Jon Peddie Press Release – Q1’09
http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/intel_and_nvidia_come_roaring_back_in_q109_according_to_jon_peddie_research/
Intel and Nvidia Come Roaring Back in Q1’09 According to Jon Peddie Research
Is the recession over?
Look, I know I don’t count
So anything I say is just screaming into the wind—no one hears it, no one cares, go find something else to do. So when I tell you I am an adult, cross streets by myself, drive over the speed limit with the full understanding I may get a ticket and my insurance rates may be increased, I do it with … Read more
Rethinking benchmarks for a new consumer
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42063/114/
Rating of AIBs and motherboards and the new consumer
We have all seen the excellent work various web site and analysts (including us) have done over the years in comparing the latest graphics AIBs, and more recently the new graphics enabled motherboards. Some have been more thorough than others, but all contain performance measurements from 3Dmark/Vantage and/or FPS in game play. And for the high-end game enthusiast where performance … Read more
Larrabee is coming, Larrabee is coming!
Pat Gelsinger doing his Vanna White thing with a Larrabee wafer at Beijing IDF. (Courtesy Hardware Fr) According to reports from those who attended the Beijing IDF conference last week, the esteemed and always amusing Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Digital Enterprise Group of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, showed a 300mm wafer he said was the first gaggle … Read more
With Nehalem, OEMs Xeon — not Core — for entry level, single-socket workstations
Intel appears to be consciously shifting brand strategy … and pricing accordingly When it comes to workstation volume, Intel’s Core brand has consistently garnered the lion’s share of unit shipments, with its sibling Xeon brand commanding a relative minority. That long-time status quo is now set to change, however, as Intel’s introduced not only a new Xeon platform, but it … Read more
Ion arrives
We have just learned that the illegitimate, and subsequently abandoned child of Creüsa, daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Xuthus, Ion, has been seen in Taiwan hiding in a slick looking blue box that… What? Oh. Never mind, wrong Ion. Let’s start over. The dark chocolate found in stores all over Greece is being melted into a new blue box … Read more
Dr. Jon Peddie on the Challenges of the Workstation Market for Graphics
http://jonpeddie.com/media/20090406-jon-peddie-on-the-challenges-of-the-workstation-market-for-graphics.php
NEW WorkStation April 2009 semi-annual report available
http://jonpeddie.com/special/Workstation.shtml
What’s in a processor?
Generally speaking, the difference between a microcontroller and a “processor” is soft code programming, microcontrollers typically run from a ROM-based set of instructions, which may simply be a function of manufacturing and cost convenience, and not anything intrinsically lacking in the processor. Processors have two basic characteristics, their processing capability, and their instruction set. Capability is measured in MIPS, SPEC, … Read more
Kathleen Maher presenting at COFES 2009
http://www.jonpeddie.com/events/details/cofes_2009_slipstreaming_innovation_into_the_mainstream