Thursday Night Shortbread

1. WCCFtech: Intel abandoning silicon with 7nm
   and beyond - silicon alternatives coming by 2020
2. PCWorld: Intel to rebrand Atom chips along lines of Core processors
3. DailyTech: Google preps Pixel 2 ChromeBook, new X server replacement "Freon"
4. WCCFtech: DX12 enables cross-SLI between AMD and Nvidia GPUs
5. AnandTech's DirectX 12 performance preview, part 3: Star Swarm & Intel's iGPUs
6. VR-Zone: Imagination Technologies reveals PowerVR Series
   7XT GPUs with a claimed 1.6 TFLOPS in FP16 mode
7. Neowin: Windows 10 to support USB 3.1 Type-C at launch
8. WCCFtech: Nvidia is launching a "new gaming platform"
   on the 3rd of March 2015 - reveals hidden message

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