Intel Broadwell-K & Skylake (non-K) desktop CPUs to launch in Q2-2015

[mikk]

Skylake and Broadwell-K at the same time doesn't surprise me. I suspect that Skylake will still be more expensive, possibly because of DDR4 and various other improvements so that it will practically be the high end choice, competing with Haswell-E.

Or I could be wrong...

You can be sure that Skylake-S will be cheaper than Broadwell-K. Also Skylake-S supports both DDR3 and DDR4.

 

[Fjodor2001]

IDF is only ~1 month away. I'd love for Intel to clarify the intentions behind the release plan of Skylake-S and Broadwell-K then, because currently I don't think it's very clear to anyone what the logic is. Especially since there lately also has been indications of a full Broadwell LGA desktop lineup coming after all (i.e. not just Broadwell-K). That would make it even more confusing.

 

[witeken]

IDF is only ~1 month away. I'd love for Intel to clarify the intentions behind the release plan of Skylake-S and Broadwell-K then, because currently I don't think it's very clear to anyone what the logic is.

The logic is easy: they don't want to fall behind Moore's Law. If they don't want to delay 10nm, which they don't, according to Intel's CEO, they'll have to release Skylake in 2015.

BTW, if you look at Intel's July earnings call, you'll see that they have yet to pin down the exact release date, although they might already have chosen the quarter.

Especially since there lately also has been indications of a full Broadwell LGA desktop lineup coming after all (i.e. not just Broadwell-K). That would make it even more confusing.

Source?

 

[Fjodor2001]

The logic is easy: they don't want to fall behind Moore's Law. If they don't want to delay 10nm, which they don't, according to Intel's CEO, they'll have to release Skylake in 2015.

BTW, if you look at Intel's July earnings call, you'll see that they have yet to pin down the exact release date, although they might already have chosen the quarter.

Yes, but then why not skip Broadwell completely on desktop (if Skylake-S is to be released at the same time anyway)?

Source?

A post by you actually... :biggrin: See this. The first link there says:

"Desktop Broadwell is coming in Q2 2015 and it should come in the form of Core i7 and Core i5 branded processors. Core i3 and Pentium based Broadwell parts might ship at later date, but there is a chance that Intel will skip Broadwell based LGA processors and move directly to Skylake-S, the Tock of the 14nm that also comes in the first half of 2015."