When will we see Skylake E?

[Jacky60]

I want 14nm goodness but can't mess about with just 4 cores for much longer. When will Skylake E hit the shops?

 

[Black Octagon]

When they're ready..
🙂

Seriously, I think it's too early for us to know

 

[ShintaiDK]

Late 2016 or so.

 

[Jacky60]

Late 2016???? What the hell are they doing in the meantime?

 

[Arachnotronic]

Late 2016???? What the hell are they doing in the meantime?

Broadwell-E?

 

[jhu]

Late 2016???? What the hell are they doing in the meantime?

Sippin' margaritas in Cancun just 'cuz.

 

[danjw]

I believe the last roadmap I saw said Q4 for Broadwell-E. I don't think you will see a Skylake-E until the end of 2016.

 

[h4rm0ny]

Late 2016???? What the hell are they doing in the meantime?

Occasionally getting out of bed, looking at AMD's market share and financial woes, then going back to bed.

(And occasionally having bad dreams about ARM. 😉 )

 

[dangerman1337]

Isn't Broadwell-E in Q1 2016? I wouldn't be surprised for it to be Q1 2017.

 

[Idontcare]

Isn't Broadwell-E in Q1 2016? I wouldn't be surprised for it to be Q1 2017.

I would not be surprised if they skipped Broadwell-E entirely and directed their validation teams to redirect their efforts on getting Skylake-E (meaning the XEON chips, which is Intel's bread-butter growth these quarters).

Broadwell-E will probably sell about as well as Skulltrail did.

 

[dangerman1337]

I would not be surprised if they skipped Broadwell-E entirely and directed their validation teams to redirect their efforts on getting Skylake-E (meaning the XEON chips, which is Intel's bread-butter growth these quarters).

Broadwell-E will probably sell about as well as Skulltrail did.

I think Broadwell-E and related chips will be used for those who will want an upgrade path from Haswell-E but I'm not sure. You do have a point as its almost May and there is no sign of Broadwell-K (it is due this quarter) and I think Intel is trying to amend its past mistake of stocking too many chips that needs to be gone in a fire sale. Then again we have not heard of Intel's big Skylake plans and I think they may be waiting for PCI-E 4.0 validation which according to Wikipedia (I know) won't be validated until late 2016.

 

[imported_ats]

Late 2016???? What the hell are they doing in the meantime?

Probably Broadwell-E.

 

[Ajay]

I would not be surprised if they skipped Broadwell-E entirely and directed their validation teams to redirect their efforts on getting Skylake-E (meaning the XEON chips, which is Intel's bread-butter growth these quarters).

Broadwell-E will probably sell about as well as Skulltrail did.

Well, wouldn't Intel develop BDW-EP for existing HW-EP customers as a drop in replacement with a significant drop in power draw (particular from the cooling plant)? With flat revenues, Intel needs every dollar it can get.

As an enthusiast, I would seriously consider putting off all plans to upgrade if the timetable for SKL-E was accelerated. The combination of an even newer platform, dramatically lower power draw and even larger jump in performance is a bit intoxicating.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

As an enthusiast, I would seriously consider putting off all plans to upgrade if the timetable for SKL-E was accelerated. The combination of an even newer platform, dramatically lower power draw and even larger jump in performance is a bit intoxicating.

For my part, it seems Skylake-E will be the next platform for my main PC. Regular Skylake doesn't seem all that big a deal. If I have to buy new DDR4 memory, I'll rather hold off and get the whole Skylake-E package. Including PCIe 4.0, and more then 16 PCIe lanes from the CPU. My 3770non-K still has a bit of life yet it seems...

 

[Ajay]

For my part, it seems Skylake-E will be the next platform for my main PC. Regular Skylake doesn't seem all that big a deal. If I have to buy new DDR4 memory, I'll rather hold off and get the whole Skylake-E package. Including PCIe 4.0, and more then 16 PCIe lanes from the CPU. My 3770non-K still has a bit of life yet it seems...

Yeah, unless you have an itch that must be scratched, I think you would find SKL-E a handsome and long lived upgrade, particularly if you run some heavy MT workloads.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Yeah, unless you have an itch that must be scratched, I think you would find SKL-E a handsome and long lived upgrade, particularly if you run some heavy MT workloads.

The only itch I have to scratch currently is a PCIe SSD. Since my P8Z77-V doesn't have NVMe boot support, Samsung XP941/SM951 boot support, or an M.2 slot to begin with, I might go with one of those Kingston Predator PCIe SSDs. Should be a decent upgrade from my trusty Samsung 830, and they claim boot support on pretty much anything. So I might give it a whirl.