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Intel in the News. Good and Bad.
« on: October 12, 2016, 12:33:22 PM »
Today we have Intel in the News. Good and Bad.

First the good news.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/12/13254670/intel-commercial-drone-falcon-8
A drone with Intel in control.
(click on link to see the image.)

Now the bad news.
Consortium will challenge Intel with Gen-Z
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3130277/storage/hardware-makers-unite-to-challenge-intel-with-gen-z-spec.html
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Gen-Z will have a new connector, fabric and data transfer protocol. One goal is to create an open standard so new forms of memory can communicate with processors and accelerators in a coherent manner. Gen-Z will also work with SSDs like QuantX from Micron.