In what amounts to a surely shocking bit of news for the PC hardware industry, Intel has announced it has cancelled IDF17, and terminated the Intel Developer Forum program altogether. Intel had previously announced there would not be an IDF in China this year, but now the cancellation appears to have gone global and permanent. From the horse's mouth, if one were to consider Intel a horse (would it be a fast one? My mind wanders):

"Intel has evolved its event portfolio and decided to retire the IDF program moving forward. Thank you for nearly 20 great years with the Intel Developer Forum! Intel has a number of resources available on intel.com, including a Resource and Design Center with documentation, software, and tools for designers, engineers, and developers. As always, our customers, partners, and developers should reach out to their Intel representative with questions."IDF has typically been the home to Intel's major product announcements. Skylake, Kaby Lake, Optane, you name it in recent Intel tech: They were probably announced there. As such, the cancellation is giving everyone a serious case of data-vacuum, and many are wondering where to look for more information on product announcements in the future. Intel, for its part, claims to be moving into a more diversified direction than just "PC" and that motivated this decision. It claims other smaller and more targeted events will be the new source of information, and things like the recently held "AI Day" or "Manufacturing Day" will likely be used as a model for something to fill this void (A "PC Day" would not be too much of a leap of faith, one would assume).

How do you feel about this? Is this a harbinger of doom for the PC in general? A step in the right direction and towards the future? Something in-between? Let us know in the comments below!