Intel CPU roadmap

[12122012]

What we learned about Intel this week | ZDNet

"First, the bad news. Intel did not announce any new products or provide much more detail on its product roadmap. After a delay, the first 14nm Broadwell processors, the Core M, are starting to show up in 2-in-1s. These hybrids are still a relatively small part of the market, but Intel said there are now some 70 2-in-1 designs available (more than 10 percent of the market for smaller systems) and prices are coming down. The higher-performance (and power) version of Broadwell, the 5th-generation Core processors, will start showing up in mainstream consumer and business laptops next spring.

In the second half of next year, Intel will start shipping Skylake, which is based on the same 14nm manufacturing process but has a new microarchitecture. Kirk Skaugen, who heads up the PC group, promised a fast transition to 14nm processors, but Intel did not provide any details on how it would roll out Broadwell and its successor, Skylake, so close to one another."

 

[FinalTidus]

I only interested in Skylake...

2H 2015... Sigh...

 

[MoneyFace =p]

At least they are not delaying Skylake another year from possible introducing delayed Broadwell-S next year. Looking (far) forward into 2016 for Cannonlake vs Zen/K12.

 

[12122012]

I only interested in Skylake...

2H 2015... Sigh...

" Skylake will also pave the way for wire-free computing on PCs, Skaugen said. The company will provide a reference platform that is based on the chip and could reduce cable clutter in PCs and tablets. The goal is to enable wireless charging and data streaming between PCs and peripherals.

The reference design calls for putting a laptop on a dock to enable wireless charging. Intel is making a dock based on WiGig wireless technology—which is three times faster than Wi-Fi 802.11ac—so PCs can stream data wirelessly to monitors and exchange data with external storage devices. The new technologies could reduce the need for ports like DisplayPort, HDMI and USB 3.0 in PCs."

wow u aiming for wire-free PC already?

 

[Entry Level PC]

I still waiting for AMD to become a decent competitor
No Competition No Progress.

 

[NMSS_2]

" Skylake will also pave the way for wire-free computing on PCs, Skaugen said. The company will provide a reference platform that is based on the chip and could reduce cable clutter in PCs and tablets. The goal is to enable wireless charging and data streaming between PCs and peripherals.

The reference design calls for putting a laptop on a dock to enable wireless charging. Intel is making a dock based on WiGig wireless technology—which is three times faster than Wi-Fi 802.11ac—so PCs can stream data wirelessly to monitors and exchange data with external storage devices. The new technologies could reduce the need for ports like DisplayPort, HDMI and USB 3.0 in PCs."

wow u aiming for wire-free PC already?

if i am going to get a new rig now, it would be obsolete by next year!

 

[SSDLover]

I still waiting for AMD to become a decent competitor
No Competition No Progress.

You could be waiting long long for that...

 

[iAmBored]

Skylake-E

 

[FinalTidus]

I still waiting for AMD to become a decent competitor
No Competition No Progress.

You can wait long long then.

AMD focusing now on gfx cards and consoles...

 

[scsim002]

Although I am looking forward to skylake, I got a strong feeling that its not going to be much faster than current Haswell. Looking at the trend, I think it should be at most 20% faster.

I am only hoping that it can finally hit 5GHz. Current DC is a shame.....

 

[muddle]

Although I am looking forward to skylake, I got a strong feeling that its not going to be much faster than current Haswell. Looking at the trend, I think it should be at most 20% faster.

I am only hoping that it can finally hit 5GHz. Current DC is a shame.....

The clock speed game has long gone to power and thread efficiency.

 

[12122012]

"That’s it for Intel’s official statements. According to WCCFTech, Intel will also launch new desktop parts next year, with a Core i7 5000 unlocked CPU (Broadwell-K) and a second set of desktop SKUs dubbed the Core i7-6000 family, or Skylake-S. Broadwell-K is reportedly compatible with the Z97 family of chipsets that are already shipping, while Skylake-S will require a new motherboard.

Broadwell is the 14nm refresh of Haswell, with a die shrink and a handful of minor improvements to the CPU, but not much more. Skylake, in contrast, is the full architecture refresh — so what are its (rumored) features?

No More FIVR: Intel’s Fully Integrated Voltage Regulator has always been rumored to cause the company headaches. Whether or not that’s true, we do know that putting the voltage regulator next to the CPU can cause additional heat to build up on-chip, and that heat only increases as the CPU clock and voltage increase. Skylake is supposed to dump the FIVR design, though it’s possible the ultra-low power CPUs will retain it to maximize power savings.

New instruction sets: Skylake is expected to include the updated form of AVX with support for 512-bit registers (AVX 3.2/512F), along with specialized instructions for executing SHA-1 and SHA-2 securely. Intel MPX (Memory Protection Extensions) and Intel ADX (Multi-Precision Add-Carry Instruction Extensions) are also expected with Skylake.
Core M (Broadwell-Y) versus Haswell

Core M (top) vs. Haswell. Broadwell-Y is a much, much smaller package — ideal for tablets.

New GPU enhancements: While integrated graphics remains unacceptable for a majority of gamers, steady improvement in this area has become the norm, even from Intel. Skylake will retain the maximum 128MB EDRAM L4 cache, but should incorporate additional GPU-side performance improvements. DirectX 12 should be supported on this GPU family, and we’ll see more desktop chips debuting with some version of the L4 cache.

Skylake will also support DDR4, though WCCFTech thinks this will be SKU-specific, with some chips staying on DDR3 through the end of 2015. There’s also rumor of a new “UniDIMM” form factor, that could bring interoperability with DDR3 or DDR4 in the same board. Desktop Skylake chips will still top out at four cores + HyperThreading; if you want more than eight threads you’ll need to move to the E-variant of the platform. Intel may also push its “no cables” idea for the platform (we were dubious on that score but are willing to be convinced).

Exactly how much raw performance Skylake will offer remains to be seen. Haswell looked fabulous on paper, but in non-AVX optimized code the actual real-world performance gain was around 7%, clock-for-clock, over Ivy Bridge. Devil’s Canyon pulled away from the older Ivy Bridge parts, but it did that the old fashioned way — with clock speed.

Whether Intel will attempt to clock Skylake more aggressively is an open question at this point. The first SKUs won’t be unlocked, so desktop enthusiasts may choose to wait for the Skylake-K variant, coming in 2016."

Intel roadmap update: Skylake on track for 2015, will debut alongside Broadwell-K | ExtremeTech

 

[damienloh]

Recently I checked the Intel CPU and MSI motherboard website, both have the on board graphic chips. Isn't a waste of feature (money) since most of us will buy a dedicated graphic card?

 

[muddle]

Recently I checked the Intel CPU and MSI motherboard website, both have the on board graphic chips. Isn't a waste of feature (money) since most of us will buy a dedicated graphic card?

What do you mean? All intergrated gfx are embedded in the cpu. Not motherboard. For non gfx intensive usage, it is not a waste. Same goes for low power builds like htpc.

 

[Gattberserk]

I still waiting for AMD to become a decent competitor
No Competition No Progress.

It will only happen if they sudden churn out a carbon nanotube based CPU chip.

As far as silicon substrate is concern, there is almost no chance for them.

 

[PsychoPath]

Waiting for skylake.. Intel can stop with their crappy igpu and up their cpu performance..

 

[damienloh]

What do you mean? All intergrated gfx are embedded in the cpu. Not motherboard. For non gfx intensive usage, it is not a waste. Same goes for low power builds like htpc.

MSI Global Z97 GAMING 5

Maybe I read it wrongly? What does it mean about the mobo spec:

VGA: 1
HDMI: 1
DVI: 1
VGA Max Share Memory (MB): 512
DirectX: DX11