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This is a strange article. Not sure why it has so much traction on hacker news. Seems to just take Intel press releases and spit them out with some prose. It do
by examancer 9y ago
This is a strange article. Not sure why it has so much traction on hacker news. Seems to just take Intel press releases and spit them out with some prose. It doesn't say much, doesn't add much, parrots Intel marketing and performance statements uncritically, doesn't mention any competition, and generally is less informative about Intel's road map, fab process, and cadence than an average in-depth review of Kaby Lake architecture found anywhere else many months ago. It relates that info to the server sphere which can be useful, but not when the body of knowledge seems limited to what Intel says and doesn't put this information into a larger perspective or compares it with anything.
- walterbell 9y agoCan you recommend a better article on retail availabilty of Kaby Lake Xeon? > Intel kind of quietly slipped out the Kaby Lake Xeon E3 processors right smack in the middle of its Technology and Manufacturing Day last week, and it did not make a big deal about it. This is relevant to customers buying Xeon E3 hardware. Over the last few weeks, OEMs quietly added Kaby Lake Xeons to some existing devices. Because the chips are compatible with existing motherboards, there were no new devices to be announced. With little coverage of this announcement, it is easy to end up buying an i7 Kaby Lake or a E3 Skylake on a device, if you did not know that E3 Kaby Lakes are now shipping.