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How Intel Is Making Optane Memory Easier For Partners To Sell
by Dylan Martin
‘We‘re going to help with providing the solutions, the training or even offering programs or incentives for them to become champions, so that they become educated on the product and how to use it. And we’re really starting to see a lot of traction,’ Intel’s Kristie Mann says of Optane Persistent Memory for data centers.
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Lisa Su: Xilinx Will Make AMD ‘Stronger Force’ For Data Centers
by Dylan Martin
‘We’re not doing M&A for M&A’s sake. I mean, this is such a unique opportunity. There actually is no better match in the industry for us than Xilinx,’ AMD CEO Lisa Su said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call, explaining how the Xilinx acquisition will make the companies a ‘stronger strategic force’ for next-generation data centers.
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AMD Confirms $35B Xilinx Acquisition To Become HPC ‘Leader’
by Dylan Martin
‘By combining our world-class engineering teams and deep domain expertise, we will create an industry leader with the vision, talent and scale to define the future of high-performance computing,’ says AMD CEO Lisa Su of the company’s plan to acquire FPGA maker Xilinx.
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How Intel’s Tiger Lake CPUs Are Designed For A ‘Spectrum Of Needs’
by Dylan Martin
Top Intel engineer Boyd Phelps explains how Intel’s new 11th-generation Core processors use new components like AI accelerators to offload workloads like background blurring from the CPU and reduce power draw. ‘AI is not just one engine. It’s really about how do you actually meet the needs of the different workloads,’ he says.
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Intel Is Changing The Way It Forecasts PC Growth To Meet Demand
by Dylan Martin
Intel exec Steve Long says as the PC resurgence continues, the chipmaker is looking at different metrics, like stimulus funds, to forecast future growth: ‘What we’re changing from a segment-first modeling approach is that we think this is a new inflection point on the client category curve, and as an industry and whole ecosystem, we need to get ahead of it.’
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Intel Enterprise Server Sales Nosedive As Ice Lake Slips, 10nm Ramps
by Dylan Martin
The chipmaker says it now expects Ice Lake server processors to start shipping in the first quarter of 2021. At the same time, Intel is ramping up 10-nanometer production volume, which is expected to be 30 percent higher than previously anticipated. Intel also provided updates on its discrete graphics and AI products as well as its 7nm process.
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‘Small But Mighty’ Intel Team Is Helping Partners Win With vPro
by Dylan Martin
Intel’s nascent vPro ecosystem enablement team is helping partners identify new ways to monetize the vPro platform while leading integration efforts with MSP vendors like Datto. ‘We recognized over the years that we need to lean in more and we need to understand how we help the channel sell,’ Intel’s Carla Rodriguez says.
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How Intel Is Working With Partners To Bring Some Normalcy To Life
by Dylan Martin
‘The idea of the solutions that we’re partnering with customers on is really trying to think about it from a protection and preventative measure [perspective],’ Intel’s Gina Merjanian says of the ways the company is working with partners to return some sense of normalcy to the world and reduce disruptions caused by the pandemic.
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Intel Deal To Sell NAND Memory Biz To SK Hynix Reportedly Imminent
by Dylan Martin
In its most recent quarter, Intel’s Nonvolatile Solutions Group, which includes the chipmaker’s SSD products and Intel Optane memory modules, grew 76 percent to $1.7 billion.
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Intel Unveils Next-Gen SmartNICs As Nvidia Plots DPU Takeover
by Dylan Martin
The chipmaker’s new FPGA-based SmartNIC technologies for cloud data centers and 5G networks are part of a growing portfolio of connectivity products meant to help data center and network operators improve the performance and total cost of ownership for how data flows from one point to another.
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Intel Xeon Ice Lake CPUs To Get SGX With Expanded Security Features
by Dylan Martin
‘Now we‘re really bringing it to the [Xeon] Scalable processors for the first time, in a much bigger way,’ an Intel fellow tells CRN of the expanded security capabilities for the upcoming third-generation Xeon Scalable processors, which includes Total Memory Encryption and larger Intel SGX enclaves.
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AMD Nearing Deal To Acquire Xilinx For Over $30 Billion: WSJ
by Dylan Martin
If the chipmaker acquires Xilinx, it would give AMD an arsenal of products to compete with Intel’s reprogrammable chip solutions in the data center, among other markets. ‘We‘re uniquely positioned, unlike most companies in the data center space, the IT solution space, to cover the whole gamut of segments within IT,’ a Xilinx rep told CRN earlier this year.
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AMD Unveils Zen 3 Architecture, Ryzen 5000 CPUs With 19% IPC Uplift, Higher Boost
by Dylan Martin
The chipmaker says its new Ryzen 5000 desktop processors are faster and more efficient than Intel’s latest Core products. ‘Zen 3 increases our lead in overall performance. It increases our lead in power efficiency, and also now, it delivers the best single threaded performance and gaming performance as well,’ AMD CEO Lisa Su says.
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Intel Discontinues Dozens Of First-Gen Xeon Scalable CPUs
by Dylan Martin
The new product discontinuance notice, issued ahead of Intel’s Ice Lake server launch, cites parts ranging from the Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M to the Intel Xeon Bronze 3104, which constitutes most of the processors in the first-generation Intel Scalable product family, code-named Skylake.
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