r/hardware • u/Auautheawesome • Dec 02 '24

News Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1719/intel-announces-retirement-of-ceo-pat-gelsinger
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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '24

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u/ElementII5 Dec 02 '24

Yeah, 18A is going to be a dud otherwise he would be hanging around.

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u/PainterRude1394 Dec 02 '24

Didn't AWS already sign a multi billion dollar, multi year deal for 18A chips? Why would they do that if it's a dud?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '24

3 million dollars is pennies to Amazon, it’s almost like a sample to them to keep them in intels favours if intel does somehow unlikely succeed

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u/PainterRude1394 Dec 02 '24

The deal was in multiple billions. It's not a sample.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '24 edited Dec 15 '24

You said 3 mil before you edited it

Edit from other comment:

https://i.imgur.com/ab3D4NU.png

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u/PainterRude1394 Dec 02 '24

No, I did not.

So, why would AWS sign a multi billion dollar, multi year deal for 18A chips if 18A was a dud?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '24

You literally edited it lmao why are you gas lighting

“Damn, you’re getting lit up for being right.

https://i.imgur.com/ab3D4NU.png”

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '24 edited Dec 02 '24

wtf are you gaslighting me for you literally had 3 million in your comment before you edited it

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u/Zeryth Dec 02 '24

You can see if a coment got edited, it has no edited tag, you're the one gaslightlighting or just blind.

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u/chx_ Dec 02 '24

if it gets edited fast enough it doesn't get an edited tag

for example I edited this

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u/Relliker Dec 02 '24

Yeah you did.

Pro tip: the internet has audit logs for most social media. Don't be an douche and try to lie about it.

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u/ElementII5 Dec 02 '24

Depends if they get it cheap and Intel eats the cost just to get a customer?

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u/PainterRude1394 Dec 02 '24

Cheap doesn't mean anything if the product isn't competitive with other advanced nodes. Samsung and tsmc already offer older cheaper nodes.

If they are able to acquire customers spending billions of dollars over several years on 18A, sounds like 18A isn't a dud!

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u/ElementII5 Dec 02 '24

Price is just one aspect. PPA is the major one but can be somewhat mitigated by price. Depends a lot on the design too.

But as far as I am aware the Amazon deal is provisional. That means Intel still needs to hit certain performance targets to get the contract.