Does NUC stand for something? Is it an Intel sub-brand or a more general classification?
Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
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Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#22Ah, classic Intel. Randomly start making/selling X with great fanfare, maybe do that pretty well for a while, then quietly abandon X later. For any X != "x86 CPU's".
That sounds a lot like Google, but Intel doesn't throw as many things at the wall to see what sticks. NUCs have been around for 10+ years; that's much longer than Stadia or Reader.
Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#23They only targeted enthusiasts but there's incredible competition above and below.
Down market, there are way cheaper 1L business PCs which are mass produced for businesses but work great for consumers wanting small quiet (or not, 65w options also available) systems.
Up market, there's all manner of small form factor gaming PCs and others.
Intel did have a knack for having interesting twists & innovations, but they rarely were must have advantages. Building the whole PC on a card was an interesting & useful move, for their gaming Extreme series. Skull Canyon back in 2016 showed a power density and level of integration that the world didn't know had been possible. The price has always been high, too high for critical success, but I thanks Intel for pushing new things & pushing the market. https://www.anandtech.com/show/10343/the-intel-skull-canyon-...
Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#24Of all the NUCs they ever made; there is one singular model with 10G ethernet. And yeah good luck getting it.
The lack of any significant IO to the outside world crippled these things massively.
I tried to order 3 NUCs once; after waiting 6 months for stock, I gave up.
Seems nothing will actually be lost.
Anybody make ANYTHING that is nuc-like and has 10G+? HP Elitedesk 800 mini has a flexio option for a single 10g port, but it's the only similar thing I have discovered.
Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#25This could be good news for Framework. For me, the ability to upgrade a laptop's main board and then use the old one like a NUC is a big selling point. As their userbase grows it will be easer to pickup used boards for cheap.
Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#26Does NUC stand for something? Is it an Intel sub-brand or a more general classification?
The Next Unit of Computing. Pretty sure it's just an intel-ism that caught on.
Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same story. I looked at a NUC as a possible SFF PC, balked at the price, and ended up buying a Lenovo M93p Tiny off a guy on Craigslist for a lot less.
I fell in love with Lenovo and HP SFF/'tiny pcs' a couple years ago. It can be tricky to find ample display outs in a preferred hardware configuration but otherwise they've been cheap, quiet, reliable and efficient. I realized as much as I like the tech and even idea of gaming, I don't game much anymore at all so without the need for a proper GPU these things have really simplified computing in my life to the point I…
I run mine headless. It's a great little x86 box for Jellyfin/home automation/logging/anything I want to run inside my local network that doesn't need graphics and won't accidentally get turned off.
Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#28Does NUC stand for something? Is it an Intel sub-brand or a more general classification?
It stands for "Next Unit of Computing"
Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#29I wish Intel or someone would get into the enthusiast firewall market. Very High GHZ 2 to 4 core CPU, 2 to 4 NICs, x86, <$250, 1-8GB soldered RAM, Simple M2, very basic video out, would be very popular for home firewalls and maybe even businesses with a decent IT department/person as a Firewall/VPN appliance.
Re: Intel exiting the PC business as it stops investment in the Intel NUC
#30Of all the NUCs they ever made; there is one singular model with 10G ethernet. And yeah good luck getting it. The lack of any significant IO to the outside world crippled these things massively. I tried to order 3 NUCs once; after waiting 6 months for stock, I gave up. Seems nothing will actually be lost. Anybody make ANYTHING that is nuc-like and has 10G+? HP Elitedesk 800 mini has a flexio option for a single 10g p…
The modern ones have thunderbolt 3 or 4, so you have to get a dongle, but you can get a lot more IO going (including 10G)