Intel plans to auction off its smartphone modem patents and exit the industry - MSPoweruser6/30/2019 Back in April 2019, Apple and Qualcomm settled their battle and later that day Intel announced that the company is quitting the 5G market. Two weeks after the announcement, Intel came forward and confirmed that their decision to quit the market was because of the settlement between Qualcomm and Apple. Now according to a report published by IAM (via AndroidAuthority), Intel is cutting off all the ties with the smartphone modem market and is planning to auction off its patents. With Apple off the market, Intel has no incentives to continue developing wireless technologies including 5G modems. The auction will be divided into two parts: cellular and connected device portfolio. The cellular portfolio includes 6,000 patents related to 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards and an additional 1,700 patents related to wireless implementation technologies. The connected device portfolio, on the other hand, includes 500 patents related to semiconductors and other electronics. The auction will be processed by Nader Mousavi of Sullivan & Cromwell. Even though Intel is planning to quit the market, the company still plans to retain assets related to networking, specifically 5G networking. There have been reports that Intel was not meeting Apple’s standards related to 5G modems and that played a role in the settlement between Apple and Qualcomm. However, Intel still plans to work on networking technology and the company can influence the industry from outside. At the moment, Intel has declined to comment on the auction which is rumoured to start as early as in August. Read More Intel plans to auction off its smartphone modem patents and exit the industry - MSPoweruser : https://ift.tt/2Ln9x3A
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HW News - Intel Asks: "Is Intel Screwed?" DisplayPort 2.0 & 16K Monitor Support - GamersNexus6/30/2019 [embedded content] Intel Answers Question: “Is Intel Screwed?”An internal Intel document has leaked onto Reddit that outlines the competitive profile of AMD, according to Intel. The letter, titled “AMD competitive profile: Where we go-toe-toe, why they are resurgent, which chips of ours beat theirs," analyzes AMD’s rise to competitiveness, with no shortage of Intel bias. However, in the letter, AMD’s competitive threat to Intel is acknowledged as “the greatest it has been in years.” The letter goes onto look at AMD’s growth, it’s success with Ryzen, and it’s new found surge on the stock market. The letter also defines key competitive threats from AMD’s upcoming 7nm Rome, AMD’s continued push into winning over cloud providers, and the value offering of its HPC and high-end parts. Intel also recognizes the advantage of AMD partnering with the leading TSMC and having AMD’s chips on an advanced node. That answer to all of this, according to Intel, is the six pillars of innovation: process, architecture, memory, interconnect, security, and software. These six elements coalesce to form Intel’s “secret sauce” to help stave off AMD. Intel noted that, quote, “AMD offers high performance CPUs, posing direct competition to Intel in both our core client and datacenter CPU businesses. With our announced ambitions to bring new discrete graphics to market, we are bringing new competition to both AMD's and NVIDIA's graphics businesses.” The company further stated, “AMD has recently been gaining some traction in winning public cloud offerings. And competition from AMD is shaping up to be especially tough in high performance computing. HPC performance is usually driven by the number of cores and the number of memory channels (or memory bandwidth). Intel is challenged on both fronts.” Perhaps more interesting but less surprising, Intel apparently employs someone whose entire job is to do competitive analysis on just AMD. This isn’t news -- every major company hires competitive analysts -- but you normally don’t hear about them. Intel’s competitive analyst didn’t paint a good picture, and replies to the internal memo, also posted on the internal forum, really didn’t help. One Intel employee commented the following: “The ‘secret sauce’ section of this article (personally) makes me cringe. There isn't one piece of evidence that makes me hopeful for Intel in the short term when it comes to competing vs. AMD - no numerics at all, except for how big our former SSG [editor: Software and Services Group] is. Having more SW engineers than AMD? Not convincing. Technology portfolio? Not convincing, esp. given that AMD has much more Graphics/Gaming technology expertise AI/DL expertise? It's pretty clear that we are following in this regard as well. AMD is on fire, esp. given it's size. They continually squeak out new products with less people, and have leap-frogged our HW several times in the past. They have a competitive product with FAR more cores/threads -- which is a huge marketing ploy, and has been what our customers have been asking for. There's no excuse for why we didn't do the same, and now we're in a race to catch up at a time where we are hemorrhaging talent, while also feeling the consequences of the past 5-8 years of mgmt decisions in the way we manage our CPU teams, and the priorities of that mgmt.” While there’s no new or exciting announcements within the letter, it does provide some interesting insight from Intel on AMD’s resurgence, and how the company plans to deal with challenges it hasn’t faced in years. Source: https://i.imgur.com/HWwDkla.png https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/c5nb01/amd_competitive_profile_where_we_go_toetotoe_why/ Intel & MSFT Continue to Support Huawei with Security UpdatesWhile Huawei’s future is uncertain in the western hemisphere after the US Government’s trade blacklist, at least Intel and Microsoft have confirmed they will continue to support Huawei devices with critical updates. “We remain committed to providing exceptional customer experiences. Our initial evaluation of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s decision on Huawei has indicated we may continue to offer Microsoft software updates to customers with Huawei devices,” said Microsoft in a statement to PCWorld. PCWorld also stated they received confirmation from Intel that the chipmaker would continue to provide support for Hauwei’s Intel-based devices. The news should assuage any concerned consumer who may be in the possession of one of Huawei's laptops or other devices. Ubuntu Drops 32-bit Support, Angry Gamers Bring It BackCanonical announced recently that they would be dropping 32-bit support beginning with Ubuntu 19.10, meaning anything that relies on 32-bit libraries or binaires would likely be broken. Valve, evidently seeing the writing on the wall for Ubuntu, in turn announced it would be dropping official support for future Unbuntu releases and would cease to recommend it, as well as shifting focus to a new distribution. This set Linux gamers and developers into an uproar, and now, Canonical has walked that decision back. “Thanks to the huge amount of feedback this weekend from gamers, Ubuntu Studio, and the WINE community, we will change our plan and build selected 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS,” Canonical said in a blog post. So, at least for the near term, 32-bit Ubuntu will survive. Source: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Valve-Dropping-Official-Ubuntu https://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-returning-32-bit-ubuntu-linux-support-after-gaming-uproar/ https://techgage.com/news/canonical-dropping-32-bit-support-ubuntu-19-10/ AMD Recruits Frank Azor From DellAMD has purportedly recruited Alienware co-founder Frank Azor, who is rumored to assume the mantle of Chief Gaming Officer at AMD. Azor has been with Dell since it absorbed the Alienware brand in 2006, and most recently, served as Vice President and General Manager for Dell brands such as Alienware, XPS, and G-Series. Little is known about what exactly Azor will be doing at AMD, but we can assume it will be related to helping AMD further extend its tendrils into the gaming and enthusiast segment. AMD is slowly gaining ground in the gaming notebook segment, one which it has been all but shut out of until recently. In a post on the Alienware site, Azor mentioned his last day at Dell would be July 3. Source: https://hothardware.com/news/alienware-dell-frank-azor-leaving-for-amd-gaming Intel Will Support Integer ScalingIntel’s Lisa Pearce confirmed via Twitter that Intel will support integer scaling -- an upscaling technique -- with its Gen11 graphics and future Intel Xe graphics cards. Pearce noted that a patch would roll out this August to the Intel Graphics Command Center that will enable integer scaling support. Intel continues to take a community centric approach to its graphics ambitions, and integer scaling support should certainly resonate well with users. AMD and Nvidia have been petitioned to add the feature, but to date, they only employ bilinear or bicubic interpolation upscaling techniques. Source: https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/integer-scaling-support-gen-11-xe-graphics SiFive Chip Startup Leveraging RISC-V & US-China Trade WarWhile companies like Intel, AMD, and ARM are no doubt lamenting the trade war with China, which has culminated with a trade ban leveled against Huawei, there’s at least one chipmaker that sees it as an opportunity. SiFive, based in California, designs chips based on the open-source RISC-V architecture, and plans to help Chinese tech companies wean themselves off of US-based technology. "We are going to expand big time in China. The trade war has helped us a lot because it convinced China to do more chips inside the country and we are helping them do so," SiFive President and CEO Naveed Sherwani said. "It became clear to us about three or four years ago that a trade war is going to happen," Sherwani said, "and the action we took is building a completely independent company in China." The restrictions of the US Entity List do not apply to open-source technology, and SiFive intentionally set up an independent China-based branch, under the name of Shanghai SaiFang Technology Co., so that US operations wouldn’t affect SiFive’s business in China. According to Nikkei Asian Review, SiFive is currently baking a 5G mobile chip based on RISC-V, and it currently has over 100 licenses for its RISC-V chip designs. Some of SiFive’s customers include Qualcomm and SK Hynix. Furthermore, the company is backed by Intel, Samsung, and Western Digital. Sherwani has stated that SiFive’s current RISC-V chips are approaching ARM v8 performance parity, and within a year, they could eclipse ARM v8 chips. Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Startups/US-chip-startup-exploits-trade-war-to-expand-in-China VESA Announces DisplayPort 2.0, 16K SupportVESA announced the DisplayPort 2.0 specification, and it may be the biggest revision the standard has ever received. In terms of raw bandwidth, DisplayPort 2.0 is preparing for 8K and beyond by almost tripling the available bandwidth over the previous 1.3 and 1.4 specifications. DisplayPort 2.0 is targeting a data rate of 80Gbps, or 20Gbps per lane. This means that DP 2.0 will support 8K @ 60HZ while also allowing for 30-bit color depth. VESA lists some potential display configurations that DP 2.0 could enable: Single display resolutions
Dual display resolutions
Triple display resolutions
When using only two lanes on the USB-C connector via DP Alt Mode to allow for simultaneous SuperSpeed USB data and video, DP 2.0 can enable such configurations as:
DP 2.0 will use both the native DP connector, as well as USB Type-C and incorporate Intel’s Thunderbolt 3 for the physical layer. That also means that DP 2.0 will inherit the active cabling versus passive cabling conundrum. As AnandTech notes, VESA hasn’t fully addressed that issue, but instead is focusing on what can be achieved with passive cables for the near term. VESA expects DP 2.0 to surface in retail products by late 2020, and will also go head to head with the competing HDMI 2.1 standard. Cooler Master Expands into Gaming MonitorsIt seems Cooler Master is set to enter the monitor market, joining the likes of MSI, and most recently, Gigabyte, who have also branched out into the ever crowded gaming monitor space. Cooler Master looks to have two models coming up: the GM219-30 and GM219-35. As is the case with most monitor model names, the numbers tell the tale. The GM219-30 will be a 30” display with a 21:9 aspect ratio, while the GM219-35 sports a 35” screen. Both will be based on curved VA panels; the GM219-30 will offer a resolution of 2560 x 1080 @ 200HZ, while the GM219-35 will run at 3440 x 1440 @ 120Hz. Both panels are expected to offer a 1ms response time. Prices are rumored to be $400 for the GM219-30, and $1,000 for the GM219-35. Release dates are expected toward the end of 2019. Source: https://hexus.net/tech/news/monitors/132098-cooler-master-launch-gaming-monitor-range-late-2019/ Host: Steve Burke How This Trans Rights Advocate Persuaded Intel To Implement Protections For Trans Employees - Forbes6/29/2019 25 years ago, Rachael Parker took a job at Intel as a closeted transgender woman. She thought it would be safest to keep her identity hidden, but after a year of holding this secret inside, she couldn’t do it anymore. Seeking guidance, she joined what was at the time the company’s GLB employee resource group for gay, lesbian, and bisexual employees. Parker was the only trans-identified member. So, she began educating the others on trans issues and ultimately got the group’s charter changed to include transgender employees. That experience jumpstarted Parker’s motivation to not only continue educating her coworkers, but also to fight for policy change throughout the company. She knew she needed to live as her authentic self, but she also desperately wanted to keep her job. As she began her physical transition, she made it a goal to work with leadership to change Intel’s Equal Employment Opportunity and non-discrimination polices so they would include gender identity. “At the time it would have been perfectly legal for Intel to say, ‘That’s weird, we don’t want you here,’ and fire me,” says Parker. “There weren’t any protections for trans employees. So that’s what I started to work on with HR, internal allies, and advocates.” Accomplishing these policy changes was no easy task. To begin, many people had still never heard the word transgender. “Transitioning in the 90s was still pretty difficult socially,” Parker explains. “Everyone knows what transgender means now, but in the 90s a lot of people did not. So that had its challenges both in and outside the office.” Before Parker could get any policies updated, she needed to educate those in charge on what it meant to be transgender. “I went about it by telling my story to people that would listen,” she says. For two years, Parker made presentations to various Intel leaders, continuing to move up the ladder until she was finally able to present to those at the very top. “I had a few minutes to come in and make my case," she says. "And they said yes. And that was amazing.” Parker believes her strong presentation and communication skills helped her succeed. She also had a few high-up allies that helped her determine the risk of fighting for these policies. “Although I didn’t really think much about the risk of pursuing this,” she says. “I was more focused on the risk of not pursuing it because I knew I needed to transition. It was the only reasonable course of action, so I was all in.” Two decades later, Parker is now a Principal Engineer at Intel, and she can’t see herself working anywhere else. She hopes corporations realize how important it is to their bottom line to have the protections she fought for in place. “I’m a senior employee now,” she says. “I have around 25 patents. I have done quite well, and I know if I were to look for another career right now, I would not consider any company that doesn’t have those protections in place, and I think probably a lot of new employees coming into the workforce feel the same way.” To anyone else fighting for workplace protections, Parker insists on finding allies. “Don’t do it alone. Find an ally in HR. Find an ally in legal…So much of the work was even just knowing the right people to talk to, who to approach, how to approach them, and that’s stuff you can get help with from your allies.” She also says to prepare for challenges. “Have a strong support network because there will be setbacks along the way or people that say things that normally you might have trouble with, but you’re educating them and it’s going to take time for them to learn.” After her success with Intel's policies, Parker's advocacy work grew. She has since worked as an Intel representative on the board of Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, and most recently, she joined Intel’s Out and Ally Leadership Council, which helps foster LGBTQ+ inclusion and awareness. “I was compelled to join because even though I was probably the first out trans person at Intel, I wasn’t necessarily out across the company. I was just out to whoever needed to know…But the social and political climate over the last few years has really allowed me to rethink that…Getting involved with the Out and Ally Leadership Council is something I can do to help educate. I believe strongly that sharing your personal stories is the best way to make connections with people and break down barriers or build bridges.” She hopes that by telling her stories, she can help make the world feel a little more welcoming. “I want to be out and visible for trans youth,” she says. “I want them to see that even though it may not feel like it right now, there are places for them in the world and places like Intel where you'll be validated and included.” Read More How This Trans Rights Advocate Persuaded Intel To Implement Protections For Trans Employees - Forbes : https://ift.tt/2Jb0jEOVery few companies manage to turn their fortunes around like AMD has. From a Microsoft buyout and Bankruptcy rumors in 2015 to posting a revenue of $1.27 billion in Q1 2019, beating market expectations. Development of the Zen architecture was really important for AMD, if it turned out anything like the Bulldozer fiasco the company would be in deep trouble today. Anyways, that wasn’t the case and AMD managed to impress with their strong product lineup built on the Zen architecture. Between Bulldozer and Zen, there was a big time gap and Intel virtually had zero competition for a while, this somewhat resulted in a growing price premium on their products with many consequent processors series being just refreshes. Now that AMD is back with a terrific lineup in both the server and the home desktop market, Intel is getting some heat. In a leaked internal memo meant for Intel employees, the company now acknowledges AMD as a strong competitor. The post was titled as “AMD competitive profile: Where we go toe-to-toe, why they are resurgent, which chips of ours beat theirs“, it delves into some interesting points but there’s no new information. Servers and Desktop CPUsThe post mentions some of the challenges faced by Intel stating “What accounts for AMD’s resurgence as a formidable Intel competitor? In part, it may be the company’s strategic re-focus on premium high-performance products for the desktop, datacenter, and server market segments.” Intel CPUs were always the top choice for x86 HPCs around the world but AMD is now competitive on this front too with their EPYC server lineup. AMD EPYC processors and Radeon Instinct GPU’s now power the Corona Cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. The memo addresses this stating “AMD has recently been gaining some traction in winning public cloud offerings. And competition from AMD is shaping up to be especially tough in high-performance computing. HPC performance is usually driven by the number of cores and the number of memory channels (or memory bandwidth). Intel is challenged on both fronts.” continuing “AMD’s upcoming next-generation Zen-core products, codenamed Rome for servers and Matisse for desktop, will intensify our desktop and especially server competition. The latter is likely to be the most intense in about a decade. At Computex, AMD announced that Matisse, the company’s 3rd Gen Ryzen 3000 series processors, would be available starting July 7.” Manufacturing ProcessIntel has fabrication plants around the world which means fabrication is done in-house. AMD on the other hand have their chips manufactured by third-party fabs (TSMC and GF). The Intel memo puts this as a distinct advantage stating “By leveraging TSMC’s 7nm manufacturing – AMD no longer manufactures its own chips – AMD can drive higher core counts and higher performance than it could previously with Global Foundries as its in-house manufacturer. These 7nm products will amplify the near-term competitive challenge from AMD.
Intel also released 10nm “Ice Lake” products this year, although they were all mobile CPU releases for laptops. 10nm High-Performance Desktop CPUs haven’t been announced yet. The circular also mentions this, stating “Our focus needs to be on getting our execution in shape as soon as possible. We’re in a competitive time partly because of our execution issues, whether that’s related to our process technology node, or to our products that intercept those nodes. So I think that execution to our roadmap and strategy will help tremendously.” Intel’s Secret SauceThe circular attributes Intel’s success to a few key areas. “Intel’s secret sauce is not a single ingredient. Rather, it is the six pillars of innovation – process, architecture, memory, interconnect, security, and software“. Most of it here can be agreed upon but it would be fair to take points away from Security. Intel CPUs were massively affected by Speculative Execution flaws and many of the patches directly affected end performance. They also talk about software support here and it still remains a distinct advantage for Intel.
Pricing And Value PropositionAs we mentioned earlier, Intel does have a price premium over similar offerings. AMD has always been a value-oriented brand, both in the CPU and GPU space. Until recently they didn’t compete in the high-end product space but instead focused on strong mid range offerings. The circular also touches on this subject, stating “Intel is a premium brand. At times, and on some workloads, we might dip below on performance, like the second half of this year. At other times, and on other workloads, we are 3x or more the performance. Our pricing will continue to reflect the value we deliver to our customers.” They also state “Additionally, I would say users don’t buy a chip. They buy a system. They buy a whole solution that includes software enabling, vendor enabling, validation, technical support, manageability, out-of-box experience, supplier sustained consistency, and more. So, yes, while an OEM or ODM might buy a chip, the end user doesn’t generally buy only a chip. We believe that our product pricing vis-à-vis AMD reflects the great deal of added value that specifically comes from buying Intel with our decades of unmatched investments in validation, software, and security.” All in all it was a fun read although most of it was common knowledge. This circular was posted on “Circuit News” which is a Intel employee-only portal. The memo was leaked on Reddit and you can read the full thing here. Read More Intel Acknowledges AMD's Dominance in Multi-Threaded Workloads With Matisse - Appuals : https://ift.tt/2X98maiAlex Alderson, 2019-06-27 (Update: 2019-06-27) I got my first smartphone aged 11, my first PC aged 12 and I have been tinkering with electronics ever since. I like to keep abreast of the latest news and technology, which inevitably leads me to switch my laptop and phone every few months. When I'm not writing for Notebookcheck, you will find me seeking out new coffee shops, bars and trying to find some hidden gems in record stores. It is no secret that the launch of the Zen architecture has brought plenty of competition back to the CPU market. AMD is about to make another leap with Zen 2, which will also introduce the first 7nm desktop CPUs to the market and put them in the hands of gamers. Now, it looks like Intel might be starting to feel the heat. Rumours of incoming price cuts aside, there is more news coming out of Intel this week ahead of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 launch. Over on Reddit, one person leaked a document claiming to be from an employee-only publication called ‘Intel Circuit News’, which is supposedly a private news portal. The post was titled “AMD Competitive profile: Where we go toe-to-toe, why they are resurgent, which chips of ours beats theirs”. The original leak has unfortunately been deleted but reports about its contents have been doing the rounds, so the cat is already out of the bag. The post talks briefly about the 50-year long rivalry between Intel and AMD, before saying “by most accounts, the competitive threat to Intel from AMD is the greatest it has been in years”. The post also notes that Intel is facing a “challenging period ahead”, but hopes that by sticking to the ‘six pillars of innovation’, the company will pull through and continue to be a leader in the CPU market. While Intel is struggling to make the jump beyond 14nm, AMD is about to release the first 7nm desktop CPUs. Intel is planning to release its first 10nm CPU in 2019 but we likely won’t see enthusiast 10nm or above hardware for another couple of years. There is an opportunity for AMD to continue disrupting the status quo but as the leaked document notes, Intel does have some advantages. The company is ten times larger than AMD and employs a vastly higher number of people specialising in different areas. Intel’s software development team alone goes beyond AMD’s total employee count. Intel has enough money in the bank to hunker down and work on a true generational leap but something like that will be years off. KitGuru Says: This claimed leak isn’t the juiciest but it is certainly a more candid look at the situation compared to what we are used to seeing. AMD’s rise over the last couple of years may well have caught Chipzilla off guard but it will be interesting to see how closely the two companies continue to compete over the next five years. Read More Reported Intel leak admits AMD is a competitive threat - KitGuru : https://ift.tt/2ZVfpF6
When I was in my mid-20, I had to make an overwhelming decision. After years of studying engineering and business, I received job offers from five companies. They all had similar compensation, attractive opportunities, and welcoming teams. But as a first-generation immigrant, Asian-American, and lesbian, I desired more: I wanted to work for a socially responsible global company where I could be out as my true self. In the early 2000s, acceptance for gay, lesbian, and transgender employees was not a given. At a company I'd previously joined after college, the management team made it implicitly clear that I could either be myself or advance my career — but not both. I was routinely given feedback that I appeared too androgynous. I was also told that I should not attend client meetings since I might cause distraction or discomfort for those clients, even though I had performed the research and developed the presentation with high praise. This message came from the exact same management team that continually told me I had great capabilities and an incredible future. After being mired in these mixed messages to the point of dressing femininely and wearing make-up, I eventually realized that I would never get ahead at a company that didn't accept me. I simply would not reach my full potential if I had to invest my energy worrying daily about what I was wearing. Finding allies is the best way to grow in the workplaceWhen I eventually joined Intel in 2000 as a Colorado Fab Senior Buyer and Team Lead, I knew from the start that I never wanted to be in a similar situation again. On my first day, I cautiously came out to my manager and told him that I did not want special treatment, that all I wanted was to be treated like everyone else. He absolutely surprised me when he responded, "Why do you want to be ordinary when you can be extraordinary?!" He encouraged me to start a local chapter of Intel's IGLOBE employee resource group for LGBT+ employees in Colorado. He also sponsored me to attend conferences to speak about diversity, and pushed me to be vocal when I saw inequalities in the workplace. He was an exceptional ally pioneer, planting leadership seeds in me ― professionally and personally ― that continue to bloom today. Read more: The 23 most powerful LGBTQ+ people in tech Several years later, I was offered an expatriate assignment to start Intel's first factory in Dalian, China, which I knew I couldn't pass up. But same-sex marriage was and still is illegal in China. My domestic partner and I had just welcomed our first child, and I was adamant that I would not go to China without them. It's one thing for a company to claim equal protection for LGBT+ individuals under official policies and another to truly ensure they have access to the same rights, benefits, projects, and opportunities as other employees. My company very well could have pointed to official Chinese government policies and left me to handle the logistics of getting my partner and child to China on my own. But Intel HR, the legal team, PR, and the management team surprised me by providing all the necessary resources to avoid separating our family, from support in coordinating with the government, to help with securing my partner's visa, to ensuring our safety while abroad. Employees feel motivated when they have managers with diverse backgroundsMy experiences in Colorado and China (as well as the freedom to be my authentic self) are some of the reasons why I've thrived at Intel for 19 years and counting. And they provide lessons that other companies would be wise to take to heart if they want to retain talented employees and build employee satisfaction. According to the 2018 Deloitte Millennial Survey, 69% of millennial employees who believe their senior management teams are diverse describe their working environments as motivating and stimulating, versus 43% who don't perceive their leadership teams as diverse. Being able to embrace my identity with pride has also helped me grow both professionally and personally in ways that I could not have anticipated. It's given me new leadership opportunities, sharpened my skills, and helped me coach others on their journeys. Today, I am part of the Intel LGBT+ leadership council and actively lead several initiatives within and outside of Intel, including Lesbians Who Tech, and Out & Equal. It's also led to a tremendous sense of personal fulfillment when I know my efforts have made a positive difference for others. After China, I moved to California to work at an Intel campus that was part of a recent acquisition. While raising greater awareness and acceptance for the LGBT+ community within my new campus, a colleague let me know that after 12 years in the workforce, she finally felt safe bringing her best self to work. My advice: Find a workplace that will accept you as you are, and not force you into a single mold. Identify allies within your organization that will speak up and advocate for you. And most of all, embrace what makes you unique and learn how to leverage it to reach your full potential. Love your uniqueness even more fiercely than you love your strengths, for they are one and the same. Don't be ordinary ― be extraordinary! Joannie Fu is the chief of staff for the Intel's Programmable Solutions Engineering group. She partners directly with Engineering VPs as a key trusted advisor to set strategies and imperatives for the PSE Exec Office for an org that spans silicon, hardware, software, IP, platform, manufacturing, and quality engineering which deliver multi-billion dollar revenue for the Intel FPGA business. Get the latest Intel stock price here. Read More Intel's Joannie Fu talks being out and proud at work - INSIDER : https://ift.tt/2XcDkmM[unable to retrieve full-text content] Reddit post reveals details of Intel-AMD rivalry Silicon Valley Business JournalFor more than 50 years, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have been duking it out in the processor world, with AMD playing the role of scrappy underdog to ... Read More Reddit post reveals details of Intel-AMD rivalry - Silicon Valley Business Journal : https://ift.tt/2FG2u2dWedbush analyst Matthew Bryson initiated coverage of Intel Corp. shares INTC, -1.51% with an underperform rating on Thursday, writing that the company faces an "uncertain future" that could pressure estimates to the downside. Bryson points to a downward tick in enterprise server sales, a downturn in the memory market, and the likely end of a PC refresh cycle as areas of concern for the chip giant. "All of these issues to some extent are compounded in the near to intermediate term by general macro concerns as well as some direct negative impact to Intel sales resulting from the U.S. government's policy aimed at halting exports to Huawei," he wrote. Bryson also worries about Intel's "share sustainability" in the long term given execution challenges around new technologies. He set a $37.50 price target on the shares, which are up 0.2% in premarket trading Thursday and up 2.7% so far this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.04% has risen 14% so far in 2019. Read More Intel's 'share sustainability' is a key concern, Wedbush says in bearish initiation note - MarketWatch : https://ift.tt/303dUFdWe're just over a week away from the official disclosure of AMD's 3rd Generation Ryzen 'Zen 2' processor performance and while I'm busy testing them as I write this, Twitter user @TUM_APISAK has discovered several results for the Ryzen 7 3700X in the Sisoftware benchmark ranker database, which can be compared to Intel's Core i9-9900K, beating it several key tests. The results reveal several benchmark results for AMD's new 8-core CPU, which was running in an Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero motherboard, although it's unclear as to what the memory speed was - a big factor in the performance of Ryzen CPUs. Several results have been posted, three of which I've graphed here against results for the Core i9-9900K that are easily searchable in the database here. In the processor arithmetic benchmark, which measures the arithmetic and floating point performance of processors, the Intel CPU still has a lead, but it's less than 8%. The image processing score was one of the biggest wins for AMD with a 15% lead over the Intel CPU. The above benchmark the multi-media and media processing performance of processors and here the AMD CPU is 9% faster than the Core i9-9900K. These are mostly encouraging signs that AMD is going to perform well in content creation software outside of its beloved Cinebench, but as usual, as the results have not been totally verified, it's best to take them with a pinch of salt as they could be slower or perhaps even faster depending on the test systems used here.
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