Cannon Lake appears on roadmap, due mid-2016

[Ajay]

Well, the cores are used in their entire product stack -- something that can't be said about the graphics (although, those are used on Atom, I suppose). If they have to compete with themselves, they'd better start doing it...

So long as Intel sticks with it's basic 2:1 constraint on incremental perf/watt , we won't see anything interesting on the desktop for a long time - IMHO :'(

 

[mrmt]

Honestly, I dont really know what intel is trying to do. All they seem to care about is saving another 10% power consumption on some 1500 dollar ultrabook/convertible. Those are very nice packages, but I just dont see the market for such costly devices with low (relatively) performance.

Or add more 10% efficiency on servers, which has been working wonders for them. As for their mobile strategy, I think it's working. I know it's anecdotal evidence but I use Ultrabooks since Sandy Bridge days and I never looked back, and the guys at my company are actually asking for more Ultrabooks, but this anecdotal evidence is backed up by Intel balance numbers: More and more people go to mobile form factors each generation.

 

[III-V]

So long as Intel sticks with it's basic 2:1 constraint on incremental perf/watt , we won't see anything interesting on the desktop for a long time - IMHO :'(

Well, you can only do 2:1 for so long... I can't imagine they can keep on that path for much longer.

 

[jpiniero]

Well, you can only do 2:1 for so long... I can't imagine they can keep on that path for much longer.

Sure they can. What is selling (mobile, servers) don't need high end clock speeds.

 

[III-V]

Sure they can. What is selling (mobile, servers) don't need high end clock speeds.

The 2:1 thing refers to architectural improvements. You can't sustain exponential growth forever... even if it's at a rate of 5% per generation.

 

[ShintaiDK]

There is no time limit on how long they can do the 2:1.

And what would the alternative be. Moving away from what the 99% crowd wants?