Pine Peak | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:44:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Pine Peak | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Intel’s roadmap leaks: Broadwell-K, Broadwell-E and Skylake-K due in 2015 https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intels-roadmap-leaks-broadwell-k-broadwell-e-and-skylake-k-due-in-2015/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intels-roadmap-leaks-broadwell-k-broadwell-e-and-skylake-k-due-in-2015/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:35:44 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=197665 A desktop platform roadmap that Intel Corp. had reportedly demonstrated at a conference in Italy has been published by an unofficial source. A slide from the roadmap confirms that Intel intends to release both code-named “Broadwell” and “Skylake” microprocessors for desktops next year. In addition, the company intends to release its future high-end desktop chips …

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A desktop platform roadmap that Intel Corp. had reportedly demonstrated at a conference in Italy has been published by an unofficial source. A slide from the roadmap confirms that Intel intends to release both code-named “Broadwell” and “Skylake” microprocessors for desktops next year. In addition, the company intends to release its future high-end desktop chips code-named “Broadwell-E” in the second half of 2015.

Just as reported previously, Intel will be rather busy next year, at least when it comes to new desktop central processing units (CPUs). According to the slide from the roadmap, which Intel reportedly demonstrated at the 3D Revolution 2014 conference in Rome earlier this year, the world’s largest chipmaker plans to offer its new enthusiast-class unlocked “Broadwell-K” chips in 2015, release its “Skylake” microprocessors for mainstream systems sometimes in the second quarter of 2015, start to sell its all-new low-cost/low-power Braswell processors early in the year and unleash its Core i7 Extreme “Broadwell-E” microprocessors for high-end desktops (HEDTs) in the third quarter of 2015. The slide was published by TechPowerUp.

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Back in late May it was reported that Intel would start to roll-out the “Broadwell-K” unlocked chips for mainstream enthusiasts only in May or June, 2015. Now it looks like the next-gen unlocked microprocessors will arrive a little sooner, but will still be followed by the “Skylake” central processing units, which will have their own advantages (such as higher-performing integrated graphics core). Moreover, if the slide is to be believed, then the “Broadwell-K” products will have a relatively short life as they will be replaced by the new breed of chips (presumably by the “Skylake-K” unlocked CPUs) either before the end of 2015, or early in 2016.

It should be noted that while the “Skylake”- and the “Broadwell”-based desktop platforms will co-exist on the market for quite some time, the former will be considerably more advanced than the latter. The Skylake microprocessors will use the LGA1151 packaging and will be supported by Intel’s 100-series core-logic sets, which will likely bring support for the USB 3.1. Mainboards for the “Skylake” microprocessors will feature, among other things, optional Thunderbolt 3.0 40Gb/s, WiGig 7Gb/s and other advanced technologies.

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As expected, Intel will continue to offer BGA [ball grid array] versions of its chips for desktops. Those, who do not need upgradeability, but prefer small form-factors will be able to choose from the “Broadwell”, the “Skylake”, and the “Braswell” microprocessors next year.

All the chips that Intel will introduce in 2015 will be made using 14nm process technology.

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KitGuru Says: It looks like Intel does not want to give up its Tick-Tock strategy, which is why the Skylake processors will be released essentially simultaneously with the Broadwell chips on the desktop market. Generally, this may indicate that the 10nm process technology and the Airlake/Cannonlake chips are on-track for production in 2016. The only question is how will the market react on this? Mainboard makers do not like to compete against themselves, whereas the LGA1150 and the LGA1151 platforms will probably compete against each other.

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Intel Skylake PC platform: quad-core CPUs, new graphics, new chipsets https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-skylake-pc-platform-detailed-quad-core-cpus-new-graphics-engines-new-chipsets/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-skylake-pc-platform-detailed-quad-core-cpus-new-graphics-engines-new-chipsets/#respond Tue, 06 May 2014 20:07:05 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=191564 As previously reported, despite of the delay of the code-named Broadwell lineup of central processing units, Intel Corp.’s code-named Skylake chips are on-track to be introduced in 2015. Since preparations for introduction of the new platform are already underway in south-east Asia, the first leaks about the Skylake and systems on its base have begun …

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As previously reported, despite of the delay of the code-named Broadwell lineup of central processing units, Intel Corp.’s code-named Skylake chips are on-track to be introduced in 2015. Since preparations for introduction of the new platform are already underway in south-east Asia, the first leaks about the Skylake and systems on its base have begun to emerge.

Just like predecessors, Intel Skylake microprocessors will be available in multiple versions designed for different applications. Based on an image, which resembles slides from Intel’s roadmaps, published by the Chinese version of VR-Zone web-site, Intel Skylake will exist in at least eight basic versions (which will differ from each other by thermal design power, number of cores, packaging, etc.) designed for four different classes of client PCs. There will be three types of Skylake chips – Skylake H, Skylake-U and Skylake-Y – that will come in ball-grid array (BGA) packaging and will be aimed at all-in-one desktops/SFF desktops, mainstream laptops and ultra-thin notebooks, respectively. There will be Skylake-S chips that will come in land-grid array (LGA) form-factor designed mostly for desktops.

It is interesting to note that mainstream Skylake processors for clients will continue to have two or four cores, there will be no mainstream chips for desktops and notebooks with six or eight x86 engines even in 2015, so expect Skylake-E to offer six and eight core options sometime in 2016.

The Skylake central processing units for client PCs will offer three types of graphics cores: GT2, GT3e with embedded DRAM cache and GT4e with embedded DRAM cache. At present it is unknown whether the graphics cores of Intel Skylake support all DirectX 12 capabilities, but that is a likely scenario.

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The Skylake microprocessors will rely on Intel 100-series chipsets, which are projected to support SATA Express as well as PCI Express 3.0 interconnection technologies. The Skylake-E will likely support PCI Express 4.0 for next-generation discrete graphics adapters.

While high-performance Skylake microprocessors will use DDR4 memory, low-power versions will continue to utilise DDR3L and LPDDR3 memory next year, probably because by the time Skylake chips hit the market there will be no DDR4L memory with reduced power consumption in sufficient quantities.

The next-gen Skylake client platform due in 2015 will also be accompanies with numerous connectivity and I/O options, such as Snowfield Peak (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), Douglas Peak (WiGig, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), Pine Peak (WiGig), Alpine Ridge (Thunderbolt 3.0 with 40Gb/s transfer rate), Jacksonville Ethernet, next-generation XMM726x-series WWAN 4G/LTE modem and so on. All those chips and solutions will help PC manufacturers to make Skylake-based personal computers even more feature rich from connectivity standpoint.

Not a lot is known about Intel’s Skylake micro-architecture in general. It is known that Skylake will feature a bunch of special-purpose accelerators, will support such technologies as AVX 3.2 (512-bit instructions), SHA extensions (SHA-1 and SHA-256, secure hash algorithms), MPX (memory protection extensions), ADX (multi-precision add-carry instruction extensions) and other innovations. However, it is unknown whether Skylake is designed to boost performance or further cut-down power consumption.

Intel did not comment on the news-story.

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KitGuru Says: The main intrigue about Skylake now is when exactly Intel plans to introduce them. In case the slide is correct, then it looks like the new chips will be widely available in 2015 (otherwise Skylake would be called a 2016 platform), which suggests launch in the middle of the year. However, the company could introduce Skylake in time for the back-to-school season (BTS), which means wide availability only in late 2015.

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