Regardless of the context, this is so good and hilarious on so many levels. Meme worthy! I’m going to have to try to work this quote into a conversation.
Go Epicgames! The #freefortnite campaign is bold; it’ll require users being proactive for it to maintain its momentum.
I love the the things that both companies make, but I’m not in favor of the App Store’s monopoly. I’m excited to see the outcome of this lawsuit but not very excited to wait for a long, drawn out process that the US legal system lends itself to.
> It’s definitely not surprising to see the competition close in on Intel, but it’s also not the end of an era.
TSMC's 7nm process is mature and superior to anything that Intel can currently produce in volume, and their 5nm process has nearly double the transistor density of 7nm (and over 4x the density of Intel's mature 14nm process). Samsung isn't far behind.
That Intel's CEO is telling investors that they may be manufacturing cutting edge products elsewhere is a clear signal that they're getting ready to pivot. This is on top of the earlier steps that Intel took to make their processor architectures more portable between manufacturing processes.
Semiconductor manufacturing, especially at the leading edge, requires massive economies of scale to be sustainable. While Intel didn't explicitly say they were bowing out, the steps that Intel's leadership is taking clearly point to them recognizing that they have no viable path forward as a leading-edge manufacturer.
Within the next 3 years, barring a government bailout, or TSMC/Samsung's 5nm processes failing in a similar fashion (which at least for TSMC, seems unlikely), I expect Intel to spin off its manufacturing business into a separate company and go fabless.
I've had it for something like 5 years now, but I think the only qualifier was joining the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN), which is free, but I think you need to have a business, which I'd assume many on HN do (even a sole trader is OK, I think).
Yeah, I'll give that a whirl. And after posting my comment, I discovered that Microsoft is closing all their stores, so no real-life meetings with Microsoft's version of an Apple Genius will be possible anymore...
Note that that only was an issue in cases the storage system itself was failing (i.e. IO errors were generated). In contrast to protection against power failures etc, which was/is working correctly.
Regardless of the context, this is so good and hilarious on so many levels. Meme worthy! I’m going to have to try to work this quote into a conversation.