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Chip Shot: Meet the New and Improved Intel® Compute Sticks

The new Intel® Compute Stick based on 6th Gen Intel® Core™ M. Building on the success of the Intel® Compute Stick introduced last year, at CES 2016 Intel unveiled new Compute Sticks based on 6th Gen Intel® Core™ M and the latest quad-core Intel® Atom™ processors. A tiny device about the size of a pack of gum, the Intel Compute Stick can transform any HDMI TV or display into a complete computer and improves upon the first generation in processing and graphics performance, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and additional USB ports.

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Chip Shot: Intel® Xeon® Processors to Power DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s New CTS-1 Supercomputing Clusters

Penguin Computing today announced with Intel that the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will install Penguin Computing’s Tundra™ Extreme Scale (ES) series, powered by Intel® Xeon® processors, to bolster computing for the NNSA’s mission of ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear stockpile. The systems are being procured under NNSA’s tri-laboratory Commodity Technology Systems program, or CTS-1, as part of the NNSA’s Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program and will serve Los Alamos, Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories.

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Chip Shot: New Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v5 Family Boosts Compute and Graphics Performance for Entry-level Workstations

Intel today introduced the Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v5 product family for entry-level workstations – a powerful processing and graphics platform for designers, engineers, scientists and animators to develop more quickly their complex product designs and research. Based on Intel’s 14nm Skylake architecture, the product family delivers up to 27 percent higher compute and graphics performance compared to the previous generation Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v3 product family. The processors feature 4 cores, ranging in frequency from 2.0 GHz to 3.7 GHz, and have an integrated Intel® HD Graphics P530 graphics solution with certification from the leading workstation software vendors.

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Intel Delivers Solutions for Improved In-Home Entertainment Content Delivery through the Cloud

Multi-Gigabit Broadband and 4K Visual Cloud Solutions Increase Speed and Quality for Content Providers AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10, 2015 – Intel Corporation unveiled a range of products designed to improve the delivery and quality of entertainment content available in-home via the cloud. Today’s on-demand, cloud-delivered media consumption model is driving people to demand faster broadband speeds and better WiFi home networking solutions

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Chip Shot: The Intel® Compute Stick – A New Mini-Computing Paradigm, Available Now

The Intel® Compute Stick , a new pocket-sized computer based on a quad-core Intel® Atom™ processor running Windows* 8.1 with Bing, is available now through Intel Authorized Dealers for much of the world . The Intel Compute Stick can transform any HDMI display into an entry computer capable of working with productivity apps, playing local or streamed content, driving basic digital signage or enabling thin clients. It will support Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, a microSD card for expandable memory, MicroUSB power supply and Bluetooth* 4.0 for keyboard and mouse.

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Chip Shot: Intel Announces Collaborations with Facebook and Others at Open Compute Summit

Today at the OCP US Summit, Intel and Facebook announced a collaboration to develop a new Open Compute Project (OCP)-based server design. The Facebook contributed design uses a server card based on the new Intel® Xeon® processor D product family, the first Xeon system-on-chip (SoC) and first Intel Xeon processor based on 14nm process technology. Intel also announced that it is working with Penguin Computing on the first Intel® Xeon Phi™ processor, code-named Knights Landing, powered HPC system based on an OCP rack design.

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Chip Shot: Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family Awarded Best Server Processor of 2014

Today, The Linley Group recognized the Intel® Xeon® processor E7 v2 family as the Best PC or Server Processor of 2014 in its annual Analysts’ Choice Awards. According to The Linley Group, the Xeon E7v2 family was selected as the clear choice as it represents the greatest performance gains for customers.

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