Subj : Re: Intel's potential exit from advanced manufacturing
To   : Nightfox
From : Accession
Date : Thu Jul 31 2025 18:46:10

Hey Nightfox!

On Thu, Jul 31 2025 18:14:05 -0500, you wrote:

 > Yeah, I'm still using an i9-9900k in my main PC, and I haven't 

One of the last of the greats, probably. The next generations after that started having problems. I'm glad I built when I did.

 > overclocked it. I have a liquid CPU cooler in it, and I was thinking 

Like an AIO (All in one) cooler (which is what I use), or a full blown water cooling system with tubes and shit?

 > that would be good in case I wanted to overclock it, but I feel likt 
 > it has been fast enough for anything I throw at it.  I'm okay with 
 > the video transcodings I run on it, and it also runs Microsoft Flight 
 > Simulator 2024 pretty well (my graphics card is an Nvidia RTX 3080 
 > TI, which helps).

Yeah, I don't think it'll slow up any time soon, either.

As for the 3080 TI, yikes dude. Unless you bought it recently, did you pay almost as much as you could build a gaming PC for it? I have a 3060 in each of my PCs, and there's no issues yet. When I start to notice any games slowing down, I'll upgrade to a 5060 (or maybe even a 6060 if it makes it that long). That way I can get about 5 years per card while still spending less than what it would cost for a XX80 TI series card in a 10 year period. ;)

 > Yeah..  Also I think they've made some arguably bad decisions and 
 > haven't been managed very well.  I heard that before Apple released 
 > the iPhone, Apple asked Intel if they wanted to make the CPUs for the 
 > iPhone, but Intel decided not to. Also, it seems Intel hasn't 
 > developed any strong AI technology to compete with Nvidia and others.  
 > That and with their CPU manufacturing difficulties, it seems Intel 
 > has generally fallen behind AMD, ARM, and other competitors.

Didn't one of their big shots just step down somewhat recently? I can't imagine it's only one person close to the top of the food chain, though.. and I'd rather blame the people in charge than the peons out there making the chips. They had plenty of chances to make changes, and they didn't.

Regards,
Nick

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