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Intel Declares Independence From PC, Prioritizes Cloud, IoT and 5G Efforts
A week after announcing 12,000 job cuts, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has shared vision for the company, hinting a shift in its prime focus away from PC business. In a blog post, Krzanich said that the company will be actively growing its data center business. The chip maker also plans to focus on chips and technologies for IoT devices. "The biggest opportunity in the Internet of Things is that it encompasses just about everything in our lives today-- it's ubiquitous," Krzanich said. The company also plans to boost its memory chips business and make a push towards utilizing them in data centers and various cloud services. Intel said that it has made several investments in this field, noting the $16 billion acquisition of Altera last year. The company says it will be playing a big role in the move to 5G connectivity. "Connectivity is fundamental to every one of the cloud-to-thing segments we will drive," he writes.
Over the years, Intel has failed to keep up with Moore's Law, an axiom that semiconductor density will double about every two years. The company previously extended the timeframe to 2.5 years, but Krzanich assures customers that the they are working to make further advances in order to meet the goal. "Moore's Law is fundamentally a law of economics, and Intel will confidently continue to harness its value," Krzanich said. PCWorld has extensively reported on this.
Over the years, Intel has failed to keep up with Moore's Law, an axiom that semiconductor density will double about every two years. The company previously extended the timeframe to 2.5 years, but Krzanich assures customers that the they are working to make further advances in order to meet the goal. "Moore's Law is fundamentally a law of economics, and Intel will confidently continue to harness its value," Krzanich said. PCWorld has extensively reported on this.
That used not to be the case, then it was the case, now it much isn't the case again, particularly for Intel.
Intel's desktop only goes to 4 cores, a small number of PCIe lanes, no ECC memory support, 2 memory channels, single socket, and won't go to very high TDP.
Servers go to much higher core counts, pcie lanes, ecc memory, 4 memory channels, and more sockets, and will drive TDP through the roof to get more powerful if needed.
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
"Don't worry, we'll be happy to take over."
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
The internet of things is mostly hype, as people with nests at home have learned . Sure you can talk to your thermostat at home via the internet, but why would you want to?
Yes it should refocus on servers. But rather it should be the "home server" market. Maybe even home cluster.
The market for desktops has mostly gone away, replaced by laptops and tablets. These people only needed a PC for spread sheets, simple word processing, and running a web browser.
The gaming machines market is the same if not bigger.
Professional content creation workstations are bigger than ever.
Same money is being spent; just in different form factors.
There is one area that isn't being exploited and marketed enough. The private cloud; i.e. home servers.
Particular when mixed with virtual machines it's something that needs to happen more. Store all your media at home in one place. Use the online cloud only for immediate stuff and for backups. There is huge potential for streaming. A home server can do transcoding on the fly and a dozen other things all at the same time.
It's more about the demise of the low end desktop which in the least has been replaces by cigar box systems.