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Re:Intel axes Nervana just two months after launch by CountSessine on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:55PM (#22242969)
I seem to recall Linley Gwennap or someone at the Microprocessor Report saying that this was because these other industries were too different, in terms of R&D requirements and margins, from Intel’s core business, making PC CPUs; none of these other businesses could ever produce the margins that Intel would need and none of them required the level of R&D that Intel could direct at them. This was when Intel was about to debut Larrabee.
Re:Intel axes Nervana just two months after launch by 0xff00ffee on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @08:04PM (#22243014)
Yes, that is 100% accurate. Their core competency is making wafers. CPUs specifically, high margin servers, low margin latop parts, ... and then chipsets (so many chipsets). Everything else is just a toe in the water. (Their investing arm also does quite well.)