Components & Peripheral Devices

U.K. To Investigate Nvidia-Arm Deal Over National Security Concerns

by Dylan Martin

The U.K. competition watchdog’s phase one report is due at the end of July, and it is expected to shed light on whether there are any competition, national security or jurisdiction issues. From there, the U.K. digital secretary can decide to clear the acquisition, clear it with certain conditions or call for a phase two investigation.
Nvidia Reveals Arm-Based Data Center CPU To Take On Intel, AMD

by Dylan Martin

The GPU juggernaut is taking its computing ambitions a step further with the reveal of an Arm-based data center CPU it says will provide 10 times faster AI performance than AMD’s 64-core EPYC Rome processors.
Intel Sets Ice Lake Apart From AMD EPYC With AI, Systems Approach

by Dylan Martin

The chipmaker launches its long-anticipated third-generation Xeon Scalable CPUs, which feature up to 40 cores and come with new acceleration capabilities for AI and cryptography as well as new security features. Intel says the new acceleration improvements make Ice Lake faster than AMD’s new third-generation EPYC chips across certain workloads for AI, cloud and high-performance computing.
Intel Flexes Data Center Solutions Muscle As AMD Heats Up

by Dylan Martin

The semiconductor giant says its Intel Select Solutions program is a major competitive differentiator in the data center market that saves partners a significant amount of time in configuring and optimizing servers for workloads ranging from hybrid cloud to AI. ‘We spend months so you don’t have to,’ an Intel rep tells CRN.
Top Intel Security Exec Josh Walden To Retire

by Dylan Martin

‘Our commitment to securing Intel’s products and our leadership in security and privacy broadly is unchanged,’ Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says in a company email announcing Walden’s retirement and a realignment of the two organizations Walden led.
Gelsinger: Intel Will Expand Manufacturing, Make Chips For Others

by Dylan Martin

While Intel is significantly expanding its manufacturing capacity, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company will increase its use of external foundries for a range of Intel products. The company is also launching a new business to help other companies manufacture chips in the U.S. and Europe.
Google Cloud Hires Intel Vet Uri Frank To Design Server Chips

by Dylan Martin

With the hiring of a seasoned engineer from Intel to work on new server chips, Google Cloud is following the footsteps of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, both of which are at different stages of developing and deploying processors in-house for new cloud instances.
Partners: AMD EPYC Milan Widens Gap Over Intel, Builds Trust

by Dylan Martin

The improved capabilities of AMD’s new EPYC processors are creating more competitive pressure for Intel while proving that the chipmaker can be a reliable server vendor, partners tell CRN. ‘The news just keeps hitting that AMD is executing well and so that’s resulting in increased customer confidence,’ one partner says.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger To Discuss Comeback Plan In Live Webcast

by Dylan Martin

The March 23 webcast by Pat Gelsinger, who became Intel’s CEO last month, will likely address the company’s future manufacturing strategy and how he plans to return the chipmaker to a technology leadership position after years of setbacks.
Intel Fights AMD With AI, IPC Boost In Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs

by Dylan Martin

The new 11th-generation Intel Core S-Series processors only go up to eight cores due to the limitations of a new 14-nanometer architecture, but the chipmaker says it’s making up for a lack of more cores with new AI features as well as a 19 percent increase in instructions per clock.
AMD Strikes Back At Intel vPro With Ryzen Pro 5000 CPUs

by Dylan Martin

The new processors for business laptops are much faster than Intel’s latest vPro chips when it comes to multi-threaded performance, according to AMD, which makes them well-suited for the everyday needs of business users. The chipmaker says the CPUs’ security, manageability and stability features can go ‘toe-to-toe’ with vPro.
AMD Raises Bar Against Intel With 3rd-Gen EPYC Milan CPUS

by Dylan Martin

The new server processors come with big price-performance and total cost of ownership benefits over Intel’s Xeon Scalable chips, according to AMD. ‘Third-gen EPYC is the highest-performance server processor in the industry, at the socket level and at the per-core level when you look at every core-count boundary,’ an exec says.
Terry Richardson Hire Gives AMD ‘Huge Channel Credibility:’ Partners

by Steven Burke

Solution providers say the expertise Terry Richardson developed at HPE and EMC gives AMD a top channel leader to battle the ‘800-pound Intel gorilla’ and drive more market-share gains against the chipmaker’s top rival. ‘He has access to all the top players in the channel. This is a big move for AMD,’ one said.
AMD Nabs HPE Channel Superstar Terry Richardson: Exclusive

by Dylan Martin

AMD has hired 11-year Hewlett Packard Enterprise veteran Terry Richardson as its North America channel chief, a role that puts him in charge of all of the chipmaker’s partner relationships for commercial sales of CPUs and GPUs through server and PC OEMs as well as distributors. ‘It presented an opportunity to really define the ultimate channel go-to-market strategy,’ Richardson tells CRN.
U.S. Senate Bill In Works To Boost Chipmaking With $30B: Report

by Dylan Martin

‘There needs to be more capacity in the semiconductor market. Demand is only going to continue to grow as all these different sectors are putting more pressure on semiconductor capacity that exists today. So they need to have that long term, not just for PCs, but for the auto industry and other markets,’ an IT distribution exec says.