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Intel CEO Visits Musk’s xAI Datacenter, Highlights Xeon CPU’s Role
November 30, 2024 – Following his visit to Elon Musk’s Memphis Supercomputing Center, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expressed his admiration for the xAI team and promoted the company’s Xeon CPUs. In a post on social media, Gelsinger revealed that xAI had chosen Intel Xeon processors for its head nodes, which are responsible for managing resource…
US Government Cuts Intel’s Subsidy: Dropping from 8.5BilliontoBelow8 Billion
November 25, 2024 – According to informed sources cited by The New York Times, the Biden administration in the United States is planning to reduce the initial 8.5billionallocationfromtheChipsandScienceActgrantedtoIntelCorporation.Thefundingamount,whichwasannouncedearlierthisyear,isexpectedtobecuttobelow8 billion. This change in conditions takes into account a $3 billion contract obtained by Intel to produce chips for the U.S. military. The U.S. government’s decision to…
Chip Industry Shakeup: Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm in Bidding War for Intel
November 02, 2024 – Reports indicate that in the race to acquire Intel, not only is Qualcomm deeply interested, but Apple and Samsung are also throwing their hats into the ring. For Qualcomm, which is currently embroiled in a dispute with Arm, the prospect of owning x86 IP is particularly enticing. Meanwhile, Apple, which already…
Intel Reveals Shift from MoP: Future Processors to Diverge from Lunar Lake’s Integrated Memory Design
November 01, 2024 – During the 2024 third-quarter earnings call, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed that future processor generations, including Panther Lake, Nova Lake, and their successors, will not directly integrate memory within the package, unlike the Lunar Lake processors. For clarification, Intel’s Core Ultra 200V “Lunar Lake” series processors utilize a Memory on Package…
Intel to Lay Off Hundreds at Polish R&D Center
October 30, 2024 – According to a report by the Warsaw Business Journal on October 29, citing documents submitted by Intel to the local labor office, the technology giant is planning to lay off hundreds of employees at its research and development center in Gdansk, Poland. In response to the report, an Intel spokesperson in…
Intel CEO Expresses Frustration Over Delayed Chip Act Funding
October 28, 2024 – According to a report by The New York Times, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has expressed “frustration” over the delay in disbursement of funds from the U.S. government under the Chips and Science Act. Gelsinger and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently sat for an interview to discuss issues related to the…
Intel Taps Navid Shahriari as New Head of Process Technology Development
October 26, 2024 – According to a report by Oregon Live, Intel has notified its employees on Wednesday local time that Navid Shahriari has been selected to succeed Ann Kelleher as the head of the Technology Development (TD) department. In a statement, Intel clarified, “Ann is not leaving. Given the significance of Technology Development, we…
Intel and Samsung Rumored to Form ‘Semiconductor Avengers’ Alliance to Challenge TSMC
October 22, 2024 – According to a report published by Maeil Business Newspaper on October 21st, Intel has reached out to Samsung Electronics to form a “foundry alliance” in order to counterbalance the dominance of TSMC in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The report cites an Intel executive who recently contacted Samsung Electronics, expressing the desire…
Intel CEO Delivers First Panther Lake Processor Sample to Lenovo
October 17, 2024 – At the 2024 Lenovo Tech Innovation Conference, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger personally handed over the first sample of the Panther Lake processor to Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing. Gelsinger emphasized that the collaboration between Intel and Lenovo, which began with the Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake processors, as well as the long-battery-life…
Historic Moment: Intel and AMD Unite to Defend the x86 Ecosystem
October 16, 2024 – In a surprising move, Intel announced today that they have formed an x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group with AMD, marking a historic collaboration between the two tech giants. This group aims to shape the future of the x86 architecture, simplify software development, and ensure interoperability and consistent interfaces. According to Intel CEO…