Virginia Tech faces Syracuse on New Year’s Eve to kick off conference play, looking to duplicate the results over the last two seasons where the Hokies have won 10 ACC games in each year. The Hokies have won each of their last two conference openers, but they have not won in Syracuse since the first ever meeting between these two teams back in 1976. To preview the opponent, we reached out to James Szuba of Nunes Magician for a little help. ****************************** Gobbler Country: Tyus Battle has emerged as the primary offensive threat with both the Gillon and Lydon departures. How has he been so effective this season, and do you expect that to continue? James Szuba: Tyus has done a really nice job scoring the ball from all three levels this season. He's taken on the job of No. 1 option well and he's not afraid to call his own number. Syracuse needs Battle to score and he understands that. GC: As a whole, do you think Syracuse’s offense will have success against a so-so Hokies’ defense? If so, where is the key mismatch? JS: I wouldn't bet the ranch on it. Syracuse has really struggled from the offensive end lately with only three guys doing the heavy lifting between Tyus, Oshae Brissett and Frank Howard. The latter of the three is more passer than scorer, so that speaks to Syracuse's ability to score, or lack thereof. GC: What would you say are the keys to the game for Syracuse? JS: Syracuse needs to defend the three first and foremost. The Orange are thin up front now with Bourama Sidibe in question for the rest of the season, so depth has become a factor too. Syracuse needs to stay out of foul trouble and look to take advantage on the offensive end when it can. GC: The Orange are currently a Top 20 RPI team. How has the season gone so far, is it what most people expected, and what have been the highs and lows? JS: I'd say Syracuse is slightly ahead of schedule at 11-2. Realistically, 11-2 is probably a little better than what could have been expected. The highs were taking down Maryland early, UConn at MSG and a thriller against Georgetown in DC. The low would have to be the loss to Bonaventure but that's not necessarily a bad loss. GC: Syracuse has rebounded nearly 40 percent of their missed shots this season. Why have they been so successful on the offensive glass? JS: Syracuse is the tallest team in the country, per Ken Pom. Height helps. Oshae has been phenomenal on the glass all season and Marek Dolezaj is hustle personified. Syracuse has also crashed the offensive glass fairly well. That and the center position has done a decent job rebounding out of the middle of the zone. GC: Prediction: who wins and why? JS: I'll go with Virginia Tech just based on its ability to space the floor, stretch the zone and score the ball. Syracuse will struggle to get stops in stretches and to score the ball on the other end. VT by 3 possessions. We would like to thank James for joining us here at Gobbler Country to answer some of our Syracuse related questions. Be sure to check out our answers regarding the Hokies over on Nunes Magician. You can find that piece here. Read More Inside Intel: Q&A With Nunes Magician : http://ift.tt/2C0CmeL
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House Intel Democrat Makes Surprise Admission About 'Evidence' Against Trump in Russia Probe12/30/2017 Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) made an unexpected admission on the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into the alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during an interview on CNN’s “New Day.” When asked how close the committee is to wrapping up their investigation, Himes said it was hard to say: “We've got a ways to go. This is an investigation that needs to be done right not done quickly.” He was then asked, since they have been investigating for more than 11 months, whether they have any evidence of any crimes committed by the Trump campaign, to which he implied that they do not. “You know, I’m not sure I’ve seen a lot that the American people aren’t already aware of,” Himes replied. The lawmaker from Connecticut gave credit to the media, as he says they have been the ones producing stories relevant to the investigation. Himes provided the example of the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and other high-level campaign staffers with Russians in Trump Tower. Watch the video below. Read More House Intel Democrat Makes Surprise Admission About 'Evidence' Against Trump in Russia Probe : http://ift.tt/2E76RB3[unable to retrieve full-text content]
At the beginning of 2017, Intel was the undisputed king when it came to desktop and laptop processors, but now, at the end of the year, while it still retains its leadership of the market, its position isn’t quite as unassailable as it used to be. In this article, we’ll evaluate how Intel performed in 2017, and this report card will cover all the highs and lows that this past year has brought for the CPU goliath. We’ll also look at how the events of 2017 could determine Intel’s success in 2018 and beyond… Intel's 8th-generation Core processors landed in 2017 Sitting prettyThe beginning of 2017 saw Intel in an incredibly strong position, posting a first quarter revenue of $14.8 billion – up from $13.7 billion it managed during the first financial quarter of 2016. Intel’s market dominance was also extremely impressive, with Passmark releasing information about the split between Intel and AMD processors used by people running Passmark’s range of benchmarks that showed Intel having 79.3% of the market compared to AMD’s 20.6%. While these results were confined to Windows machines that ran the benchmarks, it was still convincing evidence of Intel’s strength. So, revenue was up and market share was still sky high – not many companies entered 2017 in such a strong position. Things could only get better for Intel, right? Well… AMD vs Intel got hotter than ever in 2017 2017: when the processor wars got interestingMany people would argue that Intel’s dominance of the desktop and laptop processor market brought with it a lack of ambition and innovation. AMD, Intel’s closest rival, was lagging so far behind in market share, that many people accused Intel of resting on its laurels. Why take risks when you’re doing so well? This meant a good few years where new processors (from either camp) saw rather conservative improvements over the ones that came before. So, people with older processors didn’t feel like they needed to upgrade. People were getting board. Restless. Then, in March AMD upped the ante by releasing its Ryzen 7 series of processors, which attracted critical acclaim by bringing high core counts (the flagship AMD Ryzen 7 1800X features 8-cores and 16-threads, as well as a 3.6GHz base speed and top speeds of up to 4GHz) at very affordable prices. The release of Ryzen 7, along with the subsequent releases of Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 CPUs, thrust AMD back into the limelight. Customers responded to AMD’s new offerings, while Intel, with its high prices and mainstream processors that still maxed out at four cores, was beginning to look out-dated and out of touch. AMD continued to gain positive headlines and reviews when it launched its enthusiast-class Threadripper processors that brought incredibly high core-counts and captured the imaginations of gamers who wanted the very best hardware. AMD had brought the processor war back to Intel, so how would the dominant company respond? With the Intel Core i9 X-series, that's how Hardcore core countsThe pressure was on for Intel to respond, and in May at Computex 2017 it did just that by announcing its Intel Core X series of processors, which included the world’s first consumer desktop processor with 18 cores and 36 threads – the Intel Core i9-7980XE. The rest of the Core X series were no slouches either, with the Intel Core i9-7960X matching the Threadripper’s 16-cores and 32 threads, along with the 14-core i9-7940X, 12-core i9-7920X and 10-core i9-7900X. These high-core CPUs were accompanied by the i7-7820X and i7-7800X, which come with 8-cores and 6-cores respectively, the first time i7 CPUs had gone above quad core (which was left to the i7 7740X and i5 7640X). Intel went as far as to call this new series of CPUs its most "scalable, accessible and powerful desktop platform ever." These new processors certainly showed that Intel was ready to match AMD when it came to high core counts, and they also brought a number of advantages over the previous generation, with a 30% performance improvement over Intel’s seventh generation CPUs, 10% faster for multi-thread performance, and up to 15% faster for single-thread performance. So, Intel had no issue with fighting back against a resurgent AMD when it comes to cores and power, but would it also compete with AMD when it came to price, traditionally AMD’s strongest area? Price versus performanceThe short answer is no. Intel has long had a reputation for releasing CPUs that are a fair amount more expensive than AMD, and in 2017 Intel didn’t challenge this perception – it reinforced it. The top-of-the-range Intel Core i9-7980XE, for example, comes in at an eye-watering $1,999 (about £1,480, AU$2,510), while the 16-core Intel Core i9-7960X costs $1,699 (£1,700, around AU$2,150). Intel's processors remained as pricey as ever in 2017 Meanwhile, AMD’s Threadripper 1950X costs $999 (£999, AU$1,440), while going pretty much toe-to-toe with the i9-7960X in terms of performance. In terms of price versus performance, AMD continued to hold the upper hand in 2017. AMD gets even more competitive in the price department with the Ryzen 3, 5 and 7 processors, and coupled with the positive critical reception of those CPUs, pressure began to mount on Intel. Enter the age of Coffee Lake Coffee Lake breakThroughout 2017, Intel continued to release processors, including the 8th generation Kaby Lake Refresh for laptops as well as the 8th-generation desktop chips, codenamed Coffee Lake, which came out in October. While these new processors meant upgraders also had to invest in a new motherboard, Intel boasted they would bring a huge 45% performance boost over its Kaby Lake predecessors. As we observed in our review of the Intel Core i7-8700K, the six-core, 12 thread Coffee Lake-S processor outpaced AMD’s Ryzen chips, was a beast at overclocking, and at $359 (about £270, AU$460) it was priced to compete with AMD’s Ryzen 7 chips. Intel certainly didn’t seem to take AMD’s challenge lying down, but throughout 2017’s war of the processors there was at least one clear winner: consumers. Lower prices, more cores and a renewed drive for innovation from both sides made 2017 a vintage year for processors. Intel’s Management Engine courts controversyIntel also suffered some rather damaging headlines during 2017. The biggest controversy came when it was revealed that, since 2010, millions of Intel chips have been sold with a security flaw in the hidden Management Engine, which could allow malicious users of gaining remote control of the AMT features, potentially providing a backdoor to millions of PCs around the world. After the exploit was uncovered by Mark Ermolov and Maxim Goryachy, Moscow-based security experts who work for Positive Technologies Research, Intel admitted that some 10 vulnerabilities exist in the Intel Management Engine, Trusted Execution Engine and Server Platform Services. This followed concerns that were raised when the Management Engine was found to run a version of Minix – a ‘mini-Unix’ OS originally created by Andrew Tanenbaum for educational purposes, but apparently adapted by Intel for its processors. Much of the controversy was over the fact that the user has no access to this Minix OS, yet it has full access to the host PC, and with these security flaws it made uncomfortable reading for both Intel and anyone running on of the affected processors. An Intel chip inside a pre-Z97 motherboard A changing landscapeSo, at the end of 2017, where does this leave Intel? Due to some excellent product releases, and a new range of Core X processors that takes consumer desktop CPUs to even greater heights, Intel remains the market leader. However, even with a still impressive lead, the landscape has changed and, in 2017, AMD was able to chip away at Intel’s dominance. As we reported in September, German retailer Mindfactory.de, released its CPU sales data (which were then picked up on Reddit) for the period between March and August 2017, which showed that in March AMD CPUs accounted for just 27.6% of the retailer's CPU sales, compared to 72.4% for Intel. However, in April after the Ryzen 7 1800X, 1700X and 1700 had launched, and which saw the introduction of the mid-range Ryzen 5 chips, AMD’s share rose to 36.5% while Intel’s dropped to 63.5%. Most worrying of all for Intel was that, in August 2017, AMD actually overtook Intel – 56.1% to 43.9%. Although this was only sales results from one (admittedly very large) retailer, there was similar evidence from various retailers that AMD was clawing back market share. This year also saw Qualcomm, the processor manufacturer that’s usually associated with smartphone chips, make more strident moves into the laptop processor market, putting even more pressure on Intel’s position. At Computex 2017, Qualcomm and Microsoft announced that a number of laptops from Asus, HP and Lenovo will run Windows 10 on the Snapdragon 835 platform, and the first of these ‘always connected’ PCs will feature seriously impressive 20-hour battery life. With Qualcomm and Microsoft working together, and a reinvigorated AMD, Intel found that, despite its successes this year, 2017 marks the end of its near dominance of the CPU market. What does 2018 have in store for Intel?So, what can we expect from Intel in 2018? After such an eventful 2017 for processors, there is a fear that we could be in for a bit more of a boring year for the company, however there are some rumors swirling about what Intel has in store. First of all, Intel’s upcoming Cascade Lake-X family should make an appearance, and rumors suggest it will use Intel’s 14mm++ architecture, which brings improved speeds and better temperatures. Intel’s delayed 10nm architecture should also make an appearance with the Cannon Lake series finally releasing. Cannon Lake is expected to see considerable gains in performance (25%) and reductions in power consumption (45%), thanks to shrinking the transistor size from 14nm – where Intel’s processors are now and have been since its first Core M chips in 2014. Intel’s low-power Atom CPUs should also move from Apollo Lake architecture to Gemini Lake, though it’s unlikely there will be a process shrink. Meanwhile we expect AMD to continue putting pressure on Intel with its new range of Ryzen CPUs, while Qualcomm and Microsoft’s partnership will continue to bring new devices running Snapdragon 835, and possibly even 845, chips. So, 2017 has been a big year for Intel specifically and the processor market in general, and we’ll continue to see the repercussions throughout 2018 and beyond. Read More Intel in 2017: still the leader, but for how long? : http://ift.tt/2zQLSiyRep. Adam Schiff “You can do what you want with your golf courses,” Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, tweeted Friday. “But the country and its Justice Department belong to the American people."
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And I have great respect for that, I’ll be honest.” Trump has previously railed against the Justice Department, calling for an investigation into Clinton and other Democrats and saying “a lot of people are disappointed” by the DOJ. Those comments drew ire from Sen. Bob Corker Tweet ThisDan Nainan Photo Credit Jamie Henry/PicsbyBrutis Being an engineer can be fun. Lots of interesting projects. Numerous challenges. But it isn’t really a funny job. And Dan Nainan is funny. Not like “Knock, knock. Who’s there?” funny. Legitimate, elite talent funny. But when he graduated from the University of Maryland in 2003 and got a job working at Intel Corporation as a tour manager and then a marketing engineer, Dan had no reason to believe he’d do anything than stay on track, rising up the corporate ladder. His job required him to travel with then-Intel CEO Andrew Grove, giving presentations about highly technical material to audiences of thousands. Dan was nervous about public speaking; anxious and apprehensive about presenting to audiences that size. Talking to a group of friends was one thing, but a packed house? Uh oh. A self-described “computer nerd,” the thought of being the centerpiece behind the mic was enough to keep him up at night. Inspired by the saying “If you want to do something hard, do something even harder ,” Dan took a comedy class in an effort to conquer his fear of public speaking. As he saw it, standing in front of people speaking to them was not as difficult as trying to make them all laugh. For the final exam of the class, everyone had to perform at the Punchline Comedy Club in San Francisco. With some friends in attendance, Dan slayed. His performance was such a success that his co-workers urged him to perform his routine Monday morning, 8AM, at a team meeting for 2,500 salespeople. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. A funny thing happened -- and that funny thing was Dan. In only his third comedy performance, he brought the house down. He was better at waking up the Intel employees than a triple latte. The attendees, including Grove, were rolling with laughter in the aisles. In fact, numerous people reported back to Dan that Grove’s wife Eva was literally crying from laughing so hard. ">Dan Nainan Photo Credit Jamie Henry/PicsbyBrutis Being an engineer can be fun. Lots of interesting projects. Numerous challenges. But it isn’t really a funny job. And Dan Nainan is funny. Not like “Knock, knock. Who’s there?” funny. Legitimate, elite talent funny. But when he graduated from the University of Maryland in 2003 and got a job working at Intel Corporation as a tour manager and then a marketing engineer, Dan had no reason to believe he’d do anything than stay on track, rising up the corporate ladder. His job required him to travel with then-Intel CEO Andrew Grove, giving presentations about highly technical material to audiences of thousands. Dan was nervous about public speaking; anxious and apprehensive about presenting to audiences that size. Talking to a group of friends was one thing, but a packed house? Uh oh. A self-described “computer nerd,” the thought of being the centerpiece behind the mic was enough to keep him up at night. Inspired by the saying “If you want to do something hard, do something even harder ,” Dan took a comedy class in an effort to conquer his fear of public speaking. As he saw it, standing in front of people speaking to them was not as difficult as trying to make them all laugh. For the final exam of the class, everyone had to perform at the Punchline Comedy Club in San Francisco. With some friends in attendance, Dan slayed. His performance was such a success that his co-workers urged him to perform his routine Monday morning, 8AM, at a team meeting for 2,500 salespeople. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. A funny thing happened -- and that funny thing was Dan. In only his third comedy performance, he brought the house down. He was better at waking up the Intel employees than a triple latte. The attendees, including Grove, were rolling with laughter in the aisles. In fact, numerous people reported back to Dan that Grove’s wife Eva was literally crying from laughing so hard. Read More Millennial Dan Nainan Left Intel To Make His Millions Entertaining Others With Comedy : http://ift.tt/2C9AuEz
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its position in shares of Intel by 4,951.1% during the 2nd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 20,455,051 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $690,156,000 after purchasing an additional 20,050,088 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in shares of Intel by 9.1% during the 2nd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 128,581,621 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $4,338,344,000 after purchasing an additional 10,744,753 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors increased its position in shares of Intel by 5.5% during the 2nd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 197,750,361 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $6,672,097,000 after purchasing an additional 10,257,260 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Intel by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 333,500,073 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $11,252,292,000 after purchasing an additional 8,087,302 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Glenview Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel during the 1st quarter worth about $177,881,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.54% of the company’s stock. Shares of Intel Co. (INTC) traded up $0.11 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $46.22. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,504,372 shares, compared to its average volume of 23,932,533. Intel Co. has a 12-month low of $33.23 and a 12-month high of $47.64. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The firm has a market cap of $215,790.00, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.22, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.06. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 26th. The chip maker reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.21. Intel had a return on equity of 22.65% and a net margin of 22.31%. The firm had revenue of $16.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.73 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.80 EPS. Intel’s quarterly revenue was up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. equities analysts anticipate that Intel Co. will post 3.25 EPS for the current year. In other Intel news, insider Stacy J. Smith sold 472,337 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.23, for a total transaction of $20,891,465.51. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 265,298 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,734,130.54. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Diane M. Bryant sold 570 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.49, for a total value of $25,359.30. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 110,850 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,931,716.50. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,548,914 shares of company stock valued at $68,196,589. 0.08% of the stock is owned by insiders. Several research firms have weighed in on INTC. BidaskClub cut Intel from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Mizuho restated a “buy” rating and set a $47.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday. Goldman Sachs Group set a $43.00 target price on Intel and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 12th. Maxim Group boosted their target price on Intel to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 11th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Finally, Instinet boosted their price objective on Intel to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating, twenty-seven have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. The company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $43.94. TRADEMARK VIOLATION WARNING: “Intel Co. (INTC) Holdings Increased by Sterneck Capital Management LLC” was posted by The Ledger Gazette and is the sole property of of The Ledger Gazette. If you are reading this piece of content on another site, it was stolen and reposted in violation of United States and international copyright & trademark law. The original version of this piece of content can be accessed at http://ift.tt/2lmZlJI. About Intel Intel Corporation is engaged in designing and manufacturing products and technologies, such as the cloud. The Company’s segments are Client Computing Group (CCG), Data Center Group (DCG), Internet of Things Group (IOTG), Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group (NSG), Intel Security Group (ISecG), Programmable Solutions Group (PSG), All Other and New Technology Group (NTG). Receive News & Ratings for Intel Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Intel and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter. Read More Intel Co. (INTC) Holdings Increased by Sterneck Capital Management LLC : http://ift.tt/2lmZlJIJonathan VilmaPats Only Signed Harrison for Intel12/29/2017 12:07 AM PSTEXCLUSIVE Jonathan Vilma ain't mincing words when it comes to the Patriots' James Harrison pickup ... saying Steelers intel is "definitely" the only reason Deebo's in New England. "(Bill) Belichick doesn't need their playbook -- he's like 5-0 against them," Vilma told TMZ Sports at LAX. "What he needs is just the little things." Jonathan gave us some examples of what those things might be ... and we gotta say, the Saints legend sounds like he knows what he's talking about. But don't get it twisted -- JV ain't throwing shade on Harrison for making the move ... and he told us why Harrison is still gonna go down as an all-time great in Steel City. Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is on track to generate in the vicinity of $62 billion in revenue in 2017 due almost entirely to the sale of processors. The company's portfolio of processors is quite broad, spanning from products that go into ultra-low-power notebooks all the way to the world's most powerful supercomputers. The breadth of the company's portfolio is enabled by the company's gargantuan research and development budget, which nearly topped $10 billion during the first three quarters of the year alone. Image source: Intel. Intel is a chip juggernaut and, at its best, it builds some truly awe-inspiring products. Next year, unfortunately, is probably going to be a little light on potentially impressive products -- many of the releases I'm really looking forward to are set for 2019 rather than 2018. Nevertheless, Intel still has some good stuff coming next year. Here are two products I'm particularly eager to see from Chipzilla in 2018. 1. Coffee Lake-HBack in October 2017, Intel released its first six-core processors for its mainstream desktop product line, known as Coffee Lake-S. Until then, Intel's best mainstream desktop processors sported just four processor cores, so the 50% boost in core count was certainly welcome. Early in 2018, Intel is expected to bring out a product known as Coffee Lake-H -- it's essentially the same chip as Coffee Lake-S, but adapted for use in more thermally restricted notebook personal computers. I think Coffee Lake-H will prove to be a compelling product in performance-sensitive areas, such as the fast-growing gaming notebook computer market. Games are increasingly able to make use of more processor cores, so laptops with six high-performance cores should be well received in the market, especially if computer vendors properly market systems with these chips inside. 2. XMM 7560Back in the second half of 2016, teardown reports of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) then-new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus revealed that some versions of the device included cellular modems supplied by Intel. This design win helped to put Intel's cellular modem business on the map after many years of painful revenue declines and significant financial losses, and the partnership continued with this year's iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X. Image source: Apple. Next year, Intel is expected to release a new cellular modem known as the XMM 7560. This modem differs from the prior-generation modems that Intel supplied to Apple in two important ways:
The improved competitiveness of the XMM 7560 coupled with the ongoing legal spat between Apple and its other modem supplier could allow Intel to substantially grow its modem share at Apple. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, for example, thinks Intel is poised to win 70%-80% modem share inside of the next iPhone. XMM 7560, then, could prove to be the big growth driver for Intel's cellular modem business in the second half of 2018 and in the first half of 2019. Ashraf Eassa owns shares of Intel. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Apple. The Motley Fool 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. Chip giant Intel(NASDAQ: INTC) is on track to generate in the vicinity of $62 billion in revenue in 2017 due almost entirely to the sale of processors. The company's portfolio of processors is quite broad, spanning from products that go into ultra-low-power notebooks all the way to the world's most powerful supercomputers. The breadth of the company's portfolio is enabled by the company's gargantuan research and development budget, which nearly topped $10 billion during the first three quarters of the year alone. Image source: Intel. Intel is a chip juggernaut and, at its best, it builds some truly awe-inspiring products. Next year, unfortunately, is probably going to be a little light on potentially impressive products -- many of the releases I'm really looking forward to are set for 2019 rather than 2018. Nevertheless, Intel still has some good stuff coming next year. Here are two products I'm particularly eager to see from Chipzilla in 2018. 1. Coffee Lake-HBack in October 2017, Intel released its first six-core processors for its mainstream desktop product line, known as Coffee Lake-S. Until then, Intel's best mainstream desktop processors sported just four processor cores, so the 50% boost in core count was certainly welcome. Early in 2018, Intel is expected to bring out a product known as Coffee Lake-H -- it's essentially the same chip as Coffee Lake-S, but adapted for use in more thermally restricted notebook personal computers. I think Coffee Lake-H will prove to be a compelling product in performance-sensitive areas, such as the fast-growing gaming notebook computer market. Games are increasingly able to make use of more processor cores, so laptops with six high-performance cores should be well received in the market, especially if computer vendors properly market systems with these chips inside. 2. XMM 7560Back in the second half of 2016, teardown reports of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) then-new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus revealed that some versions of the device included cellular modems supplied by Intel. This design win helped to put Intel's cellular modem business on the map after many years of painful revenue declines and significant financial losses, and the partnership continued with this year's iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X. Image source: Apple. Next year, Intel is expected to release a new cellular modem known as the XMM 7560. This modem differs from the prior-generation modems that Intel supplied to Apple in two important ways:
The improved competitiveness of the XMM 7560 coupled with the ongoing legal spat between Apple and its other modem supplier could allow Intel to substantially grow its modem share at Apple. XMM 7560, then, could prove to be the big growth driver for Intel's cellular modem business in the second half of 2018 and in the first half of 2019. 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 December 4, 2017 Ashraf Eassa owns shares of Intel. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Apple. The Motley Fool 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. |
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