News Intel Spills Some Beans on Software-Defined Xeon CPUs

[Admin]

Intel posts SDSi Linux driver patches.

Intel Spills Some Beans on Software-Defined Xeon CPUs : Read more

 

[JWNoctis]

Makes business sense, but if only they'd stop ruining good words and call it what it is.

Software-defined typically implies better capabilities and more possibilities enabled by hardwares capable of supporting software processing as opposed to fixed-function or even analog hardware, not a licensing scheme locking away what's already there.

 

[mitch074]

Dear old Intel... Selling the silicon once, then selling it again to enable features you already bought. I think I'll stay with AMD for now.

 

[-Fran-]

Such a missed opportunity from Intel's Marketing... Why not call it what it really is?

Capability Ready Activation Payload -> CRAP.

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