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Shots Fired Again Between CPU Vendors AMD and Intel (tomshardware.com)
Highdude702 shares a report from Tom's Hardware: AMD's feud with Intel took an interesting turn today as the company announced that it would swap 40 Core i7-8086K's won from Intel's sweepstakes with a much beefier Threadripper 1950X CPU. At Computex 2018, Intel officially announced it was releasing the Core i7-8086K, a special edition processor that commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 8086, which debuted as the first x86 processor on June 8, 1978. Now AMD is offering to replace 40 of the winners' chips with its own 16-core 32-thread $799 Threadripper processors, thus throwing a marketing wrench into Intel's 40th-anniversary celebration.
AMD has a list of the complete terms and conditions on its site. But it is also noteworthy that "winners" of AMD's competing sweepstakes will have to pony up for a much more expensive X399 motherboard with the TR4 socket, which currently retail for more than $300, instead of Intel's less-expensive 300-series motherboards. Regardless, those who do swap their Intel Core silicon for an AMD Threadripper chip will gain 10 cores and quad-channel memory, not to mention quite a bit of resale value. In response, Slashdot reader Highdude702 said: "AMD is shooting back at Intel like its easy for them, even though 40 out of 8086 is kind of stingy. They are acting like they have the horsepower now. I believe it is going to be an interesting time for consumers and enthusiasts coming soon. Maybe we will even get better prices."
Intel responded via its official verified "Intel Gaming" Twitter account, tweeting: ".@AMDRyzen, if you wanted an Intel Core i7-8086K processor too, you could have just asked us. :) Thanks for helping us celebrate the 8086!"
AMD has a list of the complete terms and conditions on its site. But it is also noteworthy that "winners" of AMD's competing sweepstakes will have to pony up for a much more expensive X399 motherboard with the TR4 socket, which currently retail for more than $300, instead of Intel's less-expensive 300-series motherboards. Regardless, those who do swap their Intel Core silicon for an AMD Threadripper chip will gain 10 cores and quad-channel memory, not to mention quite a bit of resale value. In response, Slashdot reader Highdude702 said: "AMD is shooting back at Intel like its easy for them, even though 40 out of 8086 is kind of stingy. They are acting like they have the horsepower now. I believe it is going to be an interesting time for consumers and enthusiasts coming soon. Maybe we will even get better prices."
Intel responded via its official verified "Intel Gaming" Twitter account, tweeting: ".@AMDRyzen, if you wanted an Intel Core i7-8086K processor too, you could have just asked us. :) Thanks for helping us celebrate the 8086!"
".@AMDRyzen, if you wanted an Intel Core i7-8086K processor too, you could have just asked us. :) Thanks for helping us celebrate the 8086!"
Boy talk about missing the point....
That's like taking a wooden baseball bat to the head- then exclaiming "Thank god you were nice and didn't use aluminium".
Another consultant who stuck it out.
"We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx..."
I need Intel for TSX and HLE. When AMD supports these features, it will be a beautiful day for me!
No mass shooting? Thank god! Horrible title though.
Give me a SECURE CPU without your fucking backdoors and incompetent bullshit instead of talking shit constantly, you fucking retards.
From the title, did anyone else think some employee went on a shooting spree at their competitor?
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
That would be newsworthy on its own. So no, a AMD CPU+mobo compared to Intel CPU+mobo of same performance is simply cheaper.
Back in the day when AMD first released their Opteron CPU (Codename Sledgehammer), they had some demo motherboards called AMD Melody. On the silkscreen of that motherboards there was indeed a melody - actually the "Intel inside" jingle score with a sledgehammer hanging over it.
And now, still remembering this, I feel really old.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
The entire summary is incoherent. Was it written by some dude that was high or something?
. . . commodity processors are marketed as 4 GHz devices, and premium processors are marketed as 5 GHz devices.
"Resale value" for now. The Intel chips will become collectible though
If you'd wanted a serious computer you'd've shelled out for that. Instead you got wintendo.
Now shut up and celebrate your 40 years of wintendo. You wanted it, you got it, you had better like it.
Fake news also reports shots fired between Burger King and McDonalds and there are scattered reports of fire between Coke and Pepsi, though no confirmation from anti-trust authorities. Most importantly of all is to remember that a two party system is a real democracy, no matter if the super delegates votes count more than your vote.
The More You Know TM (trademark CBS "news")
I don't care about the specs, I still wouldn't swap an Intel for an AMD.
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Also no Spectre or Meltdown problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afwIZDtrRj4 ;-)
epyc has more pci-e lanes with 1 cpu.
Say you want an storage node with a lot of I/O say pci-e storage then with just 1 amd cpu you get 128 pci-e lanes vs UP to 48 lanes. And intel can be like the high end desktop and make some low end chips in the range have as low as 16-24 lanes
We're positive you'll understand the spectre of such a request would not bode well with management.
The i7-8086K is a 40 year anniversary of the 8086 CPU.
40 years of only incremental upgrades to a crap ISA. It is still what is holding the x86-64 platform back.
I can't wait for AArch64, or even RISC-V, to become mainstream.
(posted from a PC with an intel i7 :-P )
"We mustn't be caught by surprise by our own advancing technology" -- Aldous Huxley
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No? ... Corporate wars are sooo booooring. Can't we have a fatal Godzilla attack or something?
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
Yes much cleaner and more efficient processors could be designed now, but getting everyone to switch is not going to happen soon.
"AMD is shooting back at Intel like its easy for them"
In a way, Intel folks deserve it. They had the horsepower and acted with tiny, neglible incremental updates for ages. Then AMD puts on the table a 16-core/32-thread CPU and an architecture able to compete with intel in laptops.
I cannot wait for manufacturer to broaden their catalogues with more AMD laptops... and wait for the price battle.
We've had more than a couple reports of people actually being shot at work lately; this headline was in poor taste. When I see a headline here that starts with "shots fired" I expect it's likely to be followed with a body count.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
will have to pony up for a much more expensive X399 motherboard with the TR4 socket
Doesn't matter, they will not be able to afford the RAM anyways :)
Miss Mash and BeauHDGayPorn *are* fake news.
playing the long game here.. going to save those traded anniversary intel chips to resell after they (unlike other mainstream processors) appreciate in value as collectors items.
Sorry, I have been stoned since She lost. I am having trouble coping so I shit post here off topic everyday as part of my long term recovery process. My therapist said it would help.
wont be buyng usa anymore
enjoy
People getting a desktop i7 are unlikely to want or need a workstation processor that targets different workloads.
"You can have our workstation processor that requires more expensive motherboard and cooling, will need more memory sticks (4 channel), will use more power, generate more heat, and will be worse at games", seems like a good chance they'll need to find another way to get rid of their old stock.
Regardless, those who do swap their Intel Core silicon for an AMD Threadripper chip will gain 10 cores and quad-channel memory, not to mention quite a bit of resale value.
Not to mention the lack of Meltdown.
Shots were fired between Intel and AMD, but as usual it is Security that got gunned down in the process.
When are we going to get robust and secure CPUs?
AMD may have many cores but they suck balls with their single-core performance. Intel is better. I am not AMD hater but for multiple slow cores I could simply buy a bunch of 10 year old CPUs for a few bucks.
Ryzen 2xxx series has almost fixed that. Figure by 2020 they will be ahead. Currently they're ahead in some cases on single thread already.
You might have a 5 digit uid but you ain't that old. My first AMD was a nintendo cartridge, The Slot A as it was called. That was one hellacious upgrade from my Cyrix cpus. You remember Cyrix, dontcha? The whippersnappers won't and they can stay the hell off my lawn!
Summary says AMD is replacing a 40 core CPU with a 16 core CPU - I think the author of the summary should do some fact checking. I think the mistake is that the 8086K is a 10 core CPU.
BTW: anyone else think AMD erred in calling their CPU a ThreadRipper? A threadripper is a sewing tool, used to cut the threads in, for example, a hem - it's used when you need to let down the hem on a skirt or trousers - doesn't sound anywhere near as exciting as a bulldozer :-)
Slot A was an early Athlon interface, nothing whatsoever to do with nintendo. Slashdot really has gone down the flusher.
I still have an AMD a80286-16 sitting here, in a motherboard, doubt it runs.
Is it just me or is the summary completely incoherent and totally hard to understand?
Even if AMD wins, they will still lose in the long run because any hit that intel takes that is big enough to be reflected in it's stock price will be amplified in AMD's stock price. It's happened before.
As usual, you're an asshat.
"It is still what is holding the x86-64 platform back"
Does that say AMD64?
Stay classy, trumptard.