Looks like Intel is exiting the server market, will this sway you next build decision?
I just don’t think they’re nearly as dominant as HP, Dell, Super Micro, etc. so it’s hard to imagine this having a huge impact on anybody.
I can’t remember the last time I saw an Intel branded server. Even their boards not really that great. For whitebox we always go Supermicro anyway
I didn’t even know this existed at all. I’ve never seen a server with an Intel brand here in Germany. Intel inside stickers or hardware, sure, plenty. But full servers from Intel? That’s interesting. Guess they weren’t that successful anyway if Intel is selling that segment. It’s certainly not comparable with Lenovo buying PC segment off IBM.
Tyan certainly has seen better days too, so some kind of marriage may lead to something interesting? I really miss Tyan quad socket boards in retail.
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They almost never had Intel branding on them weirdly, mostly sold to OEM’s I think
I bet you have seen one, the giveaway is usually the green plastic on the hotswap fans and the green accents on the drive trays
You’ve got no recent experience with them but you know they’re bad? Okay. Well, they WERE quite good, actually. A lot of Intel boards ended up in embedded server applications like security appliances and load balancers. Or if you bought embedded direct from Intel, you got an Intel server along with that 10-13 year service contract. They also designed and produced a lot of high density windmill 2U systems for partners like Facebook, Lenovo, Cisco, AWS, etc.
I guess if 26 years in operation doesn’t count as successful? Intel’s server business dates back to P6 and accompanying boards built to house Pentium Pro and Pentium II.
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Jesus, snark levels are off the charts! Calm down bud
Success is typically not measured in market tenure but sum of profits or profit margin.
Count me in as someone who has not seen an Intel branded server.
Intel doesn’t keep unsuccessful segments. Which is why now after 26 years they are only just killing the server segment, as it was making them money previously.
As established already, they aren’t branded. Intel was an ODM for other companies. They don’t slap their own label on it, the company they make devices for does.
As predominantly a manufacturer of server components I assume it is required for them to create reference boards anyway - for internal QA, sales enablement, other reasons.
Manufacturing those in bulk, especially for niche markets or unbranded allows them to turn R&D or sales costs into profits - hopefully.
This move seems to indicate that this operation wasn’t quite as profitable as desired and/or detracted from their main/core biz objectives.
It seems like it, but will they keep making Xeon CPUs?
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