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Benchmark for a CPU that is not even released yet and is planned for Q4 2018...

Jet another 14nm CPU... so don't expect any noticeable performance boost. Even low-voltage iPhone XS CPU has the same single core performance as top-notch Intel processors for workstations... Apple is already using 7nm, but Intel needs at least 1-2 years more to make their 10nm manufacturing process working. This is what happend when a tech company only cares about high margin and nothing else.

Yes, better not incorporate any business at all, than do it in Germany. You will waste 50% of your time on bureaucracy, instead of developing your product.

Your link just proves how horrible German tax system is:

* A german needs 2x more time for taxes than a UK citizen

* needs 3x more time than a Norway citizen

* needs 4x more time than a Swiss citizen

* 20x more time than a UAE citizen

Germany has a lot of drawbacks to be the next silicon valley:

* the most difficult tax system in the world. even freelancers have to use accountant services, because most people will not be able to pay taxes properly without it.

* high taxes - 42% income tax + Solidaritätszuschlag 5.5% = 47.5%; for corporations it's ~30%.

* A LOT of buerocracy. I can't even send an email to tax authorities in my area, because they only accept paper letters but nothing else.

* highly qualified foreigners have to learn German and it's quite difficult language.

* the market in Germany is much smaller comparing to USA. If you want to target EU, then you have to support a lot of different languages, date/time formats, regulations and laws etc.

* recently the EU introduced a lot of additional regulations for internet companies (GDPR, new copyright directives that require checking uploaded files, etc...).

* weather is not that appealing as in the valley.

* the difference in salaries between regular developers and rockstars is very low. So there is zero motivation to become one.

* low salaries for software engineers. The most of senior software developers will earn 50.000 - 60.000 EURO anually and after paying taxes it's only ~2.600 EURO per month (3.000 USD)

* poor internet connection in a lot of places / poor connection speed - almost any country is better in this regard

Europe is a no-go area for any startup. Instead of building your product, you will spend all your time complying with thousands of GDPR-like laws, difficult tax regulations, different languages etc. and every country has also a lot of additional national laws (Hackerparagraf in germany for example). It's just not worth it.

In Germany salaries for software developers are also very average

Almost every printed document also have hidden yellow dots that allows you to get certain information about that document (print date, print model etc...)

It's even faster than the newest I7 8650U

but still more than 100 discontinued services...

24 deprecated services in 2018 alone (in just 6 months...)