Intel is looking to expand their chip making facilities outside of the US. The first story this week involves a huge $25 billion dollar investment in chipmaking in Israel. Intel will pay increased taxes on the factory in return for an even bigger grant on the total investment should the conditions be met upon completion. The Israeli factory is expected to open in 2027 and operate through at least 2035. The second big investment comes in Germany, where the government has agreed to provide over $10 billion in additional subsidies for a fabrication facility in Magdeburg. Both of these announcements come on the heels of a testing facility being built in Poland. Stephen, why is Intel trying to expand their non-US operations after the CHIPS Act? This and more on the Rundown.
1:02 – Intel to Rebrand Core Series Processors
Intel has an eye for branding, but they no longer have an “i” in their Core Series chips. Reports this week state that Intel will now refer to their chips as the Core 3, Core 5, and so on, instead of Core i3 and i5. The branding has been in place since 2008, shortly after the launch of the iPhone. Intel is also going to deemphasize the generation of the processor except in the processor number. One other thing that is changing is the top end of the processor lines. These are now referred to as Ultra. What is a premium Ultra processor? Right now Intel isn’t saying but it’s expected to include the current K series as well as whatever is coming in the next Meteor Lake release. Stephen, is Intel streamlining branding? Or has the i worn out its welcome?
Read More: Intel To Launch New Core Processor Branding for Meteor Lake: Drop the i, Add Ultra Tier
5:31 – FCC Asks ISPs to Justify Data Caps
You never want the FCC asking questions out of nowhere. ISPs are about to learn why as the federal regulator has asked providers to help them understand why customer data plans still have data usage caps. The FCC is saying that during the pandemic back in 2020 ISPs were quick to eliminate data caps and even increase throughput in some cases as remote learning and telehealth became crucial for families. After the US opened back up the data caps came back in force. The FCC is gathering information about the justification for data caps while also offering unlimited plans. The body is also discussing what legal authority they have to take action on data caps. Tom, what is the FCC looking to accomplish here?
Read More: FCC questions ISPs’ selective memory about data caps
10:19 – HPE Launches an AI Cloud
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its entry into the AI cloud market at Discover this week, introducing HPE GreenLake for Large Language Models (LLMs). This new offering allows enterprises to access on-demand, multi-tenant supercomputing resources for privately training, tuning, and deploying large-scale AI models. Given the current state of the AI market and HPE’s success with GreenLake this is no surprise, but what do you think of the product?
Read More: Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveils AI cloud for large language models
14:54 – NetBrain and PRTG Working Together
NetBrain and Paessler have announced their flagship products now feature much tighter integration. Paessler is the creator of the popular PRTG network monitoring tool. WIth this new integration, PRTG can feed information about a network and any issues to NetBrain to help draw a rich detailed map to help troubleshoot those issues. PRTG can also provide live details to keep the NetBrain map constantly updated to provide a heads-up about potential issues. And when PRTG does find something that needs to be fixed NetBrain can automatically. Tom, why don’t we see more integrations like this?
Read More: NetBrain Amplifies PRTG for Seamless, Faster Troubleshooting
18:32 – Intel Expanding Chip Fabs in Foreign Locations
Intel is looking to expand their chip making facilities outside of the US. The first story this week involves a huge $25 billion dollar investment in chipmaking in Israel. Intel will pay increased taxes on the factory in return for an even bigger grant on the total investment should the conditions be met upon completion. The Israeli factory is expected to open in 2027 and operate through at least 2035. The second big investment comes in Germany, where the government has agreed to provide over $10 billion in additional subsidies for a fabrication facility in Magdeburg. Both of these announcements come on the heels of a testing facility being built in Poland. Stephen, why is Intel trying to expand their non-US operations after the CHIPS Act?
Read More: Intel to invest another $25 billion In Israel
Read More: Germany to subsidize Intel €10B for ‘Silicon Junction’ fab
28:51 – The Weeks Ahead
Security Field Day 9 – June 28-29, 2023
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