https://www.reddit.com/r/intel/comments/179xw2w/gamer_nexus_intel_is_desperat...

And I join in with the fanboy chorus ---- this Intel current release does not even compete with AMD's last release, much less what has come out of development since then.

You gotta read on down the stream of comments --- very revealing since these are ostensibly a bunch of Intel fanboys saying this stuff.

Hold on to your money for a bit as Intel is going on super sale yet again real soon ......


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AMD has just stated corporately that AMD will not follow Intel into hyperwatt territory just to make up some bogus processor speeds.

Instead, AMD is agreeing with some large ranking standards bodies out of mainframe land that base themselves on measuring throughput vs watts draw (i.e. processor efficiency) saying this is the way processors should be ranked.

This flies in the face of GAMING, which is all about speed -- no matter how super hot it gets or how ridiculously inefficient it becomes.

Here is the gaming rub, games really only need JUST ONE (1) really fast core to complement the fast graphics card outputs so the rest of the CPU cores could well be processor efficiency cores such as the AMD 4c and 5c cores.  It is still rare for a game to actually  use more than 2 cores for most popular gaming titles.

This should not be hard for AMD or Intel to arrange to do since they control the specs and sorting levels on their chiplets .......

I also like the thought that the AMD cores could all be 5c cores, except one would carry an extra memory layer and would be the designated the one fast one for gaming.  

Or an AI augmented chiplet could provide the one very fast core for dedicated gaming, doing it either way would work jest fine.

Report on the Bee-link mini-PC project

In rolling into a more full use of the little PC I found I needed more USB 3.0 connection points than what came stock with the little box.

I looked at powered USB 3.0 hubs for several months now and saw this new 7 hole smart box pop up and I began watching the reviews as they came in week on week.  

A flaw in the Amazon review system is that all reviews for a given brand name get lumped in together, so past issues from early models become attributed to the replacement new products that do not deserve them.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7NPK3DF?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1


Clearly it has more ports, more flexible ports and FAR BETTER ACTUAL CURRENT REVIEWS than any of the others I have seen.   It does not drain the battery of your tablet or your phone which is why most folks buy it.

Having gotten mine, I can say it installs flawlessly and has not failed in any fashion after weeks of use.

It does Windows, and Apple and Android tablets seamlessly so far without draining the batteries or "glitching out" on me.   All of the connections are rock solid and do not go "intermittent contact" on you as many of the competitor products have done.  

Intermittent due to non-solid connection (or excessive power draw) = resets the device and loses the last execution = VERY BAD NEWS



There is no software installation required nor any drivers to screw around with -- it just plugs up securely and works just fine.

These are all early on reviews, so extended time will tell the tale on long term durability as it always does.



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General Warning on using powered USB ports --- don't turn on more devices than your little plugged in power supply brick can reliably support.

Each lightning marked USB 3.0 connection can pull up to 1.4 amps and the little plug in brick can stop "giving reliable power" after installing 2-3 real power sucking USB devices.  Identify those items that pass data only (do not draw power) and plug them into the top 3 positions leaving the bottom 4 positions for things that draw juice as well as pass on data.

If you think you have a power draw down issue turn off what you are not using at the moment (kill the blue ring around the plugged in ports using the off/on button by each connection) to troubleshoot for this rather common lack of power issue.

If you identify a repeated power sucking condition with a device, then intentionally move it over to a separate plug in charger and a separate electrical socket, thus keeping it from fouling up all the rest of your stuff.

Doing this power management trick routinely and automatically is a good general idea for those folks using the little Bee-link boxes.


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Wife saw me installing my USB power strip and decided she wanted one as it was just too cute and useful not to have one.

It goes along with her new 27" LG monitor for Christmas.   She was feeling neglected and unloved (technologically).  

Bad, when your wife feels neglected ,,,,,,



So the new USB box is woman tested and approved, in other words ......

Intel is two years behind the leaders.  Intel is losing market share right now by every external measurement.

Ryzen 7 is now outperforming the Core i9, which prompts the recent Intel squid ink move of remaming everything all over again.

Intel is faced with 3 generations of AMD out on the market right now, all of which being superior to Intel's products,  so Intel is now faced with currently making a product nobody really wants.

Qualcomm is an up and coming Intel competitor in laptops.   AMD is an ongoing Intel competitor in laptops and desktop PC and in mainframe.  Microsoft is an up and coming Intel competitor in mainframes.  

Sucks to be Intel at the moment, huh?

Intel can't win an upper level spot in anybody's ranking unless they cheat on the test significantly.    Really, really cheat ......

Ryzen 7 is $200-$300 cheaper than Intel at each same same competitive levels  ......  and AMD is getting cheaper month on month.  

This figure assumes like to like core counts between Ryzen 7 and Core i7 so when you actually compare the real functionality to functionality the price gap jumps up an additional $200 or so.  

You are then pricing Core i9 against Ryzen 7 if you go functionality to functionality.

How can Ryzen 7 (8 cores, 16 threads) be beating up on Core i9 at 24 cores 16 threads) ?????   Ryzen 7 is made up of chiplets that are built on more modern lithography and the top of the assembled CPU is a layer of fast access memory.   Intel is monolithic a construction and is quite expensive compared to AMD's chiplets.

Out of the 8 cores available, AMD has tweeked and tuned several cores specifically to do gaming and another pair of cores to do general processing at greater than normal throughput levels.  

Intel is hampered by HUGE SIZE and much lower throughput per chiplet.

Intel is actually better at building contractual lock in agreements and managing a herd of lawyers to sue their customers if they go elsewhere for their chips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0IjhM2UBY

This is a "breaking news" site telling you some of the things that I told you months ago,

Oh Golly Gee ......

Intel intends to bring to market some 32 core chipsets for desktop PC products ......

Linux might be able to use these sorts of core counts, but Microsoft products currently cannot in reality, no way.   There is currently a 4 core "concurrent functional maximum usage" built into the current MS operating systems for PC  .....  

(Windows 12 may fix this limitation for Intel if the Wintel boys can figure out all the details).

Intel is pumping balloon juice, in other words.   You breathe it in and then you talk all high and squeaky until you talk it all out.

Ryzen 8000 APUs have really just shipped early and as I thought they indeed do not require a graphics card for gaming.

Watch NVIDIA start to roll away from consumer space into mostly mainframe stuff accordingly ........  Do note that AMD's discrete graphics cards will suffer right along with NVIDIA as the AMD APUs will kill their own graphics cards business right along with both Intel and NVIDIA separate graphics card products.

Intel's new Meteor Lake stuff for next year already is not competitive to the AMD 7000 stuff currently in full production, much less the AMD 8000 APU samples just shipped by AMD.


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AMD has also just announced Ryzen 9000 APUs that late this year will wipe the floor with Intel's best promises  yet again .......

Intel still remains two-3 generations back, in other words,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BICuEALqBEA

OK, you gotta stop and watch this YouTube clip to learn what is happening right now in computing.

AI chiplets are the secret sauce that will make AMD victorious over the next 2 years.

AMD/Xylinx invented and in some eyes owns AI relative to poor old Intel right now.   NVIDIA still does better than Intel, but AMD arguably has a better footprint in mainframe space right now so they have more moves to be able to make in mainframe space.

AMD APUs are currently slowly taking over the consumer graphics card space by simply removing the need to have a dedicated GPU card.  

AMD is still moving to shut out the competition in mainframe space.

COMPETITION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT.    Hey Intel, having had to wait 2 years to start competing means you will likely lose ......