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Charlie Demerjian

@CDemerjian

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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
3 years
Confirmed, Intel used a known crippled version of Windows to hobble the AMD scores at the #IntelON event. Unacceptable intentionally misleading lies. Applying widely available and known patches would have fundamentally changed the results. They lied. Again. @PGelsinger
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
2 years
So I found out why Intel delayed their last GPU and why the drivers are such a mess. You will probably like this one....
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Big story on a major ARM licensee going RISC-V with multiple projects going up tomorrow at 6am CST.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Just put up my thoughts on Pat Gelsinger being appointed CEO of Intel. Short version, there is no one better. Longer version is to repeat that a few times.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
I just confirmed something that made my jaw hit the floor. Hard to think straight with the magnitude of this tech. Story hopefully tomorrow but it may take a bit longer to write. Server CPU stuff, nuclear bomb dropped on the competition. Damn. No hints, sorry.
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Charlie Demerjian
6 months
Story up, #Qualcomm is cheating on benchmarks given to the press and OEMs. I am 100% sure about this.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
3 years
#AMD is way way ahead of #Intel , more than anyone things. Story being worked on now but it will be a bit.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
As I said, #AMD just killed it. massive revenue gain, massive ASP gains, and everything #Intel wasn't. No indigestion either for some reason, or slimy infographics, just solid performance without laughable excuses. Refreshing. Called it.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
The #Nvidia / #ARM deal is officially dead, you heard it here first. How many years ago did I say this? How many times did I waffle on this? Zero. I wasn't guessing.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
6 years
@IntelGraphics No sarcasm intended when I say good luck.
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Charlie Demerjian
2 years
Let me say something controversial. Remember several years ago when I said Intel was in deep trouble and on the verge of collapse? People laughed until they realized what I was seeing many quarters before they did. My views have pretty comprehensively been proven right.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
The story is up, Intel cuts Xeon pricing by staggering amounts: I can't remember anything like this happening, ever.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
It happened like I said it would, #AMD stock is now worth more than #Intel stock per share. Meaningless I know, but psychologically it is a big thing.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Large layoff beginning at #Intel right now. We told you this would happen last November and it is. Good luck to all affected. My initial source was dead on so expect 25-33% of DCG togo
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
5 years
My take on the Intel performance blog debacle:
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
I wonder if @LisaSu is sober at the moment? :)
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Chris Hook and Heather Lennon just left Intel. Big blow to their graphics messaging efforts, these two will be very hard to replace.
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Charlie Demerjian
1 year
And yes, AMD is laying off lots of GPU engineers, the RIF was widely known weeks ago. Toms got it.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
3 years
Holy crap, Bergamo. Story when I can but not soon. Seriously impressed.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
Just saw the AMD numbers. Can you imagine how good they would have been if the industry hadn't been suffering under the matched set and digestion problems that Intel was honest enough to point us to? :)
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
OMFG. Tomorrow AM, stay tuned. Can't say more but this one is huge.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
So Nvidia is officially trying to buy ARM. It will not end well for ARM, here is my take on why.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Intel is claiming their server roadmap has been consistent? WTF are they taking? Really, how can they even joke about that?
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
1 year
It's up. Want to know why #Qualcomm 's #Oryon SoC is so borked?
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Holy shit. BIG BIG BIG news, nuclear bomb level tech news. Absolutely floored by this, it just changed the entire outlook for the near term. Writing now, I just got word. Story soon, pay attention to this!
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Intel is promising product leadership in 23. Let me be the first to repeat myself, NO WAY IN HELL. They know it isn't true, why do they keep digging?
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Also working on a story about how AMD is going to destroy Intel's server margins. Even more. Tuesday I hope, as long as things go well tomorrow.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Finally got my piece up on AMD's Financial Analyst Day 2020. Enjoy.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
My analysis of the #AMD / #Xilinx merger going up tomorrow on #SemiAccurate , 6am CST. Short version - It is a really smart deal for reasons I have yet to see anyone post about.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
Finally got that story up, enjoy. News/story for Student, analysis/finance for Pro only. If you understand the markets it is aimed at, this should floor you. If you don't, it probably doesn't seem like much.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
I was researching bits I heard when I wrote up the latest Intel delay article here: What I found floored me. I am now seriously worried about Intel's survival, something I don't say lightly. It is that bad. Story tomorrow morning, take this one seriously.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Big new story up, Intel just delayed a major server program: I'll be back on twitter soon.....
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Charlie Demerjian
2 years
There is NO truth to the bs rumors about #Intel axing AXG/graphics. Really. Laughable if you stop and think about it. 100% sure here.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Closing in on 1 million Twitter followers! Only 996,064 to go as this is being typed. Maybe this weekend?
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
In case you are wondering how valid the stream of idiocy on the comments at #IntelOn is, I just submitted a comment. I asked if the demo vs AMD was on a patched or crippled Windows 11. Not posted publicly for some reason. Does that shed any light on the comparison?
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Long time so tweet! I have been working on a big story going up tomorrow at 6am CST. If you are wonder what is really going on about Intel, outsourcing and process development, SemiAccurate will answer (almost) everything tomorrow. Enjoy, it was a lot of work.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
So I read the AMD Takeaway paper and, well, it is another Spectre attack. It isn't a hardware flaw and anyone who claims it is didn't read the paper or doesn't understand jack all about side channels and security. It is real but it is mostly a software problem.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
@IntelGaming @tristaneaton @PlayAvengers You know your company is absolutely lost then things like this are allowed to happen. If you are looking for a sign that #Intel can't compete, here it is.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
. @BillGates I got the first of your tracking chips installed today. Do I have to wait for the second one before my wife can follow my movements? Also do you provide an app for her or just an API?
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Wow, that #TigerLake event was awful. Literally no useful information, no SKU lists, no prices, nothing. How can #Intel be this bad? Wait, don't answer that.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Huge news, Intel just knifed a major server program. This is BIG, not some corner case niche program. I am honestly blown away. Enjoy.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Big big big #Intel story coming on #SemiAccurate soon. Stay tuned, breaking news ahoy!
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
@_rogame I'm just impressed that the community is finally starting to understand these games after some of us have been screaming about it for ~20 years.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
If Intel thinks they will have a competitive lineup next year, they are on crack. Really. 14nm until 7 arrives.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
3 years
AMD already announced their little core product, Bergamo, Intel is dead wrong here.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Forgot to tweet today's story. Intel just pushed out more or less their entire server roadmap. I am now worried about Intel.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
I can't believe the utter incompetence of #AMD . Everything they say they will do goes away the second the spotlight moves off. I am in shock. More when an embargo lifts. Just buy #Intel , I did.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Those two stories are up. First is how AMD is going to suck the oxygen out of Intel's remaining Xeon margins:
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
@witeken If you needed hard proof that aliens can and do take over people and post in their image, here is the tweet for you.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
It just clicked why AMD bought Xilinx. I change my views now that the light bulb went on, very clever.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Ryzen 5000 writeup coming to #Semiaccurate , it is going slow and will be a few hours. Amazing part, it has been a long time since I used a CPU that actually felt significantly faster than the current best.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
This slide deck is stunningly awful for Intel. There is nothing good they can claim, it is the slaughter I have been saying is coming.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
I get why Intel is down but can some of you financial folk explain why AMD isn't up a lot?
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Thought for the day: How many weeks will it be before Ryzen 4000 parts outsell Intel Ice Lake parts on 1) An ongoing daily basis 2) Net sales? Intel said "35 models" or so at Computex, AMD said 100 or so at CES, Both are funny numbers but one is a real part.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
@ryanshrout @intel And to top off the sleaze factor you had to use a cheating Intel compiler that de-optimizes for AMD, then not post that fact on the blog, just bury it in an obtuse page that took me 10 minutes to dig in to for the info. Technically not lying and technically not FTC violation,just
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Centaur has a new x86 CPU, the first with an integrated AI co-processor! AVX-512 and all the goodies. ISC booth 751 to see live demos, they have silicon up and running. Yay!
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
@chiakokhua @whoruwhowho71 @nerdtechgasm @PatrickMoorhead @nvidia @Arm @simonsegars To put a finer point on it, every AMD CPU and GPU has a few ARM cores on it. Do you think AMD wants NVidia to know about those roadmaps and detailed dates? RISC-V here we come.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Intel's 7nm debacle from last week claims it's first high level head, probably not the last though:
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Charlie Demerjian
2 years
Let me update that view. Pat is actually doing a good job. Yes there are some really not very smart wordings and messaging themes that dug the hole deeper, but under the surface Intel is moving in the right direction. Really. You can't see it yet but I do.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
The Chinese government just overtly took over Imagination Technologies. This is what everyone was afraid of when Trump went on his sanctions rampage, now it is inevitable. Nothing good will come of this.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Damn, Intel was close to honest messaging on 7nm. There goes a story I have been working on for a while. :(
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
6 years
Told ya.....
Tweet media one
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
5 years
So here is a Q for all of you to debate. AMD has unquestionably better products that Intel in server but Intel had a much better quarter. To me this is either dirty tricks or AMD's utter lack of marketing. Looking deeper, AMD had a good marketing strategy with Naples....
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
@IanCutress You are in the right Ian, don't let the idiots get to you.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Great, another high severity Intel bug with local escalation privileges, downplayed by Intel with absolutely no information disclosed Someday #Intel will put customer security over their own image but don't wait for it, you only have a few decades tolive
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
#Intel 'marketing' has sunk to a new low. When will management realize that this type of idiocy is hurting your image, badly. Won't someone step in and muzzle this behavior? Stupid question, I know the answer.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Almost forgot, my Ryzen 5000 tome went up a few hours ago.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
I am shocked that Intel would put a known fake benchmark up on #IntelOn . I am not shocked they stifled comments on it. Sad. @PGelsinger
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Charlie Demerjian
3 months
Exclusive: A big name executive just left Intel.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Intel just released details on the Tremont core, it has some pretty amazing tricks I haven't seen before:
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Just put up my first look at AMD's Rome vs Intel Xeon. Hint: It is ugly for one side. Another one for the financial set coming when I can, hopefully today, with some very interesting cost and pricing bits.
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Charlie Demerjian
2 months
Today sucks, Mike Magee passed away today. My thoughts on him and his legacy is now up.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
Just put up a story with some big hints about AMD's small core strategy. Very clever, leverage what you have optimally rather than clone ARM for the wrong reasons. Hat tipped to the AMD planners, well done.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Updated my story, yes it was Murthy, and linked to the official release. Analysis still stands unchanged. No clue why they suddenly pulled in the announcement by 8 days *BLUSH*.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
It is time for that big change in my life and I thought you people on twitter should hear it from me first rather than 3rd hand rumors. It is true, it is time for a new tube of toothpaste at long last and I am up to that challenge. Wish me luck.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Two big stories tomorrow morning on #SemiAccurate . Enjoy.
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Charlie Demerjian
2 years
To the controversial part... I think Intel is in OK shape, not good yet but not bad. They were bad. Really really bad, almost imploding bad, but what Pat has done and is doing HAS turned the ship. You won't see what I mean for many quarters but look at my track record.
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Charlie Demerjian
6 years
#intel should be scared silly by the numbers #amd is showing for rome. Intel is going to get annihalated in 2019.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
My cat has all the qualifications needed to be a senator. He craves attention, whines when you don't give it to him, and licks plastic. What more do you need in this day and age?
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
Waiting for @Witken 's analysis on why this spells doom for #AMD and how this is really good for #Intel . I can't wait to be edumacated 4 I R not smrt.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 years
Huge story on Intel's process tech, roadmap updates, and advanced packaging coming on #SemiAccurate coming really soon. It is done, literally putting it in the engine as we speak. Completely open, long analysis. I'll post a link as soon as it is live.
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Charlie Demerjian
3 months
Story up on the AMD Zen5 brief. What a miserable missed opportunity. Have fun, I didn't.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
I find that if you block idiots on twitter quickly, it makes you happy. Today is a good day.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
@intel @ryanshrout Find me a rocket that runs Windows and I will make sure to not live anywhere that can possibly be considered downrange.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
3 years
Why is no one pointing out that ever Epyc #AMD ships is actually an #ARM server.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Put up an article on the new AMD Epyc 7H12 CPU and some partner events a bit ago.
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Charlie Demerjian
2 years
One addendum now that I think about it. No one other than Pat could have fixed this mess. If there is a call to stop him from doing the right thing for <insert self-destructive myopic thinking here>, Intel won't survive his loss.
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Charlie Demerjian
5 years
Big story on Intel's massive Q4 Xeon sales jump coming tomorrow AM. Hopefully 6am CST if I can get it finished and edited, but tomorrow morning either way.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Windows 10 is such a burning piece of shit. Every time I have to use it I discover many new regressions. You cant change touchpad scroll direction if you have a precision touchpad? WTF? No really, what insane idiot thought this was a good idea? Oh wait, it is Microsoft.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 months
Wall of words tomorrow morning about my views on Qualcomm/Microsoft AIPC/Copilot PC. Short version: Watch what they do, not what they say. Longer version is a bit over 4K words, 3 pictures, and a few links.
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@CDemerjian
Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Big news coming on #SemiAccurate tomorrow at 6am CST. No spoilers but this one is important. Enjoy.
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Charlie Demerjian
6 years
The story on Intel modems is up.
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Charlie Demerjian
4 years
Yup, #Intel just destroyed any enthusiasm I had for Tiger, own goal guys, a really needless own goal.
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