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Either way, Intel needs to get their new fabs sorted out and improve their products. There will be money to be made if Intel can get back the energy efficiency crown. The GPU division are starting to actually enter the lower market segment, but drivers leave a lot to be desired. Reducing work force even more just tells me they have no clue how to fix these issues and are grasping hard.

>>javier+(OP)
It's not just drivers. I'd line up to buy a a couple 24GB B580s to play around with local AI, but they're only going to be available in workstation systems. When it gets to the point where you're losing, but still won't sell people things they want, I think it's a good indicator that management is just plain dumb.

>>donmcr+v1
What you mean? You want to put multiple B580s in your laptop? Do you want 10 minute battery life on this machine?

>>javier+9P5
No. I mean they said they're not selling them directly into retail channels. They're only going to be in workstation machines which are expensive, high end desktops. It would be the same kind of thing you would see with Quadro GPUs.

At least the way I understood it, you won't be able to go to a computer store and buy 24GB cards off the shelf. You'll have to shell out for a workstation class machine which will cost a ton. I'm not talking about a simple desktop. You'll have to buy something like a Lenovo Thinkstation and if you want one with two GPUs it's going to be expensive because they simply won't sell you a lower end machine with 2 GPUs.