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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 4, 2021

Is Intel cutting Xeon prices?

Lots of noise, lots of rumors, all hunted down

A few weeks ago there was a lot of talk about Intel dropping Xeon prices to be competitive but did they?
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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 4, 2021

What does Emerald Rapids use for memory?

Sapphire Rapids and Genoa speeds too

So what memory speeds will the new server CPUs from AMD and Intel support?
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 14, 2021

More downtime on September 15th

SemiAccurate will be down for portions of September 15th to complete the site electrical upgrades begun two weeks ago. Sorry for the interruption, we will make this as brief as possible.
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Charlie Demerjian
Aug 29, 2021

Downtime on August 30th and 31st

SemiAccurate will be going down for portions of Monday August 30th and Tuesday August 31st for electrical upgrades. Not much we can do about this one, the electricity to the building will be turned off to upgrade the feed from …
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Charlie Demerjian
Aug 19, 2021
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Intel’s Architecture Day is anything but

11 deep technical topics in just over 2 hours…

Intel held an Architecture Day recently with 11 topics covered from cores to software and more.
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Charlie Demerjian
Aug 16, 2021

Intel Renames DG2 to Arc Alchemist

Name collisions, delays, performance, and volume

When a company drops a branding change without warning, it is pretty clear they want repetition not analysis.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 26, 2021

Intel renames processes with a new roadmap

Advanced packaging, transistor tech, and own goals

Today Intel is talking about all things process, construction, and foundry in more detail than before.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 23, 2021

Certificate problems on SemiAccurate

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If you are seeing certificate problems on SemiAccurate, we are aware of the issue and there is nothing to worry about.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 16, 2021

Is Intel looking to buy GlobalFoundries?

A very small fire beneath a lot of smoke

Recent rumors have Intel talking to GlobalFoundries about a takeover, but what is really happening?
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 12, 2021

What is AMD’s Bergamo CPU?

More than just a 128c monster

AMD has an upcoming 128 core CPU called Bergamo and what it signifies is more important than that it is.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jul 6, 2021
1

When is Intel’s Emerald Rapids due

Does a push lead to a waterfall?

Intel recently sort of delayed their Sapphire Rapids server CPU, but what about the subsequent releases?
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Flaming Wafer
Charlie Demerjian
Jul 1, 2021

Another server chip gets delayed

Any guesses who has the latest ‘issue’?”

Fresh off the news of Intel’s Sapphire Rapids sort-of-delay, SemiAccurate has news of another server product being pushed out.
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 30, 2021

There is a silver lining to Intel’s Sapphire delay

Avoidance of problems is a good thing

Yesterday Intel ‘delayed’ their upcoming Sapphire Rapids server CPU, but is it all bad news?
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 29, 2021
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Intel delays Sapphire rapids, or does it?

Looks more like a reallignment with reality from here

It looks like Intel is delaying Sapphire Rapids once again, or are they?
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Charlie Demerjian
Jun 28, 2021

Marvell announces their 5nm Octeon 10 DPU

ARM N2, PCIe5, DDR5, and more

Today Marvell releases their Octeon 10 line of DPUs and they pack a bunch of interesting features.
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