6700k new revision with sgx ,worth waiting ?

[ahmaden]

basically intel said they will release another revision of skylake processors with sgx enabled
and i want to buy 6700k in coming days, you guys suggest me to wait for new revision or buy current 6700k ?
shall we see any performance difference etc ?

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2015/...e_Guard_Extensions_on_Skylake_processors.html

 

[daveybrat]

One of the new x86 instruction set extensions in the Skylake microarchitecture is Intel SGX, or Intel Software Guard Extensions. These instructions allow applications to create a protected area (an enclave) in system memory. Such protected areas may contain user data, and code, managing this data. Enclaves cannot be accessed by other programs, running on the system, even when they have elevated privileges. That will allow programs to "hide" user's confidential or sensitive data from malware and spyware.

I'd just buy one now. Not sure i'd even want SGX technology on my cpu.

 

[TeknoBug]

SGX sounds ideal for enterprise workstations or whatnot, but for a daily use or gaming PC it's not necessary.

 

[ShintaiDK]

SGX sounds ideal for enterprise workstations or whatnot, but for a daily use or gaming PC it's not necessary.

^^ This.

There is funny enough a SGX for dummies blog on it:
https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/09/26/protecting-application-secrets-with-intel-sgx

 

[VirtualLarry]

Not sure i'd even want SGX technology on my cpu.

This. A (mis-)feature to enable undetectable, unremovable, persistent malware? No thanks.

 

[zir_blazer]

I would wait and get SGX, since chances are that both Steppings cost the same. Vendors usually don't pay attention to that, and is not that I'm getting a money discount for the missing feature to not want to have it.