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Intel Announces New Chips, Chipsets
Saud Hakim writes "Intel showed a prototype of an IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN transceiver created by using a 90-nm CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) fabrication. The chip can switch between different networks and frequencies; it is capable of tuning and tweaking itself. It is also capable of detecting what kinds of wireless networks are available nearby and shifting to the frequency that is most appropriate." Reader serox sends more: "Intel has two big news releases today and IntelFanboy has it covered. First up is the new Xeon processors have been released with a list of improvements. Second, Intel has revealed two significant milestones in the development of extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) lithography that will help lead to developing the next generation chip technology."
But the leakage current problems have been increasing with process shrinks (not just at Intel, but also at IBM and AMD). So they can use even smaller lithography. Great. Will the leakage current and associated heat suck even worse than Prescott?
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Yawn. Wake me when Intel has released real, production ready (NOT 0.2) drivers for Linux for this, or any other modern wireless network chip.
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Well I only hope this new wireless performs better than Centrino. It's not like integrating WiFi into a chipset is rocket science as all chipset makers are at it now. Oh and this time, some Linux drivers right off the bat, please.
At the moment Centrino pairs an excellent low power, good performing processor (Pentium M); with the one of the poorest performing Wi-Fi solutions you can get. But look at how they've marketed it on it's poorest facet, with Centrino you can read your email on top of Everest, browse the web while skydiving with no mention of the strengths of the Pentium M. Almost as bad as 'Pentium 4 speeds up your internet experience' campaign. I've had people asking me about getting a new laptop because they think Centrino is the only way to get WiFi, if only they knew they can get a better performing wireless card for the price of a few beers.
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Well actually Netcraft doesn't confirm it, and Intel may not be dying, but they are going downhill. Does anyone else find these releases underwhelming in light of the recent story about how AMD is pushing ahead while Intel stagnates and delays the releases of 4GHz and 64 bit technology?
Quite simply, Intel took shortcuts to get temporary advantages, and it's coming back to haunt them. The GHz myth is being dispelled and Intel is falling behind in the technologies that really matter. Today's new releases are only stopgap measures-a slight bump in the Xeon and some wlan card that's only going to be a minor player in an area Intel has not been focusing heavily on.
What is Intel focusing on? Branding. Marketing. Getting their stickers on everything and being known to the general public. Intel? "oohh they make computers!" AMD? "Durr is that those missiles in Iraq?" That may be why Intel still has a commanding lead in the processor market, but it will only take them so far. As word of mouth carries AMD to dominance in the hobbyist market, high end buyers will follow the hobbyists' lead. Enterprises will flock to 64 bit technology now that it is maturing on AMD, and still unavailable on Intel. Once AMD has taken control of the high-end market, the midrange will follow along like lemmings. All they know is, they want what the big boys have. And the big boys want AMD to go along with their fancy cars and fast women.
This downward spiral will continue until Intel loses its position as the king of processors and becomes just another hardware company. Nobody will care about what your sticker says is inside, and consumers will win as competition and diversity increase.
A few years out, Netcraft will finally deploy their stunning new technology that can detect your processor type, even through NAT. At that point the truth will become stark and clear, slapping us all in the face with the blinding realization that... Intel IS DYING! You heard it here first, folks: The future belongs to BSD on AMD. Beowulf clusters of BSD on AMD. Wintel is Dying. Wintel is a decrepit artifact of the past, to be fondly remembered in museums along with the 8 inch floppy and "turbo" buttons.
p.s. Netcraft also confirms that the baby-shit BEIGE OF THE END TIMES is spreading like a cancer. Oh god its so horrible, what kind of sadistic bastard is behind this.
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