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This is a SoC (so the PCH is integrated) based on Silvermont core. ~20W is the max with 8c SKUs for microservers. There will be of course variants optimized for low-power segments. This new Silvermont seems to have a lot of potential.

hm.. Rose Point plans looked quite different few years ago... seems to be just another incarnation and they still don't know which way to go...

This is a FAKE. CPUID values reported are of SNB-EP and not the IVB-EP family.

This whole thing is because the CPU has two 'different Max clock settings': - P0 limit (2.9 GHz for example on A8-3850) which is the max clock for a given SKU - MaxPllClock (3.6 GHz on A8-3850) - a reference clock from which the other clocks are derived from Now, if you set a clock above the...

Ivy will bring certain ehnancements to many parts of the CPU and iGPU, including new features to improve performace, power management and security. But as for each Tick the most advancement is in the process technology.

HWiNFO32 v3.82 available. Changes: Added reporting of CPU usage per core under sensor data. Fixed AMD Llano current clock ratio report. Added support of VIA VX900 SMBus Host. Added support of RivaTuner OSD Server. This allows displaying of HWiNFO32 Sensor values in DirectX...

I don't think it would be illegal. Both companies have reverse engineering departments.. Moreover there's an agreement between both since the early PC days, that they must share certain information between each other (except lithography, etc)..

Yes, it's common that ES are available several months before actual release - it's to help development and board bring-up in advance. Depends on ES-stage, many such samples are missing certain features or containing errata that are enabled/tuned/fixed at a later stage. Intel ES chips are...

The guy who got the ES (under NDA+IPLA) will be in trouble. The seller is probably a different person that hasn't signed anything with Intel.

This is a very early sample (ES1 / A1). I don't think that guy will make money, Intel will go after him.

Oblivion seems to crash when OSD Server is active.

Hah, that's what I already tried to explain on [XS] few years ago, but no one listened. All have been keen on improving the reporting, playing with thermometers and various experiments. Those sensors were never meant for temperature monitoring (rather catching the critical temp). They tried to...

Uncovered :D

I know Fiery since long time (14 years?, since the days of his first ASMDEMO) and he's a very fine, extremely helpful and polite guy. It was always a pleasure for me to work with him. I know a bit about the background of this story, I know a lot about the past and a bit about the near future...

Indeed there was.. the light