Recent content by Mephis

Except if Microsoft does this, they won't be selling them to others. Most likely they will go the rout of Amazon and their Graviton2 processors. And by that I mean, keep them in house and use them for Azure and web services. We are along way from the death of x86. It's coming death has been...

Thank you! I had no idea what they were talking about in the press release.

That's not how any of this works. TSMC doesn't care who the make the chips for, as long as they are willing to pay for them. Apple is willing and capable of paying a premium and needing as much volume as they can get, so they get 1st crack at it. AMD doesn't get any special treatment. If...

Actually, analysts expected earning to be considerably lower. The expectations were $1.24 a share or $18.05 billion in revenue. Intel reported $1.42 a share or $19.19 billion in revenue. That's why the stock was up 8% in after hours trading last night.

Of course there is precedent of companies doing bad things, but that doesn't mean Intel is lying. You do realize that CEOs are now criminally liable for the earnings reports, right. That means if they are lying, they go to prison. Do you have any evidence that Intel is lying? Or is it the fact...

Yeah, because that wouldn't be illegal and the executives wouldn't be criminally liable. It must be that they are lying.

Yes, AMD is making a profit, but not much of one. For the 2nd quarter of 2019 (the latest quarter with released numbers), AMD had $1.53B in revenue and $59M in operating income (profit) and $35M in net income (profit)...

I would love to see those numbers. Could you please provide a source or link, it is really hard to get accurate current figures without paying a ton for them.

Let's see, 10nm is shipping now, there are more designs and chips on the roadmap for laptops, desktops and server, you are right it is dead. I know you are a fanboy, but even through your red colored glasses you should be able to see that 10nm isn't "dead."

Intel just denied this rumor to Tom's Hardware, so looks like it wasn't true...

Umm, no. The steam survey is definitely not a perfect indicator of the entire cpu or GPU market by any means, but it is definitely a better snapshot than a single web retailer. It encompasses both custom machines and major oem manufactures. Unfortunately, unless you want to pay thousands to get...

I don't know why this needs to be explained on every Intel thread, but the custom builder market is a tiny fraction of the entire x86 market. Yes, AMD is doing very well with enthusiasts and is even gaining market share in the server and workstation market, but to call Intel screwed is...

Intel's current processor microarchitecture is more of a combination of the best things from the P6 and Netburst ever since Nehalem. I would be willing to venture a guess that whatever core comes after Golden Cove, the one Keller mentioned, will be a significant departure from past designs...

12c is overkill for "most desktop users" for a lot longer than 2 years. Hell, 6 cores will be more than enough for "most desktop users" for probably the next 5 years. Architecture improvements and clock speed bumps will make a bigger difference for "most desktop users" than going from 6 to 12...

I'll make you a gentleman's bet. Ray tracing is only going to get more prevelant, especially as gpu's get more powerful. What we have now isn't full on ray tracing. It is a hybrid approach combining rasterazation and a little bit of ray tracing. There is no denying that full on ray tracing...