The most dangerous thing in the Universe is a FOCUSED mind. <<<< Quote from a boxing movie I forgot the name of.It scares me that there are people out there with such patience that they are willing to try such a long shot.
I remember AMD used to have mass layoffs right before a disastrous earning report. Maybe Intel is stalling to address the mass recall or refund decision until after their Thursday earning report because if earning is bad and then you pile on most of the CPU sold in the past 1.5 years will have to be recalled...omg
They're doing it for the science, mostly in universities , and in the long run it's a win for all of us.It scares me that there are people out there with such patience that they are willing to try such a long shot.
This isn't going to help - Intel to Cut Thousands of Jobs to Reduce Costs, Fund Rebound
E.U. members on PCMR confirming they should have recourse with the retailers. And that most or all of those businesses have to take it up with Intel to get compensated, because regardless, they will have to replace or refund. I am certain the retailers are all delighted about that prospect.
Most of the top posts there when sorting by hot are about raptor at the moment. With 10s of thousands of upvotes between them; Streisand effect indeed.
And since the Intel workplace is so rife with politics, there will be a lot of people among the terminated who didn't deserve it and those who deserved it, slipped through to do still more damage to the company, thanks to their politics.This is horrible, probably higher number than anyone expected, and I feel bad for the Intel people affected by this.
What does this mean?... the Intel workplace is so rife with politics ...
It's who you know not what you know. Sycophants and friends despite being low value, keep their jobs while better qualified and more productive employees are laid off.What does this mean?
Is undervolting not highly silicon quality dependent though?
Buildzoid has a new video where he limits Vcore to 1.4 V, applies Intel default "safe" values, and a -0.1V undergolt to get basically the same performance as unlimited power in both nT and 1T. So maybe the new microcode will not limit performance that much after all...
Sorry but undervolting when there are problems with stability is the dumbest thing ever.Buildzoid has a new video where he limits Vcore to 1.4 V, applies Intel default "safe" values, and a -0.1V undervolt
Yes, absolutely. We will have to wait until the microcode releases to see what Intel ends up doing for "stock" performance.Is undervolting not highly silicon quality dependent though?
Some will be fine with this, but if part of the reason for the high voltage was because only some of the dies actually were stable at the lower voltage then those with the "poorer" silicon might see a large drop in performance.
Back in the day when CPUs/GPUs were not pre-overclocked (although manufacturers prefer to call it boosting), stock was stock and anything an overclocker could achieve beyond that was a bonus. Now that things are so tight, with those high voltages performance may suffer.
Stability problems are caused by chip degradation. If your chip is unstable/degraded, of course undervolting will not do anything. This is presumably preventative.Sorry but undervolting when there are problems with stability is the dumbest thing ever.
100mV is also a HUGE undervolt.
Cart before horse? Could it be that layoffs are the result of a failing venture not the reverse, or maybe, a self reinforcing death spiral? A long term investor, if such exist anymore, would seriously question the supposed bright future awaiting Intel.I wonder how long the trend of massive layoffs is going to continue. It has crippled quality and motivation at every company I've heard of (based on anecdotes of course).
Degradation typically happens over time, possibly when exposed to higher voltage.One thing I find weird is, how come none of the launch day reviewers say anything about instability?