Intel ships multi-die chips ahead of schedule – to the US military

Intel this week said the prototype multi-die chips it was commissioned to build for the US Department of Defense are now ready more than a year ahead of schedule. The x86 giant's emphasis on over delivering seems to reflect a newfound self awareness that it doesn't exactly, for now, have the best reputation for shipping …

[Mayday]

Can it…

… run Crysis?

[Anonymous Coward]

Military use

Ah, multi-die. So that would be "Die! Die! Die!"?

Yup, that'll work in the US. Don't even need the military for it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Military use

All the easier to fire on your friends then.

The USA is infamous for friendly fire incidents.

The TLA agencies are watching each and everyone of us (if the GQP are right)

[Roj Blake]

Re: Military use

It's German for "The! The! The!"

[Anonymous Coward]

Which ship chip shipped?

CPU, GPU, or FPGA? I think it might be an FPGA, because the Intel FPGA business has been using multi-die packaging for years...

[Piro]

But Intel, I thought that..

.. glue was bad? Oh, only when your competitors use it? Ok.

[Anonymous Coward]

Importance of deadline met >> Importance of expectations met

"What else when you have a customer that will only accept these three words: Sir, yes, sir"

Or... what else when you have a closed ecosystem where even if you f-up with sub-par performance there's little to no chance of a market backlash.