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Thinking About Intel Rack-Scale Architecture

Scott Lowe

You may have heard of Intel Rack-Scale Architecture (RSA), a new approach to designing data center hardware. This is an idea that was discussed extensively a couple of weeks ago at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 in San Francisco, which I had the opportunity to attend. What’s the benefit to consumers?

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The summer Intel fell behind

The Verge

Looking back a year later at Intel’s worst summer, and how it’s been fighting its way back since In the summer of 2020 Intel seemed poised for triumph. To put it briefly: Intel blew it,” explains Glenn O’Donnell, a research director at Forrester Research. Last year started well for Intel. Then it all went wrong. “To

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Apple WWDC 2020: iOS 14, ARM Macs, hardware rumors, and what else to expect

The Verge

The company is still expected to unveil the first look at the future of iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS — the various suites of software that power all of Apple’s hardware. And of course, there are the usual tweaks and improvements rumored to be coming in iOS 14. The first look at the next generation of Apple’s software.

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Intel offers a first look at its next-gen Tiger Lake processors and Xe graphics

The Verge

Intel’s Architecture Day 2020 brought a first look at the company’s upcoming Tiger Lake processors, along with a more detailed preview of Intel’s foray into building its own GPUs with its upcoming Xe graphics — both of which promise to offer higher performance and lower power consumption than ever before. Intel needs a big win.

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The M1 chip saved the MacBook — but now Apple has to win back the Pros

The Verge

And, of course, the extremely fragile keyboard, which was prone to breaking on contact with dust or debris. If you want a more powerful laptop or desktop, then you’re still getting the old Intel models — models that, while still not on Apple Silicon hardware, also haven’t been updated with new Intel hardware in over a year and a half either.

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Apple’s ARM-based Macs will be more like iPhones than ever before

The Verge

Apple made waves at WWDC this year when it announced that it’d be making its own Mac chips , switching away from the Intel processors the company has used across its laptops and desktops since 2005. The switch to ARM — which the company refers to as “Apple silicon” — is the third major hardware platform for Macs. Image: Apple.

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Apple MacBook Air with M1 review: new chip, no problem

The Verge

Coming into this review, I had a catalog of potential pitfalls that Apple could have fallen into when switching from an Intel chip to its own processor. Not everything is perfect, of course. MacBook Air hardware. On the outside, the new MacBook Air is nearly identical to the Intel-based one Apple released earlier this year.

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