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This is standard fare on trade shows. It is probably done, one hopes, not as much to outright mislead as to avoid embarrassing malfunctions on the show floor.

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It is mostly done (at least in this case, probably most cases) because it doesn't actually work and they aren't finished yet.

I think it is in good faith - they aren't intending to lie or deceive, but it's show and tell time and the product isn't ready. I still think it goes against the spirit of a tech demo and is pretty dishonest. Intel have very aggressive schedules lately, so this isn't surprising.

That is also why they knowingly ship broken chips lately:

http://www.techpowerup.com/156625/Intel-Core-i7-3960X-and-i7...

Yup. The whole industry runs something like two years ahead of current capabilities- that is to say, you start designing a product two years before it can be made- and the instant it actually works & has been tested, it is time to ship.

Not just a 'trade show' - in front of analysts, doesn't this constitute fraud? Particularly if (believed as of this post) Intel has not actually demonstrated the hardware performs as the hoax demonstrated?

How is this fraud? These are essentially live commercials. They can do whatever they want.

I'd wager half the products at CES are running canned demos in flash. It's an open secret and everyone does it.

I thought this was an analyst meeting, not a regular CES floorshow demo.

in a commercial you need to say "screen images simulated" to cover your legal ass.

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