
Original Link: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12892/the-intel-computex-2018-keynote-a-live-blog-2pm-taiwan-6am-utc
The Intel Computex 2018 Keynote: A Live Blog (2pm Taiwan, 6am UTC)
by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on June 5, 2018 1:43 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Trade Shows
- Press Event
- Computex 2018

01:49AM EDT - Usually one of the bigger press events of Computex is Intel's Keynote. This year it will be hosted by Intel's Gregory Bryant, and we will be all-ears to hear what Intel is going to say about upcoming products.
01:50AM EDT - Ian and Anton here to bring you the news
01:51AM EDT - As with previous years, this presentation starts 10 minutes early with Taitra
01:51AM EDT - TAITRA organize the Computex show, so they get to decide some of the schedule
01:51AM EDT - As always, the Intel keynote tends to be well attended
01:52AM EDT - Internet connectivity can be a bit hit and miss
01:52AM EDT - So the first 10 minutes here is about TAITRA and the show. As well as the obligatory 'Intel is great' for being a top sponsor
01:54AM EDT - We've been writing up some quick news posts for later today from our meetings that started at 8am this morning
01:54AM EDT - 1600 exhibitors at Computex this year
01:56AM EDT - OK intro video
01:57AM EDT - Gregory Bryant to the stage
01:57AM EDT - SVP and GM of Client Computing Group
01:58AM EDT - Talking about gaming in the Olympics
01:58AM EDT - Now talking about Linkin Park, with an image of Chester
01:59AM EDT - 'My father made me want to be an engineer'
01:59AM EDT - Contribution towards global progress
01:59AM EDT - Intel's 50 year anniversary
02:00AM EDT - Take a retrospective look
02:00AM EDT - Moving the platform forward for the next 50 years
02:00AM EDT - Using the power of the collective platform
02:00AM EDT - Helping people be at their very best
02:00AM EDT - Three fundamental shifts in how the technology affects daily life
02:01AM EDT - 1) The Age of distraction
02:01AM EDT - Content is King
02:01AM EDT - We are so busy sharing content we are becoming blind on the ability to focus
02:01AM EDT - 'On average people are interrupted every 3 minutes'
02:01AM EDT - 'It can take 23 minutes to get back in the moment'
02:02AM EDT - 2) The Way We Work Is Changing
02:02AM EDT - The way we work and create is changing - in the midst of the 4th industrial revolution
02:02AM EDT - technology is being democratized
02:02AM EDT - How, where, why, and what people work on
02:03AM EDT - People want to work for companies whose ideals align with their own
02:03AM EDT - People want to contribute and make real progress
02:03AM EDT - 3) The Way we Connect is Evolving
02:03AM EDT - Technology has enabled to connect more frequency and better than ever
02:03AM EDT - Connect with like minded individuals
02:04AM EDT - Not only 1-on-1 but also communiries
02:04AM EDT - eg 400m eSports fans
02:04AM EDT - PC is where 8 out of 10 people go to play the most immersive games with family and friends
02:04AM EDT - Hashtags creates communities around topics
02:04AM EDT - The industry has an unprecedented opportunity ahead
02:05AM EDT - Intel can do three things: focus, create, and connect
02:05AM EDT - First up, FOCUS
02:05AM EDT - Intel can make the platform better
02:06AM EDT - Five areas: Perf, Battery, Connectivity, Form Factor, AI
02:06AM EDT - >So three top level things, and the first one has five second level segments, and the...
02:06AM EDT - Needs are more diverse than ever
02:06AM EDT - Starting with Performance
02:07AM EDT - 40 years ago, Intel introduced the 8086
02:07AM EDT - First x86 processor
02:07AM EDT - Core i7-8086K
02:07AM EDT - Limited Edition
02:08AM EDT - Intel's first 5 GHz turbo processor
02:08AM EDT - a 4.0 GHz clock speed out of the box
02:08AM EDT - Overclockable
02:08AM EDT - >So is that 4.0 base or 4.0 all-core ?
02:08AM EDT - 8086K had 29k transistors at 5 MHz
02:09AM EDT - UHD 630
02:09AM EDT - Turbo Boost 2.0, not 3.0
02:09AM EDT - Requires Intel 300-series motherboard
02:10AM EDT - >8086K isn't on ARK just yet
02:10AM EDT - Showing PUBG on 8086K
02:11AM EDT - On sale on June 8, the anniversary date
02:11AM EDT - Intel giving away 8086 of the processors
02:11AM EDT - >Technically our embargo on the details goes out at half past
02:11AM EDT - Now introducing Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake
02:11AM EDT - 8th Gen
02:12AM EDT - Double digit perf gains over Kaby Lake
02:12AM EDT - Acer, ASUS, HP, Lenovo
02:12AM EDT - 140 designs with whiskey/Amber coming in the fall
02:12AM EDT - Now battery
02:12AM EDT - 5 years ago we had 8 hours of battery, now we can get 20 hours
02:13AM EDT - measured in video playback
02:13AM EDT - Dell XPS 13 with 20+ hours of battery
02:13AM EDT - Biggest battery drain is the display
02:13AM EDT - Now have a 1W panel
02:14AM EDT - 25 hours with the new panel
02:14AM EDT - Panels from Innolux and Sharp
02:14AM EDT - Full HD panel
02:14AM EDT - add another 4-8 hours of battery life
02:14AM EDT - Without sacrificing perf
02:14AM EDT - Now connectivity
02:15AM EDT - This year had Gigabit Wi-Fi
02:15AM EDT - a 12x connectivity compared to before
02:15AM EDT - Talking 4G connected PCs
02:15AM EDT - 25 designs in the market today, and 10 more designs coming
02:16AM EDT - various form factors and battery life
02:16AM EDT - >This is to compare to Qualcomm
02:16AM EDT - Intel wants to be the leader in 5G PCs
02:16AM EDT - >So, 5GHz ? :D
02:16AM EDT - Video of Intel 5G at the Olympics
02:17AM EDT - 22 5G links = 3800 Terabits of bandwidth at the Olympics
02:18AM EDT - It will take time for the infrastucture to catch up
02:18AM EDT - 5G in the room
02:18AM EDT - Streaming 4K film over 5G
02:18AM EDT - Systems with antennas built into the kickstands
02:19AM EDT - Partners with Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo for world first 5G connected PCs in 2019
02:19AM EDT - Go beyond direct OEs, working with carriers
02:19AM EDT - VP of Sprint to the stage
02:20AM EDT - '5G is like going from black and white to color'
02:20AM EDT - People expect to be connected anywhere and anytime
02:20AM EDT - Lots of progress lately on devices
02:21AM EDT - Generational jumps encourage new use cases emergy
02:21AM EDT - Generational jumps encourage new use cases emerge
02:21AM EDT - A big step forward in disruptive technology
02:21AM EDT - Faster data, new services
02:22AM EDT - Intel was a natural fit
02:23AM EDT - Working with Sprint and others around the world.
02:23AM EDT - Next up is Form Factor
02:23AM EDT - New designs that are more adaptable
02:23AM EDT - SVP and GM of Lenovo to the stage
02:24AM EDT - 2018 saw revitalization of the PC industry
02:25AM EDT - Make the PC more like a Phone
02:25AM EDT - We want more mobility
02:25AM EDT - More connectivity
02:26AM EDT - People use PCs for longer at a time rather than smartphones
02:26AM EDT - Focus used to mean working at a desk in a repeatable fashion
02:26AM EDT - Today focus now happens in chaos
02:27AM EDT - The new generation can focus in places the previous generation never thought possible
02:27AM EDT - Focus doesn't always mean business
02:27AM EDT - People focus when binging Netflix
02:27AM EDT - People focus in more places, in more ways, and more often
02:28AM EDT - Yogabook - dual touch panels, dual display panels, now for gen 3
02:28AM EDT - Later this year, Yogabook will get dual full displays
02:28AM EDT - Yogabook Gen 1 - used as a laptop 73% of the time
02:29AM EDT - Yogabook 2 on the stage
02:29AM EDT - True dual display
02:30AM EDT - Launched for Holiday 2018 later this year
02:30AM EDT - Much better inking experience
02:30AM EDT - both displays have touch
02:30AM EDT - higher performance CPU
02:30AM EDT - AI-enabled keyboard
02:30AM EDT - >Here is our 8086K news: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12875/intel-announces-the-core-i78086k-coffee-lake-at-5-ghz
02:31AM EDT - AI will become more pervasive in the PC industry
02:31AM EDT - (Back to just Intel on stage)
02:31AM EDT - AI for PC developer program
02:32AM EDT - Tools will allow to train for new uses
02:32AM EDT - OpenVINO and Windows ML
02:32AM EDT - AI Dev Kit coming
02:33AM EDT - Between now and end of year for all of this
02:33AM EDT - Develop full soliutions to market for our customers
02:33AM EDT - CEO of ASUS, Jerry Shen, to the stage
02:34AM EDT - Showing the Project Precog
02:34AM EDT - What we saw at the ASUS event a couple of hours ago
02:34AM EDT - Convertible 2-in-1 dual screen device with AI
02:35AM EDT - Includes Movidius
02:35AM EDT - Intelligent touch
02:37AM EDT - Designed to enable smooth and intuitive user experience
02:37AM EDT - virtual assistants like Cortana and Alexa
02:37AM EDT - Intelligent Cameras
02:37AM EDT - Object recognition
02:38AM EDT - ASUS Zenbook to the stage as well
02:38AM EDT - Zenbook Pro
02:38AM EDT - First notebook to feature Intel movidius VPU
02:39AM EDT - Enable developers to fuse existing applications with AI
02:39AM EDT - Now discussing the Platform
02:40AM EDT - Now showing off what the PC can do
02:40AM EDT - the PC in general, not the ASUS Precog
02:40AM EDT - Film director on stage
02:41AM EDT - Work in pre-visualization
02:42AM EDT - Scenes are recreate / storyboarded in animation
02:42AM EDT - plan the shot and sequence cheaply
02:43AM EDT - Using Maya
02:46AM EDT - Faster machines has been a game changer
02:47AM EDT - Work done on a new OEM systems
02:47AM EDT - New platform for content creators
02:47AM EDT - Tuning solutions to get the most performance
02:48AM EDT - Corsair One with 18 Cores
02:48AM EDT - Workstation Laptop with a Xeon
02:49AM EDT - Thunderbolt connectivity and Optane
02:50AM EDT - Intel Optane SSD 905P in an M.2 form factor
02:50AM EDT - > GB gets tongue tied calling it 'Optane Memory'. Because it doesn't make sense calling it memory
02:51AM EDT - 1.5 TB of Optane in 4 drives
02:51AM EDT - So 380 GB each ?
02:52AM EDT - Running a rendering demo using Optane over SSD
02:53AM EDT - Now showing a new 28-core processor
02:53AM EDT - a development thing
02:53AM EDT - Incredible high performance
02:53AM EDT - GIGABYTE and ASUS
02:54AM EDT - Didn't mention which socket, LGA2066 or LGA3647 ?
02:54AM EDT - All processors running at 5.0 GHz
02:54AM EDT - 7334 on Cinebench
02:54AM EDT - >We think this an EMIB system
02:55AM EDT - It's coming in Q4
02:56AM EDT - Interestingly I posted this a few days ago: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12814/a-thought-on-silicon-design-intels-lcc-on-hedt-is-dead
02:56AM EDT - 28 cores at 5 GHz in a single socket? It has to be an EMIB design
02:57AM EDT - Also competing against AMD's next gen Threadrippers
03:01AM EDT - That looks like a wrap. Time to get more info