Intel talked about things that aren't aimed squarely at my interests.
Its OK. Haswell-E will carry us gamers another decade or so. Won't need another CPU after that for just about ever. This might seem like the start of a sad death of traditional PC enthusiasm, but death serves a valuable purpose: To make room for something new.
Maybe Intel is trying to diversify beyond your areas of interest?
Intel was never about pleasing enthusiasts, it was all about manufacturing millions of processors in bleeding edge nodes at insanely high yields. That these products were embraced by enthusiasts is just a consequence. Now with the computing world changing, enthusiasts will move to the back burner.
Intel talked about things that aren't aimed squarely at my interests.
Well that's a false analogy if I ever saw one.If I was Ford and I showed off all-weather floor mats, device chargers, and steering wheel covers at the Detroit Auto Show, people would have every right to be upset.
Well that's a false analogy if I ever saw one.
Maybe it's like if Ford showed a bunch of solar powered compact cars and you are in the market for diesel powered fullsize trucks.
The internet is a series of tubes!
I know what Intel did. But it's the Consumer Electronics Show. Intel was showing off potential new consumer electronics.
As I've already stated, they're not going to disclose any information on their upcoming CPUs. This wasn't really all that unexpected.
Intel's been much quieter under their new leadership. I feel like I'm just repeating myself.Baytrail was announced at CES 2013...
No because they didn't show off any chips to begin with. While I do like the big and powerful CPUs, mobile SoCs interest me as well.
Baytrail was announced at CES 2013...
I just could not believe what I was watching and was at a loss of words. Intel, the world's greatest chip maker, spent both of their CES presentations showing off gimmicky gadgets that had absolutely nothing to do with their core business.
Broadwell and Cherry Trail aren't until 4Q though. They could easily wait on both.
They dominate the market though, so it isn't like their presentation is going to matter much in the grand scheme of things...
FYI, the enthusiast/gamer CPU market is much larger than many here think and is actually growing year after year.
Possibly, but not unit wise comparing to tablet\mobile or the server world.
...and unit volume needs to be high to sustain the node pumps on full.