So I haven't seen much discussion on this, but now we know Coffeelake lineup and pricing, what's Everyone's prediction,/ thoughts on AMD's inevitable pricing and SKU shuffle in response?
Personally I think some SKU's need to go, and everything shoved down a tier, until the refresh comes in 2018. Before shooting down my suggestions too early, bear in mind I've based my own thoughts on the fact Ryzen does not inculde any IGP, and a continued strategy of [slightly] undercutting intel at all times for comparable performance.
Ryzen 3 line: Completely replace with SMT enabled SKU's. I don't see any way these can remain as 4c/4t without dropping them down into sub $100 mark.. I guess that's also a possibilty.
Ryzen 5 line: 6c/12c SKU's only. prices dropped down a tier, small clock bumps.
Ryzen 7 line: 1700 - retain as 65w but with a small clock bump if yields permit
1700x - discontinue. 3's a crowd.
1800x : pretty much has to stay has top tier, but with price dropped to $349.
anyone else?
Personally I think some SKU's need to go, and everything shoved down a tier, until the refresh comes in 2018. Before shooting down my suggestions too early, bear in mind I've based my own thoughts on the fact Ryzen does not inculde any IGP, and a continued strategy of [slightly] undercutting intel at all times for comparable performance.
Ryzen 3 line: Completely replace with SMT enabled SKU's. I don't see any way these can remain as 4c/4t without dropping them down into sub $100 mark.. I guess that's also a possibilty.
Ryzen 5 line: 6c/12c SKU's only. prices dropped down a tier, small clock bumps.
Ryzen 7 line: 1700 - retain as 65w but with a small clock bump if yields permit
1700x - discontinue. 3's a crowd.
1800x : pretty much has to stay has top tier, but with price dropped to $349.
anyone else?