Tuesday, May 28th 2019
Intel 2019 Computex Keynote: Live Blog
Intel is addressing its Computex keynote address by SVP-GM Client Computing Group Gregory Bryant, and this is its live blog. Bryant began by going back to the history of Intel in Taipei and the building of the computing and consumer electronics ecosystem in the late-1970s.
5:38 AM UTC: Intel announcing new 9th generation desktop and mobile processor SKUs
5:39 AM UTC: Intel announces a 9th generation Core i9 processor with vPro
5:44 AM UTC: 14 new Xeon-E processor SKUs for workstations, 8-core/16-thread 5.00 GHz boost frequency, Optane Memory support
5:47 AM UTC: Presentation by Acer CEO on new AIO desktop, commercial desktops, and gaming desktops/notebooks.
5:48 AM UTC: Concept D is a new PC for Creators: pulling content creators away from overspending gaming desktops by targeted hardware choices. Color accuracy, low-noise, and high CPU performance the design focus.
5:50 AM UTC: Intel announced its next-generation Core X-series HEDT processor family, coming Fall 2019.
5:53 AM UTC: New ASUS Zenbook with dual display for creators and a powerful 8-core processor.
5:57 AM UTC: Jam Hsio, Chinese pop sensation and content creator explains the big role a powerful PC plays in his compositions.
6:00 AM UTC: Sam Burd from Dell talks about gaming PCs, new form-factors and notebooks. New M15 slim and light gaming PC powered by 9th gen Core processor. 240 Hz display, 2.1 kg weight, GeForce RTX GPU. eSports and Twitch sensation Dr Lupo talks about the importance of lightweight gaming notebooks. Also live demos Fortnite + streaming/content-creation in tandem.
6:05 AM UTC: Core i9-9900KS 8-core/16-thread processor with 5.00 GHz all-core Turbo Boost, GB calls it the fastest gaming processor.
6:09 AM UTC: Intel Performance Maximizer, a utiliity that automates overclocking. It also gives you great control. The tool examines each processor (its "DNA"), by testing each core of the processor, to come up with the highest possible clock-speed. Comes out later this year.
6:13 AM UTC: A word on Project Athena: the next big mobile computing form-factor. Announcing the Athena 1.0 specification. First devices Holiday 2019. Lenovo shows off its first Athena product under its Yoga product family. This notebook is powered by "Ice Lake."
6:19 AM UTC: Intel talks "Ice Lake," with a new wafer. Launches the first 10th generation "Ice Lake" processor. First processors of course are mobile. 11 new SKUs for the mobile. Mass-production of these 10 nm chips have started. Destiny 2 and Rens Demo showed off on Gen11 iGPU. Also AI DLBoost extension demoed. AI-accelerated video and image upscaling demoed. Also, and AI and web-camera based physical exercise/training app.
5:39 AM UTC: Intel announces a 9th generation Core i9 processor with vPro
5:44 AM UTC: 14 new Xeon-E processor SKUs for workstations, 8-core/16-thread 5.00 GHz boost frequency, Optane Memory support
5:47 AM UTC: Presentation by Acer CEO on new AIO desktop, commercial desktops, and gaming desktops/notebooks.
41 Comments on Intel 2019 Computex Keynote: Live Blog
Best paper launch ever...
I have absolutely zero pity on Intel’s situations, this is a consequence they have spent over 6 years, essentially since Sandy Bridge, building up.
but 9900k or 9700k at 5ghz prob still beats AMD in most gaming situations other than 4k. we will find out soon enough with official benches, but the mere fact I am even typing this makes me sad... really was hoping for more than 1% gains on single core performance over 9700k... Lisa Su's powerpoint showed 3900x only beats 9700k at single core by 1%... i mean its nice they can finally match intel at IPC... I just was hoping for more. /shrug
Looking at their software, I must say, I'm impressed, the overclocker software is great, finally something to depend on for a secondary opinion on how far your cpu can get on it and AI apps were great too.I think it was 4%. Although I agree is lower than we expected as is 7nm and if intel launches a 10nm which matches amd's 7nm from TSMC, we will see around 7 to 10% which in turn will match core per clock x amd but if that happens, amd will have to increase clocks a bit to match intels 10nm in single thread.
I wonder what makes Athena 1.0 so special. I mean, laptops have never really had a form factor. If it is an honest form factor with part swap compatibility, Athena 1.0 could be major.
@howgeek
It will be interesting to see how many SKUs actually use the faster RAM and what the price bump to get it will be.
Market/bench using the fast stuff and then sell systems with the slower ones would not surprise me at all. The difference in graphics (games in particular) is likely quite a bit (15% just from the clock speed but it could be more or less depending on how much it might be bottlenecked at the slower speed I imagine, does LPR/x also offer lower latencies/other things for more speed than just faster clocks?)
Just like the comparisons to the AMD systems seem to be using single channel 2400MHz for AMD.
the closest thing they have on hand are i9 9900KYS CPU for desktop ....and thats it !
I also believe they have handled this whole 10nm fiasco pretty well. They have made in pretty short time, 6/8/10 core monolithic designs on an much improved 14nm process. 5Ghz, 8 cores, 16 threads, I think that is quite a CPU to have in a notebook (mind you, limited by thermals, but nevertheless). If it weren't for AMD, we would still have 4/8 cores CPUs in laptops.
I was thinking the same on the mis-typed name. :)
Maybe this is why they are pushing all that "real world" computing PR blurb, so they can justify the low base clocks. "we have low base clocks as those are fine for "real world" use cases and this gives you amazing battery life" or some such spin.