Intel is quiet today. You'll notice from its press release site that nothing has happened at all. Yet around the wibblesome web, much blathering and spouting of inanities heralds the arrival of a new processor, or two. "Intel, despite being extremely rich itself, has chosen not to advertise these facts. Rather it has hired an army of young spods to do so on its behalf. These pimply young fellows run what are known as hardware sites. Intel gives them chips to play with and in return they all publish their findings on their wee sites on exactly the same day."

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