AMD’s New Products: A Progress Report PART 2 OF 3
By Paige Tanner | Nov 30, 2017 6:22 pm EST
Mapping the success of AMD’s new productsAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD) launched a suite of processors ranging from desktop CPUs (central processing units) and GPUs (graphics processing units) to server CPUs in 2017. AMD’s Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs have been received well by consumers, especially by enthusiast and do-it-yourself consumers. Nearly 50% of PC CPUs sold by key retailers like Amazon.com (AMZN) and Newegg were Ryzen CPUs, and AMD’s strategy to deliver better value for the money played well in the success of Ryzen and Vega. AMD has made an entry into the high-end server CPU market, wherein Intel (INTC) held a monopolistic position. Customers welcomed the competition in this market, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Dell, Microsoft (MSFT), and Baidu (BIDU) all showing interest in AMD’s EPYC server CPUs. AMD has also made an entry into the AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning market, wherein NVIDIA (NVDA) holds a monopolistic position. AMD’s Radeon Instinct brand has received interest from both Baidu and Amazon. Competitors gear up to fight backHowever, competitors won’t likely sit quietly, and some are already gearing up to give a tough fight to AMD with their next-generation products. Intel has launched its eighth-generation Coffee Lake processors, which beat AMD’s Ryzen in terms of performance and deliver better value for the money. Intel is competing with AMD in the PC processor market, though it has joined hands with AMD to develop mobile PC processors for gaming. The two companies’ combined mobile CPUs will likely launch in early 2018. Intel also plans to switch its CPUs to the 10 nm (nanometer) node by the end of 2018, which could widen the technology gap between Intel and AMD. NVIDIA is also gearing up for the launch of Volta GPU, which delivers a significant performance boost over its predecessor, Pascal. It has already launched Volta-based data center GPUs and plans to launch Volta-based gaming GPUs by mid-2018. AMD’s Vega is only competitive with NVIDIA’s year-old Pascal GPUs. AMD’s products have enjoyed strong success in 2017, but it remains to be seen how AMD’s products will fare in 2018, when rivals unleash their latest technologies. The competitive threat is visible in AMD’s stock, which has fallen 8.4% in the past three months. Read More How AMD's New Products Have Fared against Intel and NVIDIA : http://ift.tt/2iuWqRZ
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Dell Vostro 14 5471 business laptop sports 8th-gen Intel Core and AMD Radeon R530 graphics11/30/2017 Intel’s 8th-gen “Kaby Lake Refresh” chips bring major CPU performance improvements to laptops by doubling the core count from 2 to 4. But their Intel UHD 620 graphics is pretty exactly the same as the Intel HD 620 graphics found in dual-core 7th-gen “Kaby Lake” chips. So if you want a laptop with higher CPU and GPU performance you might want to opt for a model with discrete graphics… like Dell’s new Vostro 14 5471 with a Kaby Lake-R processor and AMD Radeon graphics. While the new business-class laptop isn’t listed on Dell’s US website yet, you can find a product page for the 14 inch laptop at Dell’s Chinese site. Prices start at ¥ 5,499 (about $830) for a model with a Core i5-8250U processor, 4GB of RAM, and 256GB of solid state storage. The website also mentions AMD R17-M2-50 graphics with 4GB of GDDR5 memory (although third-party sellers describe it as Radeon 530 graphics). It looks like the new Vostro 14 laptop will also be available with up to a Core i7-8550U processor, up to 32GB of RAM, and up to 512GB of solid state storage. It has USB 3.1 Type-C and Type-A ports, and an HDMI 2.0 port. It also has a fingerprint sensor and a display with 72 percent color gamut, 178 degree viewing angles, and 350 nits of brightness. There’s no word on when this model will be available in the US. via LaptopMain Read More Dell Vostro 14 5471 business laptop sports 8th-gen Intel Core and AMD Radeon R530 graphics : http://ift.tt/2zAGSz7Intel surprised many by hooking up with AMD to produce Kaby Lake G CPU/GPU combo chips, but it seems the partnership may bear yet more fruit. Kaby Lake G isn’t even out yet but, according to Fudzilla, the pair is working on a new, secret successor to the processor. What comprises the new chip, though, is open to speculation: will it contain an Intel Ice Lake CPU and AMD Navi 7nm GPU? Fudzilla’s source, at least, thinks the Intel CPU will be 10nm. Intel and AMD – Second Chip CollaborationWe’ve only Fudzilla’s anonymous source to cite on this, so take the report with a pinch of salt. Fudzilla reports:
Intel InsideIn terms of hardware details, Fudzilla’s source is reluctant to commit. The report adds: Read More Intel and AMD Working on Second Chip Collaboration? : http://ift.tt/2zAnbaH Diane Bryant is joining Google Cloud as its new Chief Operating Officer. Google Cloud boss Diane Greene made the announcement through a blog post on Thursday. Bryant is an experienced tech executive who's spent over 25 years at Intel. Most recently, she led Intel's data center group, and was considered one of the top three execs at the company. But she abruptly stepped down from her role at Intel in May due to "family matters." At the time, Intel said her departure would be temporary for six to eight months. But according to a new SEC filing by Intel, Bryant notified Intel that she will not be returning and plans to retire from the company effective December 1. Intel will have to make a separation payment of $4.5 million to Bryant, the filing said. Bryant also sits on the boards of United Technologies, and is generally considered one of the highest-profile female leaders in Silicon Valley. You can read the full blog post here. Read More Former Intel data center boss Diane Bryant joins Google Cloud as new COO : http://ift.tt/2jyf73yAmazon wants to help you at work Intel and Warner Bros. team up Jeep Wrangler to make deadline11/30/2017 Here’s a look at some of the companies the Yahoo Finance team will be watching for you today. AMZN</a>) latest service, Alexa for Business, will schedule meetings, make calls and enter data. Amazon is expected to announce the service today at its annual Invent conference." data-reactid="16">Alexa wants to be hired as your next assistant. Amazon’s (AMZN) latest service, Alexa for Business, will schedule meetings, make calls and enter data. Amazon is expected to announce the service today at its annual Invent conference. INTC</a>) is stepping up its game in the self-driving car business. The tech giant is teaming up with Warner Brothers (TWX) to turn a self-driving car into an entertainment vehicle. Intel’s CEO believes that soon, people in driverless cars will want something to do like watch movies or play games while commuting." data-reactid="17">Intel (INTC) is stepping up its game in the self-driving car business. The tech giant is teaming up with Warner Brothers (TWX) to turn a self-driving car into an entertainment vehicle. Intel’s CEO believes that soon, people in driverless cars will want something to do like watch movies or play games while commuting. FCAU</a>) is getting a major update for the first time in years. Fiat says the latest Jeep Wrangler will meet US carbon dioxide emissions rules well into the 2020s. Along with being 200 pounds lighter, the 2018 version will be available as a hybrid." data-reactid="18">Jeep (FCAU) is getting a major update for the first time in years. Fiat says the latest Jeep Wrangler will meet US carbon dioxide emissions rules well into the 2020s. Along with being 200 pounds lighter, the 2018 version will be available as a hybrid. A trustee in the Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy case is done playing games. Judy Robbins has filed an objection to the company’s plan to pay bonuses of $16 million and $32 million to its 17 most highly paid executives. Robbins argues incentive pay “defies logic” when the company started the year with hundreds of layoffs. Toys ‘R’ Us says motivating its top employees is key to turning the business around. Shares of Intel(NASDAQ:INTC) rallied 23% this year as the chipmaker impressed investors with solid earnings growth and the aggressive diversification of its portfolio beyond PCs and data centers. But can Intel continue rising next year? Let's see where Intel will focus its efforts to find out. New x86 chipsOne of the biggest changes to Intel's business model was its shift from a two year, two-stage "tick-tock" upgrade cycle to a 30-month three-stage "process, architecture, optimization" cycle last year. Image source: Getty Images. Intel made that change because it was becoming increasingly difficult to shrink its die for next-gen chips and keep up with Moore's Law, a five-decade claim that the number of transistors per dense integrated circuit would double every two years. For the 14nm generation, Intel released the last-gen Broadwell in 2014, the first current-gen Skylake in 2015, and its Kaby Lake, Kaby Lake R, and Coffee Lake successors this year. In 2018, it will launch Cannonlake, a 10nm Skylake chip. This next-gen CPU should widen Intel's performance gap against AMD(NASDAQ:AMD), which started offering performance comparable to that of Intel's Kaby Lake CPUs with its cheaper Ryzen chips earlier this year. Pivoting toward graphicsIntel is the largest GPU maker in the world thanks to its massive reach in lower-quality integrated graphics solutions, but NVIDIA(NASDAQ:NVDA) and AMD dominate the higher-end discrete GPU market with their add-in boards. However, Intel recently partnered with AMD to integrate the latter's Radeon graphics into its new x86 chipsets. It also formed a new Core and Visual Computing Group -- led by Raja Koduri, AMD's former Radeon chief -- to produce its own discrete GPUs. This could be bad news for NVIDIA and AMD, especially if Intel leverages its scale to produce cheaper GPUs and bundles them with CPUs or other products. Countering NVIDIA in the data center marketIntel controls about 99% of the data center chip market with its flagship Xeon processors. However, NVIDIA also established a foothold in that market with its high-end data center GPUs, which are paired with Intel's CPUs for machine learning purposes. Image source: Getty Images. That trend is worrisome for Intel, since NVIDIA claims that its Tesla GPUs can outperform Intel's Xeon Phi in certain high-performance computing (HPC) applications. As a result, enterprise customers might postpone their CPU upgrades in favor of buying new GPUs. This would hurt the growth of Intel's data center business, which already slowed from double-digit sales growth to single-digit growth over the past year. Intel's answer to NVIDIA is a combination of newer Xeon Phi chips (Knights Mill) optimized for deep learning tasks and the programmable chips it gained through its acquisition of Altera. It's unclear if Intel can halt NVIDIA's advance into the HPC market, but it will likely make it a major priority next year. Expanding its higher-growth businessesIntel generated 86% of its revenue from sales of Client Computing (PC and mobile) and Data Center chips last quarter. Client Computing sales were flat year-over-year, while Data Center sales rose just 7%. Image source: Getty Images. But the rest came from its higher-growth Internet of Things (IoT), memory, and programmable chips businesses, which all posted double-digit growth. Therefore, Intel's priority is to expand those higher-growth businesses to offset the slower growth of its older businesses. It's accomplishing this with the introduction of custom chipsets of wearables, drones, and other IoT devices, and through major acquisitions in the IoT, automotive, and computer vision markets. Specifically, investors should keep an eye on its Movidius computer vision chips, which already power various drones and cameras, as well as the development of a driverless platform with its subsidiary Mobileye, which recently partnered with BMW and Fiat Chrysler. Investors should also follow Intel's development of newer 3D NAND and 3D Xpoint memory technologies with Micron, which should strengthen its non-volatile memory business. Keeping an eye on AppleOne of Intel's worst mistakes over the past decade was losing the mobile chip market to Qualcomm(NASDAQ:QCOM) and other ARM licensees. However, it regained some lost ground when Apple(NASDAQ:AAPL) split the production of its baseband modems for the iPhone between Intel and Qualcomm last year. The revenue from those modems supported its Client Computing group, but the partnership might not last much longer, since various reports indicate that Apple is ready to produce its own modems to reduce its dependence on Intel and Qualcomm. If that happens, Intel's push into mobile chips could hit another brick wall. The bottom lineIntel, like many aging tech giants, is trying to evolve with a changing market while defending its core businesses. Therefore, 2018 probably won't be Intel's "best" year, and I'm uncertain that it will rally as much as it did in 2017. Instead, it should be a transformative year for Intel. Nonetheless, Intel remains fairly cheap at 14 times next year's earnings, and its forward dividend yield of 2.5% gives investors a good reason to sit tight and wait for its investments to pay off. Read More Will 2018 Be Intel Corporation's Best Year Yet? : http://ift.tt/2ninGo7Shares of Intel(NASDAQ: INTC) rallied 23% this year as the chipmaker impressed investors with solid earnings growth and the aggressive diversification of its portfolio beyond PCs and data centers. But can Intel continue rising next year? Let's see where Intel will focus its efforts to find out. New x86 chipsOne of the biggest changes to Intel's business model was its shift from a two year, two-stage "tick-tock" upgrade cycle to a 30-month three-stage "process, architecture, optimization" cycle last year. Image source: Getty Images. Intel made that change because it was becoming increasingly difficult to shrink its die for next-gen chips and keep up with Moore's Law, a five-decade claim that the number of transistors per dense integrated circuit would double every two years. For the 14nm generation, Intel released the last-gen Broadwell in 2014, the first current-gen Skylake in 2015, and its Kaby Lake, Kaby Lake R, and Coffee Lake successors this year. In 2018, it will launch Cannonlake, a 10nm Skylake chip. This next-gen CPU should widen Intel's performance gap against AMD(NASDAQ: AMD), which started offering performance comparable to that of Intel's Kaby Lake CPUs with its cheaper Ryzen chips earlier this year. Pivoting toward graphicsIntel is the largest GPU maker in the world thanks to its massive reach in lower-quality integrated graphics solutions, but NVIDIA(NASDAQ: NVDA) and AMD dominate the higher-end discrete GPU market with their add-in boards. However, Intel recently partnered with AMD to integrate the latter's Radeon graphics into its new x86 chipsets. It also formed a new Core and Visual Computing Group -- led by Raja Koduri, AMD's former Radeon chief -- to produce its own discrete GPUs. This could be bad news for NVIDIA and AMD, especially if Intel leverages its scale to produce cheaper GPUs and bundles them with CPUs or other products. Countering NVIDIA in the data center marketIntel controls about 99% of the data center chip market with its flagship Xeon processors. However, NVIDIA also established a foothold in that market with its high-end data center GPUs, which are paired with Intel's CPUs for machine learning purposes. Image source: Getty Images. That trend is worrisome for Intel, since NVIDIA claims that its Tesla GPUs can outperform Intel's Xeon Phi in certain high-performance computing (HPC) applications. As a result, enterprise customers might postpone their CPU upgrades in favor of buying new GPUs. This would hurt the growth of Intel's data center business, which already slowed from double-digit sales growth to single-digit growth over the past year. Intel's answer to NVIDIA is a combination of newer Xeon Phi chips (Knights Mill) optimized for deep learning tasks and the programmable chips it gained through its acquisition of Altera. It's unclear if Intel can halt NVIDIA's advance into the HPC market, but it will likely make it a major priority next year. Expanding its higher-growth businessesIntel generated 86% of its revenue from sales of Client Computing (PC and mobile) and Data Center chips last quarter. Client Computing sales were flat year-over-year, while Data Center sales rose just 7%. Image source: Getty Images. But the rest came from its higher-growth Internet of Things (IoT), memory, and programmable chips businesses, which all posted double-digit growth. Therefore, Intel's priority is to expand those higher-growth businesses to offset the slower growth of its older businesses. It's accomplishing this with the introduction of custom chipsets of wearables, drones, and other IoT devices, and through major acquisitions in the IoT, automotive, and computer vision markets. Specifically, investors should keep an eye on its Movidius computer vision chips, which already power various drones and cameras, as well as the development of a driverless platform with its subsidiary Mobileye, which recently partnered with BMW and Fiat Chrysler. Investors should also follow Intel's development of newer 3D NAND and 3D Xpoint memory technologies with Micron, which should strengthen its non-volatile memory business. Keeping an eye on AppleOne of Intel's worst mistakes over the past decade was losing the mobile chip market to Qualcomm(NASDAQ: QCOM) and other ARM licensees. However, it regained some lost ground when Apple(NASDAQ: AAPL) split the production of its baseband modems for the iPhone between Intel and Qualcomm last year. The revenue from those modems supported its Client Computing group, but the partnership might not last much longer, since various reports indicate that Apple is ready to produce its own modems to reduce its dependence on Intel and Qualcomm. If that happens, Intel's push into mobile chips could hit another brick wall. The bottom lineIntel, like many aging tech giants, is trying to evolve with a changing market while defending its core businesses. Therefore, 2018 probably won't be Intel's "best" year, and I'm uncertain that it will rally as much as it did in 2017. Instead, it should be a transformative year for Intel. Nonetheless, Intel remains fairly cheap at 14 times next year's earnings, and its forward dividend yield of 2.5% gives investors a good reason to sit tight and wait for its investments to pay off. 10 stocks we like better than Intel When investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Intel wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. *Stock Advisor returns as of November 6, 2017 Leo Sun has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Apple and Nvidia. The Motley Fool owns shares of Qualcomm and has the following options: long January 2020 $150 calls on Apple and short January 2020 $155 calls on Apple. The Motley Fool recommends Intel. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Early investors in Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) minted themselves a fortune by simply buying a few shares before everyone else and then hanging on for a profitable ride. Which stocks look capable of doing the same for their investors from today's price? We asked a team of investors to weigh in and they picked TrueCar (NASDAQ:TRUE), Square(NYSE:SQ), and Teladoc (NYSE:TDOC). Image source: Getty Images. A better car-buying mousetrapJohn Rosevear (TrueCar): This company isn't just like Intel, but it's following a time-tested path to start-up greatness: Build a better mousetrap. The "better mousetrap" that TrueCar has built is a good one: The company has created a way to buy a new car that gets rid of most of what people hate about the car-buying process. TrueCar isn't profitable yet, but it's growing nicely -- and a recent stumble has created a nice buying opportunity. Consumers who are looking to buy a car use TrueCar's site to select the exact vehicle they want, including color and options, and learn the average price paid for similar vehicles in their area. They can then opt to have TrueCar send their information sent to local dealers, who will respond with their best price on that exact vehicle. Best of all for the consumer, it's all free: The dealer pays a fee to TrueCar when the sale is complete. Last quarter, over 250,000 vehicles were sold via TrueCar's service, up 15% from the same period last year, with the company receiving an average fee of $306 for each. It expects revenue to grow to between $321 million and $323 million in 2017, up from $277.5 million last year. Profits may still be several quarters away, but CEO Chip Perry is making the right investments to sustain growth and get to solid profitability. So why buy now? TrueCar's stock took a hit in early November after the company said that a key referral partner's new website wasn't generating as many referrals as the old one. But that's not likely to be a long-term problem, and it doesn't impact the essential case for an investment in TrueCar: It's a better car-buying mousetrap. An ecosystem built for small businessesTravis Hoium (Square): Building a nest egg is all about investing in companies with durable competitive advantages that will make great long-term investments. Square fits that profile as a leader in digital payments and a provider of the infrastructure small businesses need to grow. Square is a lot more than just a credit card reader for food trucks and salons. It's the foundation on which thousands of small businesses are built. Square's payment system ties into employee scheduling, service reservations, and even small business loans. This ecosystem of services makes the payment processor, which is where the money is made, more attractive for businesses. And the company is constantly adding services and features that expand its ecosystem of potential businesses. The challenge Square has had is turning its strong market position into profits. In the third quarter, revenue was up 33% to $585 million, but net loss was still $16 million. Losses are due largely to the fact that management is investing heavily in the development of new products and services that will attract new customers. Long term, I think Square is the kind of company that drives a new generation of small businesses and has the ecosystem of products and services to drive growth for many years to come. When building your nest egg, this is a stock I would put high on the buy list. The (virtual) doctor will see you nowBrian Feroldi (Teladoc): Every patient knows how time-consuming a visit to the doctor's office can be. Between scheduling, traffic, parking, checking in, and the waiting room, it isn't uncommon for a simple checkup to turn into a multihour affair. That's why some patients choose to forgo medical treatment altogether when they are dealing with a minor illness or mental health issue. This is a problem that Teladoc is working hard to solve. Teladoc runs one of the largest telehealth service networks in the country. At its core, telehealth is basically video conferencing with a doctor. For patients, the benefits of using this technology are that they can get a fast medical opinion from a trained professional from the comfort of your own home (the average time to connect with a doctor is less than 10 minutes). For insurers, allowing patients to get help over the internet is much cheaper than paying for a traditional office visit. This creates a win-win scenario for everyone. Predictably, the advantages of receiving telehealth medical care are resonating with consumers. Teladoc's management team believes that its platform will complete more than 1.4 million visits in 2017. If they can hit that number, then it would represent greater than 50% growth year over year. While that's impressive, it still only means that a tiny fraction of the 22.6 million paid members who currently have access to Teladoc's services are using it. That alone provides this company with an amazing runway for future growth. Zooming out to the big picture, Teladoc's management team believes that its total addressable market opportunity currently exceeds $57 billion. By contrast, Wall Street only expects this company to pull in about $230 million in total revenue for the year. If you're looking to get in on the ground floor of a company that is packed with potential, Teladoc could be for you. Read More 3 Stocks That Look Just Like Intel in 1971 : http://ift.tt/2BnzVC0(Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Chip stocks have been one of the hottest groups in 2017 and will probably continue to rise. The group's growth can be attributed to strong earnings growth and valuations that are cheap when compared to the overall market. Recent mergers and acquisitions, such as Broadcom Ltd.'s (AVGO) plans to acquire Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) could support current valuations and perhaps even raise some of them. Shares of Broadcom, Qualcomm, and Intel Corp. (INTC) are currently trading at one-year forward earnings estimate multiples that are less than 17 times. That's lower than the S&P 500's multiple of 19 times. At a multiple of 19 times one-year forward earnings estimates, Intel stock would be valued 40 percent higher at $62, while Broadcom could be worth almost 26 percent higher, or nearly $340. (See also: Broadcom Price Targets Hiked After Brocade Deal.) AVGO PE Ratio (Forward 1y) data by YCharts M&A SynergiesShould Broadcom be able to close the deal with Qualcomm, one could argue that Broadcom stock could trade at an even higher premium. Cost-saving synergy would likely unlock additional earnings growth. Broadcom could also choose to drop the lawsuit Qualcomm has against Apple, easing some of the uncertainty around the future of Qualcomm's future revenue stream. (See more: Qualcomm's Feud With Apple Now Ropes in Intel.) Boom and Bust CyclesChip stocks have historically traded at a discount valuation to the market due to the cyclical nature of the business and because of the companies' dependence on sales from the wireless phone industry, such as the iPhone cycles. But it may be time to rethink that reasoning as technology, and more importantly, chips become even more integrated into our daily lives. One industry that is going through tremendous change is the auto industry, which is likely to see increasing amounts of chips as autonomous driving continues to develop. That could fuel further growth for chip makers like Intel and Broadcom. AVGO Revenue (TTM) data by YCharts Not All CheapBut not all stocks in the sector are cheap. Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) is an example of a stock that trades at an expensive valuation, nearly 38 times one-year forward earnings estimates. If chip makers like Intel and Broadcom can generate earnings and revenue growth rates that are more predictable and less of a boom-and-bust cycle, companies like Intel and Broadcom could demand a higher valuation. Should growth rates continue to rise at rates higher than those of the market, then perhaps they deserve premium valuations. 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 Why Intel and Broadcom Are Still Cheap : http://ift.tt/2AoFCmuThis year has been a busy one in terms of PC hardware. We’ve seen AMD return to form in a major way releasing processors and GPUs more than capable of giving Intel and Nvidia a run for their money. Those releases have prompted the aforementioned industry leaders to step up their game. Overall, this has meant been a good year in terms of PC hardware. However, it looks like 2018 might be just as busy. While looking at the latest AIDA64 update, Hot Hardware’s Paul Lilly, discovered some interesting things about the future of Intel. First of all, it looks like Intel is gearing up to make a major move in the realm of laptop computers. The company has several new laptop chips in the works including a mobile I9 processor. The Core i9-8950HK will be a six-core CPU with Hyper Thread support, a 12MB L3 cache, and 45W TDP. Beyond that, Intel is working on revamped versions of its Coffee Lake processors for mobile devices. Two of them will be based on core i7 components and will offer six and 12 core CPUs with 12MB L3 cache, and 45W TDP. Intel is also working on chips based on its i5 line of processors. Presumably, these are meant to counter AMD’s own mobile offerings. Beyond that, we don’t know the full extent of what Intel has planned for 2018. The company recently broke from its established pattern of updates and releases so they are a bit more unpredictable now. On the whole, though, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. We think most would agree that Intel had grown a bit complacent in its role as the industry leader so it is nice to see them change things up and AMD has demonstrated that the company can’t rest on its past successes anymore. All in all, 2018 should be a very interesting year so we’re looking forward to seeing what Intel, AMD, and Nvidia have in store. Read More Intel Reportedly Working on Core i9 and Coffee Lake Mobile Processors : http://ift.tt/2AISNPK |
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