Shocker: It turns out that President Donald Trump was perhaps not really being all that honest when he walked out of a summit with North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un this month and declared “There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.” Per Reuters and NBC News, US intelligence officials (albeit ones speaking under the cover of anonymity) believe that Kim may care a little bit more about the long-term survival of his regime than being flattered with Trumpian propaganda videos, and so may have told a few white lies about whether or not he is continuing to move forward with his nuclear weapons program. Specifically, reports suggest that while North Korea has stopped testing nukes or missiles for now, they are continuing to enrich uranium and stockpile the relevant materials. Advertisement NBC News writes:
Advertisement Four other officials agreed that North Korea is intentionally trying to deceive the US about its ongoing nuclear capabilities, NBC News reported, and others said intel suggests that North Korea is continuing to operate more secret uranium enrichment sites than previously believed. According to Reuters, East Asia Nonproliferation Program at California’s Middlebury Institute of International Studies director Jeffrey Lewis said the NBC report is indicative that Kim’s government intended to pull a fast one over on Trump:
Advertisement Yet another senior intelligence official told NBC that the report only outlines a level of deception already expected by most North Korea analysts, but that it is still a positive step that the country’s government is engaging at all. Earlier this week, a separate analysis by North Korea-centric site 38 North concluded that significant infrastructural and support work is ongoing at the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, though they were unable to determine how much operational activity was actually going on inside the buildings. 38 North cautioned that construction work at the Yongbyon site “should not be seen as having any relationship to North Korea’s pledge to denuclearize,” as “business as usual” would be the ongoing state of affairs until senior officials ordered it shut down. North Korean officials “have not yet declared that they would shut the complex down—and, indeed, they have not,” Stanford University physics professor Siegfried Hecker told Slate. Advertisement This makes total sense, as North Korea has a long history of violating international agreements, and the one Kim and Trump signed at their summit agreed to “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” without defining what exactly that phrase meant. Other North Korean gestures like the demolition of its Punggye-ri nuclear test site were limited concessions at best. In other words, Trump got his photo opp and ceased missile tests, while Kim got some leverage and other goodies like fewer US-South Korean military drills and eased sanctions enforcement. Of course, anonymous intel officials could have any number of motivations including hawkishness, and it is still possible that more progress could be made. For their part, surveys show South Koreans are very optimistic that recent months have seen the start of a thaw in relations. Advertisement Lewis told Bloomberg that the situation is not necessarily more dangerous than before the summit, because North Korea was already building and testing nukes and missiles. Yet he did express worry about the possibility Trump “suddenly wakes up one day and realizes what’s really going on,” in which case “he could just explode, and then we’re in real trouble.” That anxiety was mirrored in another piece in the Washington Post:
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DJI Inspire 2Intel stands with their LGBTQ colleaguesIn a statement, Barb Whye, chief diversity and inclusion officer of Intel said that:
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Read More Intel 'Shooting Star' drones lit up Pride last weekend in Folsom, California : https://ift.tt/2NdPhjo(Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Intel Corp. (INTC) stock has seen a steep pullback in the past few weeks, falling by nearly 13% since the start of June. But that pullback may soon be in the rearview mirror, as options traders increase their bets that shares of Intel will rise by 15% by the beginning of next year. (See also: Intel's Soaring Stock Is Due for a 10% Pullback.) The stock started reversing in early June and received a crushing blow later in the month when the CEO abruptly resigned. But the steep decline in the stock has pushed its valuations to nearly its lowest levels in about three years at just 11.8 times 2019 earnings estimates. Bullish BetsOptions traders have been increasingly betting shares of Intel will rise by expiration on Jan. 18, 2019. The long straddle options strategy implies that shares of Intel may rise or fall by about 16% by expiration from the $50 strike price, placing the stock in a trading range of $42 to $58. But the number of calls outweigh the number of puts by a considerable 7 to 1, with 115,000 open call contracts. The dollar value of those open call contracts is even more impressive, at a stunning $45.4 million, a large wager given the length of time until expiration. A 15% JumpAdditionally, the $55 strike price calls for the same expiration date have also seen their open interest levels rise and are currently at roughly 34,000 open contracts. Since the start of June, the number of $55 calls have climbed by nearly 10,000 contracts and now trade at approximately $2.00 per contract. A buyer of the calls needs the stock to rise to about $57 for the options to break even if held until expiration, a gain of about 15% from the current stock price of $49.75. Historically CheapThe steep decline in the stock has also resulted in the valuation of the stock falling to the lower end of its historical range, at just 11.8 times 2019 earnings estimates of $4.15 per share. Historically Intel has traded in a range of 11 to 14.5 times one-year forward earnings estimates, since 2016. Additionally, analysts have been steadily increasing their earnings forecast for the company since the start of 2018. INTC EPS Estimates for Next Fiscal Year data by YCharts Intel's stock was hit hard recently, but the outlook for the stock may be getting better. The earnings results due in July will likely be critical in determining the longer-term direction of the stock and if the bets being placed will prove profitable. Michael Kramer is the founder of Mott Capital Management LLC, a registered investment adviser, and the manager of the company's actively managed, long-only Thematic Growth Portfolio. Kramer typically buys and holds stocks for a duration of three to five years. Click here for Kramer's bio and his portfolio's holdings. Information presented is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies. Investments involve risk and unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Be sure to first consult with a qualified financial adviser and/or tax professional before implementing any strategy discussed herein. Upon request, the advisor will provide a list of all recommendations made during the past twelve months. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Read More Intel's Stock Seen Rebounding 15% : https://ift.tt/2KjVJHVWindow Snyder will leave Fastly at the end of the month to join Intel’s Platform Security Division at its new chief software security officer, vice president, and general manager. At her new role, which she begins in early July, Snyder will be responsible for ensuring that Intel maintains a competitive security product roadmap across all segments in support of business group objectives and continues to engage with the external security ecosystem to apply industry trends and sensing to Intel roadmap differentiation. She joins Intel from content distribution network Fastly where she was the chief security officer. Snyder began her career as a software engineer at Axent Technologies in 1997, leaving in 1999 to join @stake as its director of Security Architecture. In 2002, she joined Microsoft as a senior security strategist in the company’s Security Engineering and Communications organization, most notably as security lead and sign off on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003. Snyder helped formalize the process to secure Windows. She also created Blue Hat, an event that “invited hackers to expose the flaws in the company’s software in front of its creators.” In 2005, she co-founded Matasano, a services company where she was chief technology officer, leaving a year later to join The Mozilla Corp. as its security chief. Snyder was credited with “professionalizing the Firefox security response team, at a time when the open-source browser was increasingly coming under attack from hackers” according to PC World. She left Mozilla in late 2008, and worked as a consultant for about a year before joining Apple in 2010 as a senior security product manager, spending five years working on the company’s security and privacy strategy. According to The Register:
Join the ConversationRead More Intel Corp. Names Window Snyder As Its First Chief Security Officer : https://ift.tt/2tQ93bQAn Intel lawyer said the company may have to reduce or remove plans to develop 5G-capable cellular technology if courts held up a Qualcomm request to halt sales of Apple iPhones that included current-generation Intel modems. As part of an ITC (International Trade Commission) patent case filed by Qualcomm QCOM, +1.11% against Apple AAPL, +0.53% one of several legal disputes between the two companies, Intel technology lawyer Steven Bowers testified about the impact on the blue-chip giant. Upholding the Qualcomm request to prevent Apple from importing iPhones that use Intel modem technology, rather than those that integrate Qualcomm modems, would force Intel INTC, +1.40% to reevaluate or drop its plans for developing the next generation of wireless technologies. 5G technology is the follow-up to today’s 4G cellular tech that will transform wireless systems and create a entire new ecosystem for manufacturing, infrastructure, wireless devices, home automation, medical applications and autonomous driving. Success in 5G products and modems will inevitably lead to significant revenue opportunity for companies that lead in the space. If Apple is forced to stop imports of Intel-based modem versions of the iPhone, it would have to sell only Qualcomm-based units, and revenue for Intel modems would drop considerably. Apple is Intel’s largest modem customer by far. Apple has been using Intel modems as a way to put pressure on Qualcomm to change its licensing models over the past year. Intel’s public-relations department declined to comment on the matter and the testimony in question. According to the testimony, this jump away from its current modem development for Intel would be necessary even if it were forced out of its present agreement with Apple for only one year. Even assuming that Intel could alter its products in that time span to avoid the patent concerns, Bowers claimed that changing the shape of the chip in question would cause customers to have to redesign circuit boards. Convincing these customers to adopt two different designs would be difficult. Exiled from ecosystemIt’s also possible that Intel would be pushed out of the ecosystem if partners (including Apple and others) no longer integrated Intel’s 4G technology. Bowers claimed that Intel’s current trajectory for 5G technology depends on the profitability of the current 4G chips. And despite this endeavor being a multi-year investment for the company, it would apparently force Intel to drop out if the current conditions are disturbed. It is odd that in the same testimony where Intel calls 5G cellular technology a “high-priority initiative” that it would also claim that a single-year hiatus from the field would force the company’s hand into dropping out of the race. Apple’s argument in the ITC patent case is one of undermining public interests. Without Intel in the market, Qualcomm would have no “real competitors” in the modem space today and that it would remove Intel from competing in future markets around 5G. Lack of disclosureIf Intel were truly at risk for losing the entirety of its wireless business due to a legal dispute that is months, if not years, old, then it would have been reported during quarterly earnings reports. These kinds of disclosures are required and Intel would be unlikely to risk the fallout of not doing so. The alternative is that Intel is exaggerating its risk or intentions in regards to the ITC patent suit to provide a better chance that its modems are not forced out of the lucrative iPhone market. Intel continues to promote its future in 5G cellular technology with significant partnerships, including with the Olympics, the U.S. Open, and various PC OEMs that will adopt it in 2019. Ryan Shrout is the founder and lead analyst at Shrout Research, and the owner of PC Perspective. Follow him on Twitter @ryanshrout. Read More Opinion: Intel's development of 5G is at risk in Apple-Qualcomm lawsuit : https://ift.tt/2yUG38JUntil April of this year, chip giant Intel's (NASDAQ:INTC) publicly stated goal was that it would begin manufacturing chips using its 10-nanometer chip technology in "high volume" during the second half of 2018. This schedule, however, was pushed out to sometime in 2019 because, according to Intel, the yield rate of the technology wasn't improving as quickly as the company had hoped. In order to keep customers happy, Intel is continuing to release new products using upgraded versions of its 14-nanometer technology. These new products, though not as compelling as the 10-nanometer products that they're standing in for, deliver reasonable performance and power efficiency improvements over their predecessors. This strategy has been working well so far. In fact, last quarter Intel raised its full-year revenue guidance by $2.5 billion to $67.5 billion and, in tandem with its announcement that Brian Krzanich had resigned his post as CEO, the company announced that its second-quarter results blew away its original guidance. Don't be surprised if Intel raises its full-year revenue outlook again when it reports its full second-quarter results on July 26. What's interesting, though, is that the 10-nanometer delay seems to have led to more demand than what Intel can currently handle for its 14-nanometer parts. Let's take a look at the evidence of that and what it means for Intel investors. Two pieces of evidenceBack on May 8, DIGITIMES claimed that Intel had stopped supplying its lowest-end desktop processor platform controller hub (PCH), known as H310, to system vendors just a month after they launched. A PCH is a kind of companion chip that handles several key features in a computer, such as USB connectivity and Serial ATA (SATA) connectivity for disk drives. The reason that Intel reportedly stopped supplying the H310 chips was that Intel simply didn't have enough 14-nanometer manufacturing capacity to meet demand for the H310 chips. "The sources said motherboard makers had been told that the supply of H310 would resume in July at the latest," DIGITIMES wrote. Now, as of this writing in late June, there appear to be plenty of H310-based motherboards available, so whatever initial supply bottleneck that Intel had run into has apparently been resolved. This isn't the only piece of evidence, though. A recent report from BenchLife.info, a website that regularly leaks out information about upcoming Intel products, says the company is considering canceling the introduction of what would have been its upcoming Z390 PCH for the high-end/enthusiast desktop processor market and instead relabeling its current Z370 PCH as Z390 in support of the company's upcoming ninth-generation Core processor launch for desktop computers. The Z370 PCH is manufactured using Intel's older 22-nanometer manufacturing technology. Demand for Intel's 22-nanometer technology is set to fall off as Intel continues to transition its microprocessor and PCH products to 14 nanometer, so keeping the enthusiast desktop PCH chips on 22 nanometer could make sense, particularly as enthusiast desktop computers don't benefit from the increased integration and power efficiency of newer PCH chips as much as other types of personal computers do. What does the 10-nanometer delay have to do with it?At this point, you might be asking yourself, "What does the 10-nanometer delay have to do with the supply tightness of Intel's 14-nanometer chips?" The answer is simple. Since it had, presumably, planned to move a significant portion of its chip volume to 10 nanometer by the end of 2018, the company likely expected demand for its 14-nanometer chips to be lower than what it'll now be. Further exacerbating the problem is the fact that for Intel to continue to build better products using its 14-nanometer technology, it needs to do things like add more cores, which makes the chip sizes bigger. Bigger chip sizes mean fewer chips per wafer, which ultimately means that more wafers need to be produced for a given target shipment quantity. Intel's solutionIntel has indicated that it doesn't expect to go into mass production on products using its 10-nanometer technology until sometime in 2019 (even then, the company won't publicly commit to whether it expects volume production in the first half of 2019 or in the second half of 2019). This means that it will need to be able to meet increasing demand for 14-nanometer products for at least another year. The solution is, frankly, quite simple: Intel's putting in more 14-nanometer manufacturing capacity. During the company's earnings conference call back in January , CFO Bob Swan said that Intel had raised its full-year capital expenditure outlook by $2.5 billion due to higher projected logic chip demand. Swan indicated that this spending would go toward its 14-, 10-, and even its 7-nanometer technologies. It would seem, then, that Intel is putting in additional 14-nanometer capacity to handle this situation. Intel's goal is, frankly, to make sure it can build enough chips to meet demand and, based on the company's increased financial outlook for the second quarter of 2018, it looks like it's doing a pretty good job of doing that. Read More Intel Can't Crank Chips Out Fast Enough : https://ift.tt/2IyGiWhIn late 2016, Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) announced that its new Snapdragon chips would be fully compatible with Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 10 ecosystem. The announcement initially cast a dark cloud over Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), since Qualcomm's ARM-based devices would be lighter and more power-efficient than Intel's x86-powered devices. Qualcomm's integrated baseband modem would also provide "always on" cellular connectivity. However, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC platform, its first big push into the market, fell short of expectations. The Snapdragon PCs couldn't match the horsepower of their Intel-powered counterparts, and many older x86 apps didn't run properly -- despite Microsoft's and Qualcomm's emulation efforts. So in early June, Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform, which will provide a 30% performance boost, a 20% jump in battery life, and a 20% increase in 4G LTE speeds. Shortly afterward, website WinFuture reported that Qualcomm was already developing a follow-up to the Snapdragon 850, tentatively called the Snapdragon 1000, exclusively for Windows 10 PCs. The Snapdragon 835 and 850 platforms are both based on smartphone SoCs. The Snapdragon 850 and 1000 platforms indicate that Qualcomm is doubling down on its efforts to break Intel and AMD's (NASDAQ: AMD) duopoly in the PC market. I think several major headwinds could derail Qualcomm's efforts. The shadow of Windows RTMicrosoft's partnership with Qualcomm marks its second major attempt to expand Windows to ARM-based devices. Its first attempt, Windows RT, was supported by leading OEMs like Lenovo, Dell, Acer, and Samsung. Yet Windows RT flopped since the OS couldn't run many older Windows apps designed for x86 processors. Microsoft tried to address the flaw by offering "universal" apps through its Windows Store, but many developers shunned the platform. Meanwhile, consumers who didn't understand the differences between Windows RT and Windows 8 were frustrated when they couldn't run their older software. Microsoft and its OEM partners stopped selling Windows RT devices about a year after the OS' launch in late 2012. Microsoft and Qualcomm believe that faster processors and better x86 emulation technology will make ARM-powered Windows 10 a mainstream reality this time, but the mixed reviews indicate that there's still plenty of work to be done. OEMs are wiser, more cautious, and more stubbornThe Windows RT debacle burned Microsoft's OEMs, and many of those RT partners aren't lining up to launch ARM-powered Windows 10 PCs. Instead, Microsoft and Qualcomm's top allies this time around are HP (NYSE: HPQ), Asus, and Lenovo. HP is the top PC maker in the world, but its move into ARM-based PCs is clearly a cautious one. HP announced its first Snapdragon-powered PC, the Envy x2, in late 2017. But before the device even hit the market, HP revealed that it would also launch an Intel-powered version in early 2018. Meanwhile, other OEMs remain reluctant to stray too far from Intel, which still has a "best in breed" reputation in personal computing. That's why AMD, which made progress against Intel in desktops with its new Ryzen CPUs, still isn't gaining market share in laptops. Susquehanna analyst Christopher Roland recently claimed that AMD's share of the notebook CPU market hit a "new low" of 3.2% during the second quarter. If even AMD, which makes x86 chips, is having so much trouble against Intel in notebooks, it's unlikely that Qualcomm's ARM chips will fare much better. Better power efficiency isn't enoughThe 20-hour battery life of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 devices sounds impressive, but many Intel-powered devices are catching up. Lenovo's ThinkPad T470 lasts over 16 hours, according to Laptop Mag, while Dell's XPS 13 9360 lasts more than 15 hours. Meanwhile, Snapdragon-powered PCs remain significantly weaker than Intel-powered ones. Benchmarks at TechSpot revealed that HP's ARM-powered Envy x2 ranked dead last in emulated x86 performance compared to Intel-powered PCs, and turned in merely average results for its native apps. The recent reports about the Snapdragon 1000 indicate that the chipset will merely offer performance comparable to that of a U-series Intel Skylake from last year. But when we factor in the added stress of software emulation, it's likely that Qualcomm-powered PCs will continue to underperform Intel-powered ones for the foreseeable future. Lastly, Qualcomm-powered PCs still aren't competitively priced. The Snapdragon-powered Envy x2 currently is listed at $800 on one major online shopping site, which makes it pricier than most low-end and mid-range Windows laptops and 2-in-1 devices. A long uphill battleQualcomm is already struggling to challenge Intel in the server market, and it faces a tough uphill battle in laptops. Microsoft's support is encouraging, but it remains unclear if Qualcomm can convince OEMs and consumers to give ARM-powered Windows PCs a chance. Read More Qualcomm's New Snapdragons Probably Won't Scare Intel : https://ift.tt/2ySEN5VInvestors interested in Computer and Technology stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has Intel (INTC) been one of those stocks this year? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out. Intel is a member of our Computer and Technology group, which includes 630 different companies and currently sits at #6 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different groups, measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the sector to gauge the strength of each group. The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. INTC is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy). Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for INTC's full-year earnings has moved 12.95% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving. Based on the latest available data, INTC has gained about 5.63% so far this year. Meanwhile, stocks in the Computer and Technology group have gained about 4.42% on average. This means that Intel is outperforming the sector as a whole this year. Breaking things down more, INTC is a member of the Semiconductor - General industry, which includes 8 individual companies and currently sits at #10 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has gained an average of 10.29% so far this year, meaning that INTC is slightly underperforming its industry in terms of year-to-date returns. INTC will likely be looking to continue its solid performance, so investors interested Computer and Technology stocks should continue to pay close attention to the company.
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Interesting article this week by Bob Wheeler in the venerable Microprocessor Report newsletter, in which he examines the “3D Xpoint” memory-chip technology developed by Intel (INTC) and Micron Technology (MU). (Subscription required to read Microprocessor Report articles.) Intel’s been shipping 3D Xpoint for about a year now, in the form of “solid-state drives,” or SSDs, labeled Optane, which serve as faster storage for a computer than a spinning magnetic disk drive. The promise, stated by Intel and Micron back in the summer of 2015, was always for Xpoint to someday be not only a faster storage medium, but also a form of “main memory” for computers, perhaps even replacing DRAM chips. That goal is still very much the intention at Intel, based on my conversation last month at Intel headquarters with Intel memory-chip executive Rob Crooke. Wheeler’s focus is the next stage of things, where the Xpoint chips will connect to the computer not through the PCIe socket, where disks and SSDs typically connect, but through the "memory bus,” the same way DRAM connects to the microprocessor. The project is code-named “Apache Pass” and is currently being shown to select developers, writes Wheeler. First general availability is expected next year, in the form of dual in-line memory modules, or DIMMs, the same way DRAM commonly is configured, with multiple chips soldered on a circuit board that plugs into the motherboard of a computer. Apache Pass, notes Wheeler, doesn’t replace DRAM at this point—it’s not fast enough. But putting Xpoint in a DIMM makes it faster than SSDs. To use the chips, servers will also have to have a new microprocessor from Intel, dubbed Cascade Lake, due out this year, a requirement that Wheeler suggests could somewhat dampen enthusiasm. Intel has a big lead at this point, being the only vendor even close to shipping “new memory technology” in server computers. Competitors, he notes, have fallen into the camp of Samsung Electronics (005930KS), which is shipping something called “Gen-Z,” a version of NAND flash chips that are faster than usual. Those parts, however, don’t connect to the processor like normal memory, as Intel intends for Xpoint. As Wheeler points out, we still don’t know what Xpoint really is: Intel and Micron have never divulged the underlying technology, except to state that it has no transistors, as DRAM and NAND and most chips do. Wheeler speculates it is "likely a type of phase-change memory (PCM)." Micron, I would note, told analysts last week at its annual meeting that it will ship its own 3D Xpoint products next year, without disclosing details. Intel shares today are up 66 cents, or 1.4%, at $49.42. Sign up to Review & Preview, a new daily email from Barron’s. Every evening we’ll review the news that moved markets during the day and look ahead to what it means for your portfolio in the morning. The 32-core monster AMD Threadripper 2990X processor, which AMD has already teased with leaked benchmarks already surfacing and showing awesome performance, looks set to retail for 1500 Euros. Videocardz spottedthis page over at Cyperport, listing the new CPU for the said price, which equates to roughly $1700. In Europe, Intel's Core i9-7980XE currently costs EUR 2000 and $2100 in the U.S, so this is a huge deal in the world of processors, with AMD looking set to offer 32 cores for up to $400 less than Intel's 18-core flagship. That's a devastating difference given that the 32-core Threadripper will likely offer around twice the performance of the Threadripper 1950X, which has half the cores, topping out at 16. As you can see from the benchmark results above, which were leaked recently, in multi-threaded tasks the Threadripper 2990X is a huge amount quicker than the Core i9-7980XE so the fact it costs significantly less is bad news for Intel, which will have no choice but to offer price cuts as well as increase its core counts with new products, which it looks set to do soon with a 22-core CPU. However, it looks like this will not only fall short in toppling AMD's new flagship, but it could cost even more than the Core i9-7980XE, further compounding Intel's problems. On the flip side, it looks set to regain the mainstream performance crown with it's most powerful CPU ever for this segment of the market - the Core i9-9900K, which will offer eight cores and 16 threads and will likely be quicker than AMD's Ryzen CPUs in pretty much everything. However, many expect it to also cost a lot more than AMD's current mainstream flagship, the Ryzen 7 2700X. I'll be taking a look at the new CPUs once they launch so be sure to follow via the links below. Read More AMD Threadripper 32-Core Processor Price Leak Shock: Low Cost Will Worry Intel : https://ift.tt/2MtWrih |
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