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Dunno if you've been to an IDF, but I'd say that IDFs have fulfilled their function and are no longer needed. I went to the Skylake IDF and after a very predict
by CalChris 10y ago
Dunno if you've been to an IDF, but I'd say that IDFs have fulfilled their function and are no longer needed. I went to the Skylake IDF and after a very predictable presentation there was an opportunity to ask questions. It went roughly like this:
What time is it?
The question was what time is it. Intel is an industry leading leader committed to developing customer solutions. We are not disclosing what time it is now. We may be making announcements related to time in the future.
This cost me a day. On the plus side of the ledger, I like Intel documentation, especially their Optimization Reference Manual. But I don't need to go to IDFs anymore and now I don't have to.
- ghaff 10y agoAn industry analyst of my acquaintance made a similar comment to me. He said that Intel has become significantly less willing to disclose their future plans with developers and others. He also said that there seems to be diminished interest by developers in going to an Intel-centric show. A show like IDF clearly makes less sense if you're increasingly unwilling to say much about future directions. It's also entirely possible that the projections for event sponsorships, etc. weren't looking to be where Intel wanted them to be.