This year 2021 Computex is totally virtual, but that does not prevent large companies like Intel from showing their announcements and conferences. The Intel conference happened last morning, and here we offer you a summary of what was announced.
They started their Computex 2021 conference saying that this year is being a busy one for Intel. With a new CEO at the beginning of the year, a commitment to 7nm, and then the launch of the new Rocket Lake desktop processors followed by the Tiger Lake-H processors. There are promises of next-gen Alder Lake later in the year, and doubts with the strategy for making desktop graphics. Leading today's Intel Computex 2021 conference is Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer.
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Future Intel goals and plans
As discussed at the conference, Intel aims to create world-changing technology for everyone on the planet. They understand that the component shortage and the effects of the pandemic will be felt for a whole decade and therefore will force fundamental changes in the infrastructure. They see that the line that separates work and family life is becoming very blurred and they see a need to seek complete solutions in both.
They need more innovation from cloud to edge computing and devices. Intel's Pandemic Response Technology Initiative means investing in technology to limit the impact of future crises.
In the part featuring Joe Hsieh from ASUS, they discussed his advancements and improvements in medical technology. IRTI will continue to finance projects in health and education with a new commitment of 20 million dollars.
Innovation plays a fundamental role
Intel's philosophy for Computex 2021 is that "Tomorrow's solutions require new technology, not old technology«. The new CEO made mention of Intel’s Developer Forum, which is committed to developing these new technologies. They will rely on their manufacturing capacity at scale, which is particularly suited for innovation. This decision has been accelerated by COVID-19, which has created supply chain constraints and other short-term limitations. Amid constant speculation about when the supply shortage will end, he said it will take a couple of years to get to the end of it.
In their new production capacity they will be able to produce Wi-Fi modules, substrates, panels and more. They seek a collaborative approach between Intel, its vendors, and their vendors. There will be an investment in suppliers for Intel's headquarters in Vietnam. So far they have invested $ 20 billion for their new smelters in Arizona and New Mexico, and they plan to be part of the global supply chain. They hope to produce well beyond the high-end specifications, and to be able to cater to all areas that require specific needs.
The cloud, important for Intel at Computex 2021
According to Lisa Spelman's appearance at the Computex 2021 conference, Intel wants to service all workloads from edge computing to the cloud. To do this they have the launch of Xeon Scalable 3rd Gen this year with hundreds of unique XNUMXrd Gen Xeon systems. There will also be the next generation Sapphire Rapids which will be released next year and are currently being sampled for key customers.
They have partnered with the Olympics, which will be a real-life innovation lab for Intel. They integrate their technology in 3D cameras and athlete tracking, Optane, SmartNIC, they can perform fine-grained skeletal analysis ... They are also present in other sporting events, so that Intel is in 80% of the Olympic venues.
At their 5G innovation center in Taiwan, they will test critical equipment with Intel FlexRAN and its partnership with QCT and Foxconn. In the PC market, Intel expects to sell 1 million units a day in 2021 because the drivers of demand for desktop units are here to stay. To do this, Intel wants to demonstrate their capacity for innovation and leadership with an important novelty every quarter, such as that 3 weeks ago, they launched Tiger Lake-H at 45W with great OEM support, and 88 designs of the H series.
Intel announces new features at Computex 2021 such as Tiger Lake-U and its 5G modem
First announcement of the day were the two new Tiger Lake-U. This is the beginning of the TGL-U update that they revealed last month. The Core i7-1195G7 will be the first of 60 designs available this Christmas, and some of them will start selling this week, either independently or in already manufactured equipment.
The first product of the Intel 5G Solution 5000 initiative will be the first 5G modem, in partnership with Mediatek. There will also be enablement products from Acer, ASUS and HP this year, with 29 designs expected. It is a 5G M.2 slot mode, but not the standard Fibocom brand M.2 size. Intel has partnered with this company on wireless mobile solutions for years.
There will be news for the Intel Evo firm as it will allow there to be six reproductions of 4K content at the same time. They have a team of 5 engineers to test and tune Evo systems with partners, and they will invest $ 000 million in the firm in 50. Alder Lake Mobile chipsets for laptops are fully operational and will arrive later this year.
In the sustainability section. Intel commented at its Computex 2021 conference that they have agreed with Acer to be 100% renewable by 2035. They will use recycled plastics and recycled paper for product packaging. One more example of this collaboration is the Aspire Vero laptop made from recycled plastic and 11th Gen CPU.
