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Asustek Computer has seen its shipments to the DIY sector and related motherboards affected by Intel's supply strategy for CPUs, with the prospects that the CPU shortages, particularly those for desktop PCs, will continue into the second quarter of 2019, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
The continued CPU supply crunch, escalating US-China trade disputes, and increasing competition in the notebook segment in Europe have pressed down Asustek's "operational visibility" for the fourth quarter of 2018 to the lowest level of 20% compared to an over 50% seen in previous years, Shen said.
Although Intel has pledged to address the supply issues since September and has continued to pour investments to ramp up output from its 10nm process, the tight CPU supplies have not been solved as the US chipmaker has given the priority to the production of high-end Xeon and Core series CPUs, instead of CPUs for the entry-level or other consumer models, Shen indicated.
CPU shortages to continue into 2Q19, says Asustek CEO
This intel "shortage" remains unexplained.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday November 16 2018, @08:45AM (1 child)
I got my boss to pony up for a Threadripper system about 12 months ago. Really exciting to build, expecting to kick ass.
Turns out that for our FPGA builds, both the slower-clock Xeon and the Extreme part ended up finishing jobs equal or faster. Had to box the TR part and return it.
Crossing fingers for TR2.
Turns out the "shitty ass product" delivers real-life performance, which happens to be what matters for companies, even over my personal preference.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday November 16 2018, @10:18AM
Obviously, your company already owned some Intel parts suitable for the job. Did they cost more than the Threadripper?
Not sure TR2 would help since its main improvement is the doubling of core count for the top part, which may not be relevant to your workload. TR3 should deliver a healthy IPC and clock boost, and might have better memory handling since it can be half of the die space of a 64-core Epyc.
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