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Intel Addresses CPU Shortage: 'Supply Is Undoubtedly Tight' (crn.com)
Intel interim CEO Bob Swan publicly addressed the company's CPU shortage issue for the first time since July, when he acknowledged that meeting additional demand would be Intel's "biggest challenge." From a report: In a message posted to Intel's website Friday, Swan said the "surprising return" to growth in the PC market "has put pressure on [the company's] factory network." He added, "We're prioritizing the production of Intel Xeon and Intel Core processors so that collectively we can serve the high-performance segments of the market. That said, supply is undoubtedly tight, particularly at the entry-level of the PC market."
Intel partners and at least one distributor previously told CRN they were seeing a shortage of Intel's current generation, 14-nanometer CPUs, most notably in lower-end client processors.
Intel partners and at least one distributor previously told CRN they were seeing a shortage of Intel's current generation, 14-nanometer CPUs, most notably in lower-end client processors.
Are there any hard numbers showing that this is caused by increased demand rather than constrained supply?
Did you miss the news that in Q2 PCs experienced the largest demand in over 6 years after several years of decline?
Most of this is being driven by corporate Windows 10 adoption as the deadline for Windows 7 is getting closer. Companies don't upgraded OSes, they hand out new PCs.
I wish there was but there isn't for workloads in the 1-6 thread range (for GIS) or with regards to single core performance. We have put some workstation purchases on hold for 6 months because Intel Workstation prices are 35+% right now. We tested Ryzen 2950X & 2990WX based systems and they were 15-25% slower than our previous generation Intel Xeon W 2105/W2155 series boxes
What am I missing as someone who doesnt know hardware but understands software? Why is AMD so often trumpeted here but rarely seen in the real world? And why does AMD always perform great in benchmarks but badly in real world tests compared to Intel?
i'm sure your workstations were fully patched with spectre and meltdown mitigations in software and in microcode when you compared them to the AMD offerings. from what i been told, most of that gap is non-existent in patched systems. meanin the only reason intel was faster was because they cheated, and when the holes, i mean cheats, were closed they perform very closely in real world conditions.
AMD is coming out with the Athlon 200GE (Ryzen-based) processor for $55 to round out the low-end. Intel still haven't come out with a processor to compete with AMD's 32-core/64-thread Threadripper 2 processor.
I'm planning to switch from AMD to Intel for my next PC upgrade because the feature I want in a motherboard (dual ultra m.2 slots) are only available in an Intel motherboard. If an identical motherboard appears for AMD, I would go with Ryzen instead.