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On December 11, the European Commission gave the green light to the reform of the video game tax credit, voted for by French parliamentarians in December 2013, after fruitful collaboration between public authorities and players in the sector.

Jean-Claude Ghinozzi, President of the Union of Leisure Software Publishers (SELL) welcomes this decision, awaited by all professionals in the sector, but also more generally by all stakeholders and public actors interested in this issue . This tax credit reform, which highlights the importance of the video game industry in France, is the culmination of two years of work, led by the interministerial group on video games and initiated by SELL and the National Video Games Union (SNJV).

This new tax credit will make it possible to support numerous ambitious and innovative projects that would not have been possible without it. It will also contribute to strengthening the attractiveness of France, in a sector where its know-how no longer needs to be demonstrated and where the excellence of its talents is recognized throughout the world. Faced with heightened international competition, this new system will allow France to preserve its place as a major player in an innovative, creative sector popular with the French. Video games are in fact today an essential sector of the French economy. The second largest leisure industry in France, video games affect more than half of the French population, both women and men, and young and old alike.

The reform of the video game tax credit lowers the eligibility threshold for productions to €10,000, broadens the base of expenses taken into account in the calculation of the tax credit, makes certain cultural games intended for an adult audience and extend the maximum time limits for definitive approval of the games. These various measures will allow the video game tax credit to better meet the needs of video game publishers and creators. This will have positive repercussions, not only for video games, but well beyond. With the creation of numerous jobs, the development of new activities and the growth of the sector, this tax credit will result in tax revenues for the State well in excess of its initial investment, thus creating a virtuous circle for video game players. , but also for the State.

Jean-Claude Ghinozzi declares “We would like to thank the Ministries of Finance and Public Accounts, Economy, Industry and Digital, Culture and Communication as well as the State Secretariat for Digital for their involvement and their desire to move forward on this issue. The SELL would also like to salute the work of the National Center for Cinema and Animated Images (CNC) and the general management of companies, as well as all the parliamentarians who were involved in the subject and made this decision possible. “.

The SELL nevertheless wishes to point out that this is only a first step, which cannot be sufficient on its own. It is therefore necessary to continue working to strengthen the financing capacities of players in the sector, attract foreign projects, retain talents trained in France and support the development of new uses and new practices of video games.

Intel has officially said goodbye to ‘Core i’ processors, and welcomed it to the ‘Core Ultra’ family.

Intel has formalized the change of nomenclature for its processors. The US company will stop offering chips under the names “core i” —i3, i5, i7 or i9—, to give way to the Intel Core Ultra. Those of Pat Gelsinger will begin using the new name from the launch of the Meteor Lake line, which will arrive in the second half of 2023.

According to the company, the change responds to the need to give Intel a new impetus as a brand. It is worth noting that the adoption of Core Ultra is not surprising, considering that one of Intel’s communication managers had anticipated it at the beginning of May.

In addition, Intel ensures that Core Ultra will help buyers to differentiate “the best of their latest releases” from the rest of their products. Thus, then, the processor catalog will be divided into three levels:

Intel: for input processors formerly offered under the Pentium and Celeron brands, discontinued some time ago.
intelcore: for your line of processors mainstream. For example: Intel Core 3, 5 or 7.
Intel Core Ultra: for your catalog of the most powerful and next generation processors. For example: Intel Core Ultra 5, 7 or 9.

Core Ultra: the new name for Intel processors

Intel wanted to make it clear that the name change for its next processors is not just a facelift. The company has commented that, with the premiere of Meteor Lake, its customer chips will be the first to adopt the 4-nanometer lithographic process. But not only that, but they will also be the first to have a dedicated engine for artificial intelligence. The latter will be known as Intel AI Boost.

“The new brand structure is designed for Intel’s future client technology roadmap. These changes make it easier for customers to identify the right solutions from Intel’s partner ecosystem for their computing needs. And they do it while emphasizing the prominence of the Intel Core brand, which has been a staple of the PC industry for nearly two decades. chipper from Santa Clara, Calif.

It remains to be seen how Intel manages to differentiate processors that will only be Core, from those that will be Core Ultra. Something that can lend itself to confusion very quickly. For now, Pat Gelsinger’s company has not provided details about the characteristics of the processors that will be offered under the new name. It has only been remarked that they will be the most advanced, and that the adoption of the nomenclature will take place from Meteor Lake.

The biggest drawback will surely occur when releases of Core 5 and 7 overlap, with Core Ultra 5 and 7. A mistake that will not happen with the old i3, which will be only Intel Core 3, nor with the old i9, which will be offered only such as Intel Core Ultra 9. Also note that Intel will no longer publicly identify its future releases as generational announcements. What does this mean? That it won’t refer to Meteor Lake as its 14th generation chip, and that will be the trend going forward.

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