https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-ceo-says-amd-is-in-the-rearview-mirror-and-neve...Intel CEO says AMD is in the rearview mirror and 'never again will they be in the windshield'Intel's CEO Pat Geslinger gives encouraging Christmas greetings to his Intel troops who are still suffering from being laid off and degraded with no raises for several years by his predecessors.
In it, Pat gives out his gut feelings on the next few years that supposedly will contain 4 waves of Intel manufacturing upgrades (some rented from TSMC, some purchased outright from ASML).
Pat simply says that this is the low inflection point, the very lowest point in Intel's decline and from now on things should get better and better. If Pat Geslinger's house of cards holds up, he is likely correct in this estimation. Things are still somewhat shaky, especially with Joe Biden being too weak to move forward with his Build Back Better Plan but the deals and government bail outs still seem to be likely to happen eventually so I guess Pat is telling his troops the truth as he currently sees it.
Intel's Alder Lake gives Pat his first technical leadership position for at least part of 2022, but AMD will take that leadership back when they roll down to Ryzen 7000 later this year. AMD requires no bail out bucks, which means that they will forge forward no matter what Biden can promise to give to Intel.
Intel is currently running on brown vapor fumes and using some really extreme hyperclocking to brand new VERY extreme levels right now.
Even so, Intel Alder Lake is actually up on top in the processor rankings right now ....... and if Geslinger gets his stream of Biden bucks he will likely trade places back and forth with AMD several times over the next few years.
Historically speaking, an ascendant Intel always keeps AMD around just to keep monopoly claims from bothering Intel too much ....... as Intel freewheels around acting just like a monopoly.
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An Eventful Week for Intel and others ......Intel declares they are back on top again.
Intel declares another 20 billion dollar new dual plant site in Ohio. Joe Biden is quick to claim credit for this imaginary progress for his administration (these are the same people who cannot pass the funding for what Intel is hanging its neck out so badly to do).
NVIDIA declares they are a bigger American chipset supplier than Intel actually is and announces their plans to move CPU compute power over inside their big big graphics card sets. Yes, NVIDIA already has the tech to do this tomorrow AM if they choose to release the drivers to do so. NVIDIA already does this in mainframe world so the tech is not new to anybody. See AMD move to do likewise if NVIDIA does indeed move to do this.
FTC follows through with their lawsuit to stop NVIDIA from taking over ARM Holdings (located in British UK). This puts the UK, America and Belgium against the takeover with China saying they will not give approval at this time.
China is now doing the "will not give approval at this time" thing to the AMD and Xilinx merger now. Being strictly an inside the USA affair, technically it is none of China's business, but Joe Biden will apparently continue to allow China to be the sole (and only) obstructionist in this AMD / Xilinx case. Why ??? ...... because Joe Biden and his current administration is that weak and stupid.
AMD quietly rolls forward with existing plans (and quietly puts out some increased requirements for some much better coolers for their biggest chipsets). AMD has TSMC both build and package all their new chipsets in their most modern plants in Taiwan, so do not be surprised when the new finished processors and cooling systems suddenly pop up in the world wide marketplace, quietly and without a lot of fuss.
These new processors will be built with an improved cooling system in mind, as the ability to dump the heat made by the chipset actually makes up the "upper limits" that you can claim for that processor. Both AMD and Intel are top end limited by their cooling systems, so look to see a cooling system war quickly develop as both sides see the importance of good cooling.
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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-core-i9-12900k-vs-ryzen-9-5900x-5950xTom's ranks Intel as a "4 out of 5 categories" winner in this latest showdown comparison. AMD needs to bring forward their most modern biggest 5nm "big little" gun to deliver a big win across the board. Being unable to do so by the end of this year means Intel simply rules uncontested using their freakishly high current draws and all the various Intel hyperclocking tricks.
The Intel hyper-clocking tricks will soon become the industry standard and AMD will be sidelined again as a stick in the mud "also ran".