From what I gather online, intel is entering into an exestential crisis as homegrown chips and GPUs are replacing CPUs in the battle for tomorrow's data center. All of the interesting research from Google and others all have one thing in common: a custom asic processor.
Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
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Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#12I for one am not terribly upset that the Intel hegemony's time has run out
Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be fair, IDF was all over the place. I suspect I'm not the only one who felt that only a fraction of the talks were relevant to my interests. On the other hand, it was great for networking.
I used to attend IDF regularly and, while larger shows are always a bit of a grab bag, I do think that it used to have a more coherent identity than it did the last time I went a few years ago. It probably doesn't help that a lot of IDF talks are very low-level so if you're not directly involved, you're likely to be completely uninterested.
To give you an idea, last year you had talks about anything from silicon photonics, memory validation or Thunderbolt, all the way to indie games.
Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be fair, IDF was all over the place. I suspect I'm not the only one who felt that only a fraction of the talks were relevant to my interests. On the other hand, it was great for networking.
Isn't that how most larger conferences are?
As shows get bigger, there's a definite tendency for them to get more diffuse. There are a lot of economic incentives to grow, add a broader range of partners, etc. And before you know it they're about everything and nothing. Vendor shows have some natural resistance to getting too diffuse but there are still a lot of events I attend and I'll see some booth and think "What the heck are they doing here?"
Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#15From what I gather online, intel is entering into an exestential crisis as homegrown chips and GPUs are replacing CPUs in the battle for tomorrow's data center. All of the interesting research from Google and others all have one thing in common: a custom asic processor.
You forgot that Intel bought Nervana Systems last year, right before IDF. They develop custom ASIC processors for machine learning.
Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#16I'm wondering why Intel is withdrawing so much of their money from different projects like this and OpenStack. Maybe AMD is putting a lot of financial pressure on them, and they have to put more funds in R&D?
It's not necessarily AMD or something new. Last year I was wondering why there was no party. In 2015, they had a big one, with a couple of trendy bands on stage. Somebody has probably been looking at return on investment for these events for at least a year or more.
Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#17From what I gather online, intel is entering into an exestential crisis as homegrown chips and GPUs are replacing CPUs in the battle for tomorrow's data center. All of the interesting research from Google and others all have one thing in common: a custom asic processor.
custom asic processor
Is that like La Brea Tarpit? Just say ASIC.
An ASIC is an Application Specific Integrated Circuit. In particular, a GPU is not an ASIC. Saying Custom Application Specific Integrated Circuit Processor is doubly redundant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrate...
Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#18I for one am not terribly upset that the Intel hegemony's time has run out
Who said their hegemony has run out? The fact that AMD put out some also-run processors?
Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#19That's disappointing. It was a useful technical and marketing event to learn about a variety of Intel technologies, some I wouldn't have otherwise been exposed to, and certainly not had a chance to talk to the engineers. I'd rather they moved it to somewhere cheaper than to cancel it.
Re: Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
#20Interesting move after "AMD Rizen" was launched, wonder how this is going to be viewed on the stock market.
AMD has had cheaper/slower processors for many years. Is something different about Ryzen?