Xe Max discrete GPU, which functions alongside and in tandem with Tiger Lake's integrated Iris Xe GPU.
Intel thinking about moving out of Oregon
Wants to head to the Far East
Chipzilla is apparently thinking about moving leading edge production from Oregon to Asia and hiring one of its top rivals to make Intel's most advanced chips.
Intel reveals more Rocket Lake-S details
Cypress Cove core and double-digit IPC increase
Intel shed some light about its upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPUs that will be launching in Q1 2021, and these will be based on Cypress Cove CPU cores bringing a double-digit IPC increase in performance.
Intel starts publishing Vulkan Linux driver
Patches are coming out
Intel's open-source developers have begun publishing their patches enabling their "ANC" Vulkan Linux driver to support Vulkan ray-tracing.
AMD announces plans to acquire Xilinx
$35 billion biggest to date
News that AMD might acquire Xilinx was quite a surprise after the Nvidia–ARM consolidation, but not surprising. Using current stock and market value increase, AMD decided to make a strategic decision to play better in the data center, 5G, automotive, and fight against the Intel–Altera alliance.
X.Org server has been abandoned
Last major release was May 2018
It looks like X.Org server is officially toast and a prominent Intel open source developer has admitted the software is abandonware.
Intel shares plummet after server warning
Things are not looking good in Chipzilla’s universe
Intel shares fell by ten percent after-hours trading after the chip company reported its third quarter results, which show it losing ground in the server and data centre market.