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Huawei Ban: Google, Intel Reportedly Suspend Business With Chinese Telecom Giant

by Dylan Martin

'I would be shocked if it doesn't have a major impact,' one solution provider says of Google's decision to suspend business with Huawei, which reportedly coincides with similar actions by Intel, Qualcomm and other tech companies after the Chinese telecom giant was added to a U.S. trade blacklist.

How Intel Helps Partners Use AI, Vision Solutions With Regular CPUs

by Dylan Martin

'It's a massive deal because the install base is so big,' says Intel IoT ecosystem general manager Steen Graham in an interview about how channel partners can deploy computer vision solutions at the edge with regular CPUs using Intel's OpenVINO toolkit.

Patches Released For ZombieLoad Intel CPU Vulnerability Affecting Chips Since 2011

by Michael Novinson

Patched Intel consumer devices will see at most a 3 percent performance hit, while most data center environments will see a performance impact of no more than 9 percent, according to Intel.

Intel To Ship 10nm CPUs In June, Launch 7nm GPUs In 2021

by Dylan Martin

'They've gotten behind before and have been able to catch up and pass them by once. They're definitely a company that can rebound and recover and still be a very strong competitor,' an Intel partner says of the chipmaker's race to release 10nm products against AMD's upcoming 7nm products.

Intel CEO Bob Swan To Investors: 'We Let You Down' But We'll Improve

by Dylan Martin

'We believe that we have an opportunity to lead one of the most successful transformations in corporate history,' Intel CEO Bob Swan tells investors during a shareholder meeting, where he shared the company's forecast for revenue growth over the next three years.

Tech Data Helps Partners Design, Bring To Market Repeatable IoT And Analytics

by Joseph F. Kovar

The distributor's Analytics and IoT Solution Factory builds on partner requests for help designing IoT solutions by turning them into repeatable offerings, putting them into its catalog of offerings, and adding services.

Next-Gen AMD EPYC, Radeon Instinct Tapped For Supercomputer

by Dylan Martin

AMD's promise of a 'fully optimized CPU and GPU design' for the word's 'most powerful supercomputer' underlines the new competition the chipmaker will face when Intel releases its first discrete GPUs for client and server systems next year.

Forrester: Intel vPro Can Give Businesses 155 Percent ROI In 3 Years

by Dylan Martin

The new Intel-commissioned report from Forrester finds that Intel's vPro IT management platform can provide businesses with a total of $2.8 million in IT cost savings on an investment of $1.1 million over three years, representing a 155 percent return on investment.

Semiconductor Sales Set For Biggest Decline In A Decade

by Dylan Martin

'It could be factory adjustment coming out of a high-demand environment where there were shortages, and now they need to adjust their forecasting and production,' a distributor executive says of the semiconductor industry's projected revenue decline for 2019.

Microsoft Unveils Azure AI, Blockchain And IoT Tools Ahead Of Build 2019

by Donna Goodison

‘Since the inception of Azure, we have been focused on delivering a true hybrid cloud where applications spanning public cloud and on-premises data centers are built and run consistently,’ says Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Microsoft Cloud and AI Group. ‘As organizations are now building applications that span the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge, the same approach is needed.’

Intel Cloud Boss Raejeanne Skillern Departs For Top Post At Flex

by Dylan Martin

'Raejeanne was instrumental to driving Intel’s cloud business from a multi-million dollar segment, to a [$10 billion] growth engine for Intel, and I’d like to personally thank Raejeanne for her outstanding leadership at Intel,' an Intel executive says of Skillern's departure.

AMD Ryzen, EPYC Sales Ramp Up As 7nm CPU Launch Set For Q3

by Dylan Martin

'From the beginning of this year, we expect that over four to six quarters, we expect to ramp our server market share to get to double-digit share,' AMD CEO Lisa Su says of the company's growing competition against Intel in the data center market.

Dell EMC Expands Unity, PowerMax Lines, Intros Cloud Storage Services

by Joseph F. Kovar

Dell EMC is making the cloud a more central part of its storage offerings with the introduction of Cloud Storage Services and is working with Intel to bring Optane dual-port enterprise server-class memory to its flagship PowerMax line.

Apple VP Behind 5G Initiative Exits: Report

by Kyle Alspach

Apple has reportedly lost one of its key 5G executives and also poached a 5G executive from Intel.

Analyst: Apple May Still Want Intel's Mobile Modem Business

by Kyle Alspach

While discussions of an acquisition have cooled since Apple’s deal with Qualcomm, there is still good reason to believe Apple would consider buying Intel’s smartphone modems, an industry analyst tells CRN.