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Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

motowater — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:16:31 GMT

Where are all the Q9450s?!

exactly what I was thinking..

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

prtuc2 — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:16:57 GMT

Question 1: Nahalem will be the next cutting edge cpu technology no doubt because how fast the cpu and gpu moves within the last 2 years, it seems to me that every 3 or 4 months the top model always get replaced. For gpu some companies like EVGA offers 90-trade up program, so I was wondering will Intel planning to do a similar program to trade older model for newer model and pay the difference prices among the two?

Question 2: I own the intel bad axe 2 motherboard, it occurs to me that intel motherboard have a very limited ram supported at least for my model support 1.8V or 1.9V ram. Will the future motherboard able to support a more variation in ram voltage regulation?

Thanks for your time.

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

mrbiggums — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:06:35 GMT

For everyone who went to the last page directly:

ning:

Thanks for posting your questions guys - there are some great ones in the bunch. We may even have another hour to keep the Q's coming, so feel free to keep posting until further notice. One of us will make a post here once we hit the cut-off so you guys will know!

EDIT: Ok guys, that's a wrap. The open question session has officially closed & any additional questions posted may not make it. One of our users has kindly offered to compile all of the questions for us. Thanks AK!

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel!

MahoZuka — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:07:51 GMT

Awhile back Intel used to make Dual Processor (DP) Desktops for high end users, gamers, and workstations. Today to purchase that type of system, you need to purchase server processors which adds odd server capabilities to desktop and these processors tend to require further cooling which makes your desk sound like the runway at your local airport. (I gave a demo of an Intel workstation once and the noise was somewhat embarrassing)

It seems to me that adding DP support to a high end desktop uncore would ideally suit quite a few markets. You could effectively market to high end gamers, mid-range workstations (above 1 Processor but below 2 Server Processors) and, the value DP server. You could use the DP server chipset or a watered down (fused/chopped, probably fused) version to accommodate this market, and it would help to recover the cost of that server chipset and open up new fringe markets that have been floundering for years or even a decade or more. It does some nice things, it gives people a potential upgrade path to add a CPU, it puts desktop technologies in the workstation market (instead of server technologies), it puts more higher margin sockets in the field to boost high end sales, I'm assuming but it seems these would be higher margin considering the use of a desktop processor in these types of markets. Personally this type of system would be great for me, as I'm a high end gamer at home and I sit in front of an 'almost good enough' workstation at work.

So, I guess my question is, "What about DP Desktop, value DP server, and mid range workstations?"

Lastly, about multi-threading and adding cores. Given the thermal envelope and the need to continue to develop new products, I realize we're in 'just add more cores' mode. As such, many in this message board have talked about multi-threaded application support to fully use the capabilities of the new processors and cores. My question is what about OS support? I've read or heard (can't remember) that most OS's today are optimized for < 16 threads and it seems that the days of 16+ threads are right around the corner. Are Microsoft and Apple on board with this push to increase thread performance to their OS's or do you perceive an even stronger push toward mainstream open source OS development?

By the way, I really think it's great that Intel is opening up to these types of forums. And... Your products are great, keep up the good work!

Thanks,

MahoZuka

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

DontWannaName — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:01:51 GMT

Where are all the Q9450s?!

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

PROACEX1 — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:28:21 GMT

If he needs any help with my questions, he can PM me...

Respectfully,

PROACEX1

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

ning — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:14:57 GMT

Thanks for posting your questions guys - there are some great ones in the bunch. We may even have another hour to keep the Q's coming, so feel free to keep posting until further notice. One of us will make a post here once we hit the cut-off so you guys will know!

EDIT: Ok guys, that's a wrap. The open question session has officially closed & any additional questions posted may not make it. One of our users has kindly offered to compile all of the questions for us. Thanks AK!

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

ceh4702 — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:14:43 GMT

I think Intel should make Celerons with 1 Meg of L2 Cache. I would not mind paying just a little more for a celeron with 1 Meg of L2 Cache if it was the new E1400.

Another issue I have is Intel should make better integrated video with the Intel Chipsets.

I also think Intel should pay more attention to the Gaming Sector. This sector buys a lot of high-end Processors. As a sector it values quality over quantity. There may be better ways to sell to market and package products for this sector. One way might be a processor you dont to push those stupid plastic prongs through your $200.00+ motherboard.

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

TempestKing — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:04:30 GMT

When will we be seeing a new socket type for non-server related clients?

~TK

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

Chopzter — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:30:50 GMT

I would like to know about the plans for 32nm silicon technology. I would like to know some of the underlying advantages, all in lamens terms, and when that technology is due and if there are any plans on driving the market(s) with those chipsets. I would also like to know if there will be bridges and compatibilities as to if Intel is planning on making any big steps in the future or all baby steps that are somewhat backwards compatible.

Also, does Intel have any plans to drive the market on the software side in any aspect. I believe that the market on the programming side is slipping and staying too far behind as newer and even newer advanced hardware is fabricated.

Thanks,
Chopz

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel! [yay!]

kranky — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:19:33 GMT

TempestKing:
MrMonroe:

Here's mine:

With ATI now a wholly owned subsidiary of your single notable competitor in the CPU market, why has your company continued to produce chipsets compatible with CrossFire instead of starting towards a collaborative relationship with nVidia? Basically, why continue to hand revenue to your competitor when both nVidia and Intel make better products than AMD/ATI? (this is my humble opinion)

Very good question Mr. Monroe, I second the deman for an answer to this.

~TK

I think the answer to that one is pretty easy, if the chipset motherboard is a gaming platform, it offers features for a gamer, and ATI is willing to license out it's technology. If nvidia licensed out SLI, they would probably make it available as well.

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel!

kranky — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:14:21 GMT

Why Larrabee at all? You've (You=intel) have made some pretty straightforward comments about the future of graphics processing and certainly about IGP solutions, so why make discrete graphics cards at all? It doesn't seem in line with your philosophy. I can't imagine jumping into the discrete graphics market at this point is easy, it will pit you against two very good Graphics card makers (Well, depending on who's counting 1) How do you expect your cards to gain traction with alleigances to these companies being what they are, and their legacies?

INTEL Motherbaords

kkoray — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:30:15 GMT

Hi I like Intel Motherbards they are stable but in the same time it is very limited. tINTEL Motherboards doesn't support many different ram chips and doesn't support different voltage's for rams and we can't overclock with most of the Intel motherboards.

question: why are you guys doing this ? why very limited motherboards.

question2: are you guys thinking to support more brands and test more brands in your products..

I believe these are the worst points for Intel motherboards and i want it to find out that you guys are doing something about it or not.

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel!

jayadd — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:45:09 GMT

Hi. I am Jayadd and I have a question. I was an AMD freak but lost my bearings when they hit their phenom 9500 (I have the Athlon 64 3500+). Please, tell me the difference between AMD's dual core and the Intel Dual core (mid-range). Also, is there a major difference between the current quad cores? Will I be able to continue to build and modify my midi software, but, also be able to run several at once?

Re: Next up?... Interview with Intel!

mrbiggums — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:45:13 GMT

I saw that the 45nm Mobile Processors are have quite steep prices on most sites such as HP or Dell. However, prices between 65nm and 45nm Mobile chips on sites such as Newegg do not differ that much. Is Intel going to ship more OEM chips to laptop manufacturers?

PS...how is it that a 2.1Ghz chip (t8100) and a 2.8Ghz Chip (t9600) have the same TDP (35W) and 2) can we get a bigger stock HSF?