| How Graphics worked on the Nintendo DS | MVG Posted: 21 Jan 2021 12:38 PM PST |
| Why are KVM switches so damn expensive? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 11:42 AM PST Am I missing something here? Couldn't this problem be solved with something very simple that physically switches hdmi and peripherals? Like a train track switch? Why couldn't you make something that just physically reroutes the connections? Thanks submitted by /u/sqygrene [link] [comments] |
| Raspberry Pi Foundation launches $4 microcontroller with custom chip Posted: 21 Jan 2021 03:21 AM PST |
| Intel Q4 2020 Financial Results Posted: 21 Jan 2021 03:16 PM PST Documents: CEO/CFO Comments: "We significantly exceeded our expectations for the quarter, capping off our fifth consecutive record year," said Bob Swan, Intel CEO. "Demand for the computing performance Intel delivers remains very strong and our focus on growth opportunities is paying off. It has been an honor to lead this wonderful company, and I am proud of what we have achieved as a team. Intel is in a strong strategic and financial position as we make this leadership transition and take Intel to the next level." Expected Q4 2020 Results vs Actual: | Stats | Expected Q4 2020 Results | Actual Q4 2020 Results | | Revenue | $17.4 Billion | $20 Billion | | EPS (non GAAP) | $1.10 | $1.42 | Expected FY Results vs Actual | Stats | Expected FY Results | Acutal FY results | | Revenue | $73.5 Billion | $77.9 Billion | | EPS (non GAAP) | $5.00 | $5.3 | Revenue by Market: | Market | Q4 2020 | Q4 2019 | YoY | 2020 FY | vs 2019 FY | | Client Computing Group | $10.9 Billion | $10 Billion | up 9% | $40.1 Billon | up 8% | | Data Center Group | $6.1 Billion | $7.2 Billion | down 16% | $26.1 Billion | up 11% | | Internet of Things Group | $777 Million | $920 Million | down 16% | $3.0 Billion | down 21% | | Non Volatile Memory Solutions Group | $1.2 Billion | $1.2 Billion | down 1% | $5.4 Billion | up 23% | | Programmable Solutions Group | $422 Million | $505 Million | down 16% | $1.9 Billion | down 7% | | Mobileye | $333 Million | $240 Million | up 39% | $967 Million | up 10% | GAAP | Q4 2020 | Q4 2019 | vs Q4 2019 | | Revenue($B) | $20 | $20.2 | down 1% | | Gross Margin | 56.8% | 58.8% | do 2.0 ppt | | R&D and MG&A ($B) | $5.4 | $4.9 | up 9% | | Operating Income ($B) | N/A | $6.8 | | | Tax Rate | 21.8% | 14.4% | up 7.4ppt | | Net Income ($B) | $5.0 | $6.9 | down 15% | | Earnings Per Share | $1.42 | 1.58 | down 10% | Non-GAAP | Q4 2020 | Q4 2019 | vs Q4 2019 | | Revenue($B) | $20 | $20.2^ | down 1% | | Gross Margin | 58.4% | 60.1% | down 1.7% | | R&D and MG&A ($B) | $5.4 | 4.9^ | up 9% | | Operating Income ($B) | N/A | $7.2 | | | Tax Rate | 21.5% | 13.6% | up 7.9 ppt | | Net Income ($B) | $5.9 Billion | $6.7 | down 6% | | Earnings Per Share | $1.52 | $1.52 | flat | News Summary: - Started production of 10nm-based 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors ("Ice Lake"), ramping in Q1.
- Launched 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors ("Tiger Lake"); announced 11th Gen Intel® Core™ S-Series desktop processors ("Rocket Lake"), now shipping.
- Entered discrete graphics market with Intel® Iris® Xe MAX graphics, Intel's first Xe-based discrete GPU.
- Announced Amazon Web Services selected Intel's Habana Gaudi AI processors for EC2 training.
- Delivered gold release of Intel® oneAPI developer toolkit.
- Announced expanded network infrastructure solutions portfolio.
- Introduced new Intel® Optane™ SSD series and 3rd gen Intel Optane persistent memory "Crow Pass" for enterprise and cloud customers.
Earnings Call: - Update on manufacturing of 2023 Chips to come after Pat Gelsinger is officially made CEO
- Chairman of the board thanking Bob Swan for his service and welcoming Pat Gelsigner back to Intel
- Pat Gelsinger says the he is glad to come back to Intel for his "dream job"
- Pat Gelsigner says he has personally reviewed 7nm Health in the past week - he is pleased with health and recovery of the 7nm program and expects the majority of Intel 2023 products to be manufactured internally.
- Pat Gelsigner thanks Swan for his service to Intel and believes Swan left a strong foundation for him.
- "We have made tremendous progress on 7nm" - 7nm had a sequence of defect steps, resolve defects by changing steps, streamlined and simplified 7nm
- Pat will make the final decision on what products are outsourced in 2023 when he joins in February
- 150 Tigerlake based designs in the market
- Alderlake and Sapphire Rapids sampling broadly
- Alder Lake Mobile and Desktop will qualiffy for production in H2'21
- Sapphire Rapids will qualify for production at EOY'21
- Reached 40% MSS in 5G basestations 2 years earlier than expected.
- Less Xeon XCC die volume.
- Question1: How will additional investment in internal and external foundries/process nodes effect capex/opex
- The improvement in 7nm health has given us the confidence to continue to invest internally - but our diaggregated design gives us the flexibility to do both to ensure we deliver for customers. Increasing spending on 7nm in prep for next gen of tools. Most of spending increase in 21 tied to more spending in AI/7nm.
- Pat reiterates he is pleased with 7nm progress. More specifics on this after Pat joins the company in mid Feb
- Question 2: Can we drill down on progress on 7nm - early or late 2023
- 7nm has improved a lot - still on track for previous guidance back in summer'20.
- Question 3: 7nm in 2023 - foundry products still 1 node ahead - tsmc 3nm next year. How will intel regain the lead or atleast match?
- Process technology is important for leadership products - but not the only factor. Intels six pillars of innovation. Will continue to invest in 7nm and future process nodes.
- Pat believes majority of 2023 products will be on 7nm internal - but will increase use of external foundries. It is all about delivering a leadership family of products. Pat is impressed with future technologies coming out of the "TD" (?) group. Pat is not just interested in closing the gap between the competition but leaping ahead and becoming the unquestionable leader again.
- Question 4: Why did Pat come back to Intel?
- He has 30 years of history at Intel, grew up with Grove, Moore and Noyce at Intel. Intel is a national asset and needs to be healthy. It is an opportunity for him to put Intel and the US at the leadership of technology. He was enjoying his time at VMWare but decided it was good time. "Intel has been through cycles before" - He was part of the company when they were "diminished in the market place" and late to "multi core" but the company turned around between 2005-2009 and Pat believes its best days are infront of it.
- Question 5: How can investors trust Intel on 7nm?
- Swan and his team has been looking at the data in the past 6 months and Pat has looked at the data and came to the same decision as Swan (that 7nm has made tremendous progress). More specifics later when Pat is CEO in feb. Key leadership changes and lots of talent coming back in like Glenn Hinton. (Getting the gang back together.)
- "We are comminted to innovation and delivering the best products for every market we participate in"
- Pat again said its great to "be home" and in his dream job"
- 4 Focus points when he joins Intel
- Delivery leadership products every where
- Execution - have to regain trust from partners
- Innovation - we will continue to be a source, a fountain for innovation.
- Culture - He was trained at the feet of Andy Grove and the Grove culture is what he will be driving.
Link to previous earnings thread: submitted by /u/dayman56 [link] [comments] |
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| Raw materials are becoming a hot commodity in the semiconductor industry. A recent shortage of materials used to make PCBs and other components is having an impact on an already impacted industry Posted: 21 Jan 2021 04:19 AM PST |
| Apple’s First Headset to Be Niche Precursor to Eventual AR Glasses Posted: 21 Jan 2021 05:44 AM PST |
| Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD - now available for preorder Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:22 AM PST I just noticed that the 2TB 980 Pro is now available for preorder for $429 on Samsung.com, shipping by January 29th. If I missed it before, sorry for the unnecessary information, but it's definitely news to me! submitted by /u/familiarCatch [link] [comments] |
| Parallel AND asynchronous display scanning? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 05:52 PM PST Everyone knows that there are 2 types of scanning (progressive and interlaced), but has some company/group/entity/team made a display chip capable of updating physical pixels in a non-linear way? For example, instead of scanning each and every pixel 1 at a time, how about doing multiple concurrent scans on different areas of the screen? This would decrease latency when showing a new frame but it would require a complex chips and new video interface standard because HDMI and VGA won't support it while also requiring new graphics cards. Mainstream adoption would take years. VSync will be completely broken but GSync and FreeSync will solve this problem. Another problem is choosing one of the ways that the screen can be divided. The "easiest" would probably be horizontal rectangles with a width equal to that of the display but a height equal to height ÷ total number of rectangles. The other way is a grid of rectangles. Another thing is "asynchronous individual updating", which consists in updating only the pixels whose color value has changed (this is already done in software but, as far as I know, not in hardware). Better yet, do this at subpixel level and you've got the most efficient display ever made. This would save energy, so it must be done on mobile and/or embedded devices first. Each one is hard to do, but combining them would certainly be a challenge. I am sure someone is already working on these technologies, perhaps it's already done but still in beta development submitted by /u/Rudxain [link] [comments] |
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