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  • Here's another one putting the blame on them not investing in OpenAI:
    https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/how-chip-giant-intel-spurned-openai-fell-behind-times-2024-08-07/

    At the same time Intel is definitely entering the race, and more competition is always nice:

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also appeared at the Intel event, where he announced that his company will use Intel’s relaunched foundry to make future chips.
    In 2022, the US government passed the CHIPS Act promising $52 billion to reinvigorate domestic chipmaking and secure silicon supply lines.
    According to a Bloomberg report, Intel is in line to receive $10 billion of that money.

    Or this piece about creating an open-source software competitor for Nvidia, among other things:

    Also importantly, Intel is spearheading a consortium of heavy hitters that are developing open-source software which can interface with all AI chips.
    Such software would eliminate Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) biggest competitive advantage: its software, which enables its chips to be easily managed simultaneously.
    Intel’s consortium also includes Arm (NASDAQ:ARM), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, GOOGL), and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO).
    It expects to unveil a finished product by the end of this year.

    Corporate / Enterprise AI solution with quite a customer/partner list:

    [...]customers and partners, including Bharti Airtel, Bosch, CtrlS, IBM, IFF, Landing AI, Ola, NAVER, NielsenIQ, Roboflow and Seekr.

    They're starting to release tools to use Intel ARC for AI tasks, such as AI Playground and IPEX LLM:
    https://game.intel.com/us/stories/introducing-ai-playground/
    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/discrete-gpus/arc/software/ai-playground.html

    https://game.intel.com/us/stories/wield-the-power-of-llms-on-intel-arc-gpus/
    https://github.com/intel-analytics/ipex-llm

    Personally I wouldn't count Intel out of the game just yet, gonna be interesting to see what happens during 2025-2026.

  • Can always use the Windows 10 LTSC 2021 iso to create the Windows To Go. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-10-enterprise
    Getting a proper license is gonna be impossible as a private consumer though, or well you can probably find someone selling the product keys online for cheap but that isn't a real sales channel and it could suddenly become deactivated by Microsoft. I can find sites illegally selling them for as low as $14 when doing a quick search.

    The real way to get the license is to sign up for their Volume Licensing Program.
    Windows Enterprise LTSC is available in the per-user and per-device model, depending on the Volume Licensing program through which it's acquired.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/windows-licensing#windows-desktop-offerings-available-through-commercial-licensing
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/vlsc-faqs-home-page

  • Using Rufus (https://rufus.ie/en/) and a fast USB thumbdrive, such as Kingston DataTraveler Max - https://www.storagereview.com/review/kingston-datatraveler-max-review, you can make a "Windows To Go" installation.

    Now you have a Windows install that you can boot directly from the thumbdrive when the need arise.
    Perfect for booting up if your bios can't updated directly from the usb drive and forces you into Windows, or to run that one software you can't replace just yet and that refuses your attempts to run with wine.

    Just make sure that it's an ssd usb thumbdrive or it's gonna be too slow to be any use.

  • Definitely smaller, but how's Unihertz track record regarding security updates? That's the last part of the puzzle for me, I want a phone that's safe. Otherwise I could still use my old XZ1 Compact. :)

  • Well the Sony XZ1 Compact got IP68 even with aux input and a microSDXC slot so I don't think combining the SD Card with water resistance should be a problem. The swappable battery would probably be worse.
    Regarding bloatware I've gotten used to using adb and the uad to remove it when buying a phone. https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater/tree/main