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hmmmm...so a 2 socket motherboard and 2 dual core mpus is a cheaper overall solution than a single socket board with a quad-core?
So if you were writing a paragraph in the 'MPU Design for Dummys' book, how would you characterize the primary architectural reasons why adding an additional processor in socket 1 provides such a performance boost over just adding additional cores in socket 0?
Nano clearly has this right. The article strongly suggests a distributed application architecture built on the Microsoft stack using custom components (C#, C++), MSMQ (for messaging) and integrated Windows authentication or security. The only exception appears to be that Oracle is used on the backend instead of SQLServer. But all running on the Windows platform.
Some exerts:
Base technology: Includes the computing hardware (IA
servers), operating System (Windows), transaction
management (Microsoft DTS), middleware that includes
Microsoft Network Load balancing (NLB), and Microsoft
Component load balancing service (CLB) in a scale-out
architecture.
Framework Components: The system enables
integrated security with Microsoft Windows. In other
words, once a user is authenticated to the Windows domain
servers on his/her laptop/desktop, MES300 can be initiated
without another login. In
Base Technology
• Microsoft MSMQ (messaging)
• Microsoft DTC
• Workflow engine, logging & monitoring
Tenchu...I almost had to turn off Obama's speech last night due to Pelosi's giddiness in the background. She was just so happy it was killing me.
My political post for the day. out.
I can envisage the editorial cartoon now...Bernanke with a shovel in front of the incinerator shoveling boatloads of cash into the inferno with Obama and Pelosi conferring on the side with a pink slip in their hands.
What I meant by 'it is possible' was actually 'it is possible and I am not going to do anything now or later when it does'. If that makes any sense.
I am holding here with the belief that 13.90-14.10 is reachable in the near term. While it is possible that THIS two-day rally may fall back and not extend to additional days, I still think another rally will follow that will take the stock to 13.90 before we see 12.10. Just my 2 cents.
the 'fountain of all pessimism' has sprung a small leak...I think he can easily correct this though
what I want to know is; if they hold some kind of post mortem on SPSN, will one of the analysts start their question with 'Great quarter guys'.
LOL...mmmmmmm looks tasty.
>>Republicans aren't smart enough to disclaim him.
But wait, I just did. But I imagine you were referring to the Republicans collectively.
Since this mouse doesn't chew it's cud nor does it have cloven hooves, we can go ahead and consider it pork. :->
>>Leader of the R's -- Rushbo the Great
Contrary to popular belief, Rush is not the leader of the Republicans. Sure he states a few tenants that Republicans believe, but his shtick is to be 'over the top' and annoying to dems and middle of the roaders. He's just the Al Franken of the Republican party and probably does the Republican party more harm than good (as does Franken to the dems).
>>A company can not be in a good position if they have to lose money to do it.
I would only add that by definition a company is not in a good position if it is losing money. Any arguments to the contrary is just betting on the come.
tis but a scratch, a mere flesh wound...
seemed like the perfect time to resurrect this:
RobertG, you're the fountain of all pessimism :)
I think there is a parade downtown tomorrow that you can rain on.
INTC upgraded with a $17 price target by UBS. I guess that would be a one year price target, which seems reasonable to me. Not sure if this is old news or not.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10463893/3/analysts-upgrades-downgrades-intel.html
I'm tempted to leave my car at the Portland airport with an apology note for my unpaid mortgage, but I only want to fly to California :)
it's comical except that there are probably people that listen to this drivel which just makes me angry that guys like this have a job that let's them write this stuff.
so Intel is just trying to catch up with IBM and their partners...WTF?
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10463166/1/intels-7b-plan-reveals-8-spending-cut.html
I also sold 1k shares at 14.75 that were purchased at an average cost of 13.75.
Embedded PC's in HDTVs...I think this will soon be standard issue on many new TV's.
While we have a myriad of problems in our capitalist system and it would be nice to fix them all, if we could go back in time and change only ONE thing to try and avoid the current economic calamity, I would go back and implement rules or oversight of what have you to prevent mortgages from being issued for properties that people couldn't afford. They couldn't afford them because the prices were over-inflated and they didn't make enough money. People just couldn't afford the 'American Dream'. What they didn't realize is that the housing bubble had to burst and the dream had to become affordable eventually because the value of housing has a direct relationship to income. They just needed to wait for home prices to come back to them, not over leverage themselves (or be encouraged to over-leverage themselves) to buy at any cost.
lol....
Husband on cell phone: I'm up at Harrah's in Reno, needed to blow off some steam...
Wife: Says here you're over at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch...
Husband: Uhhhh, must be a software glich, you know how that GPS can be off...
Wife: No not really, can we meet at the Washoe County courthouse? I have some papers for you to sign.
cool new app from Google that I think will catch on:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158909/google_latitude_service_lets_you_track_your_friends_how_it_works.html
I for one would really like to quickly see where my friends and family members are BEFORE I call them. If I could do that quickly and easily I would use this application. But I would want this everywhere so my phone/MID needs this application too.
in the Dick Tracy department we have this:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158859/in_pictures_australian_company_launches_smart_watch_phones.html
Dear Professor: This is another step toward my vision for ubiquitous Intel Architecture (IA). Once low power SOC Atom derivatives make their way into all devices TVs, automobiles, MIDS, laptops, (already there) etc. then this PAN concept will allow us to bring down content for the web and share it across devices (without jumping through a lot of hoops to do it)!.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=35168875
re: AD that they can flood the market with x86 at a low price to capture 50% of the market?
You should have asked mas this:
are you saying AMD has convinced AD that they can flood the market with poorer performing x86 at a low price to capture 50% of the market?
Until x86 is fully commoditized it is still clear (and true) that performance characteristics are the lynch pin in controlling market share. The reason being of course that if just ONE oem offers the better performing part at a reasonable price, then demand will immediately shift to that OEM, thus they ALL have to offer the same high performing part and try to differentiate themselves in other ways. Intel is in control of performance metrics across most if not all mPU market segments.
I think this analogy is a good one so I'll keep it going.
When someone in control finally notices that the bridge is out, they will slam on the brakes at the last minute and sometimes a derailment occurs.
re: They are going full steam ahead with the NY Fab.
The emergency brakes will soon be pulled on this train IMO.
The point I wanted to make is that I'm all for any strategy that reduces costs during this economic downturn EXCEPT where it could impact the road map wrt to Atom, Canmore and other Atom derivatives. I have this fantasy that when these SOC products coupled with Intel SSDs get to 'ridiculously' low levels of power usage that we could see full IA in every MID, TV, automobile, etc which would effectively make everything we touch capable of booting Windows or Linux. I think the faster Intel gets to the 32nm and 22nm nodes, the faster they will have products that can go into these devices. Ok, I am ready to be schooled in the foolishness of my fantasy.
So would this strategy mean: continuing ticks at current pace to enable new product niches to be exploited but slow down tocks to a pace that reduces microarchitecture R&D costs while also allowing OEMs to reduce their costs?
I think the current motivation for continuing an aggressive tick-tock strategy has more to do with the current product road map than ever before. Achieving higher production capacity with lower production costs and the side benefit of hurting ones competitor has been the primary motivation in the past. But I think these comments were telling in the CC about how important the 32nm process node is for the road map and Intel's longer term strategy:
Paul during the intro:
We will continue our pace of investment in R&D. In 2009, we have a slate of new products and technologies coming to market that offer superior value for our customers. We remain on track for introducing our 32-nanometer process technology in the second half of this year and we will not slow down this introduction. We believe that the shift to 32-nanometers will increase our performance lead, lower our product costs and usher in a new era of high volume system-on-chip products.
Stacy later in the CC:
It's really capacity that will come on line, for the most part in 2010. We'll have products in production this year, but in 2010 is really when that ramps. And as you know, because you follow us, that the advantages to us of getting that kind of process leadership over everybody else is that we can extend the performance leadership of our products, we get a great cost benefit in terms of the cost per transistor, and then specific with 32-nanometer the power characteristics of that process enable us to go more aggressively at some of the adjacent markets that we're looking at.
So in this environment, we're planning to protect that investment stream. Now, that being said, we will absolutely modulate the ramp rate of the process based on the demand environment that we see. But getting the first capability on 32-nanometer is key to our strategy and we're going to get there as quickly as possible.
chipguy, we were worried you'd have to settle for hitting the tennis ball against the wall, but alas your opponent(s) has arrived.
re: Further out Penn sees the market growing 15 percent in 2010 followed by 28 percent growth in 2011 followed by 18 percent growth in 2012.
This guy is totally off, everyone knows that the global semi market will be growing by 11 percent in 2010, followed by 26 percent in 2011 and then 21 percent in 2012.
I wonder why Intel chose to announce this now? It makes it look to the public like the ouster of an executive in response to poor company performance or something (ala John Thain or other financial execs).
thanks for the commentary. should be fun to watch this unfold.
DofU, since Rivet stated that final approval of the deal with the TFC is NOT contingent on answering Intel's letter or meeting with Intel to discuss their concerns etc, what is the next step Intel could take to escalate this (i.e. protect their IP)? Can they try to get an injunction or something like that to block the deal?
The tone of the AMD CC seems pretty somber, no? No one is saying they're excited. I guess that's what's missing.