Personally I wouldn't be surprised to that "cheap" MacBook Air just being the same Broadwell machine with a $100 price cut... and then they discontinue it in 2019.It may have been... but not now.
That's why I think there's those new rumors about Apple making a new 'cheap' Macbook Air are true. It's something of a temporary replacement for the Macbook. Maybe it'll come with the Kaby Lake 8130U which has already been announced and looks like the Cannonlake U replacement.
Apple has been strategically letting the MacBook Air stagnate since 2015, so that in 2017 it actually benched slower than the Y series chips in the 12" MacBook. I'm not sure I see Apple suddenly giving it a much faster CPU, given that it's a legacy product now that's likely soon to see the chopping block.
Personally I wouldn't be surprised to that "cheap" MacBook Air just being the same Broadwell machine with a $100 price cut... and then they discontinue it in 2019.
I read more about Thunderbolt. The current Intel controller has a TDP spec of 2.2W. Now it depends on what process they use, but even if they could bring that down to 0.5W, its a significant part of the 5.2W for the Y chips. Intel did state they'll bring Thunderbolt on CPUs though.
This is part of the reason why I think it'll remain optional for a while. I'm just not sure Icelake is the generation that will bring it on die.
This sounds plausible too. The Macbook Air is supposed to fit between the ultra mobile Macbook, and the sort of portable, but higher performance Macbook Pro 13. Apple are not fans of making 20 different products that serve mostly the same purpose.
And I do read there is Cannonlake coming, and so no sure why some people say otherwise. And it will be mainly for sub 15W design. Correct me if I am wrong.
Cannonlake does support LPDDR4 and Gen 10 Graphics. LPDDR4 means the possibility of 32GB Memory, and Gen 10 graphics, well I am not even sure what the word "Generation" means any more.
That's a silly reasoning because you invented the Q4 yourself. For instance we know Whiskey Lake will be a short lived product, with Icelake-Y/U coming in Q4 and ramping in ~Q1'19.Yes it looks like CFL 8C is coming in H2 2018, more likely in Q4 2018 together with Z390. Not sure if this a good sign for ICL-S because with a typical product cycle of 1 year (or more) between two generations ICL-S is not coming before Q4 2019, in a worst case not before H1 2020.
That's a silly reasoning because you invented the Q4 yourself.
For instance we know Whiskey Lake will be a short lived product, with Icelake-Y/U coming in Q4 and ramping in ~Q1'19.
Yes it looks like CFL 8C is coming in H2 2018, more likely in Q4 2018 together with Z390. Not sure if this a good sign for ICL-S because with a typical product cycle of 1 year (or more) between two generations ICL-S is not coming before Q4 2019, in a worst case not before H1 2020.
CFL refresh could be short-lived, just like BDW was. We do know WHL is short lived and WHL/CFL-S Refresh might come out together as 9th gen.
9000 Series CPUs.So the rumored 8 core Coffee Lake S chip... will it be higher than the 8700K, like an 8800K?
Or will this have more cores but less single core speed?
i didnt think the roadmaps showed anything higher than the 8700K till almost 2020...?
If it's on the 10nm process, expect a regression in clock speeds. And that's the sticking point. Will enthusiasts go for 5% IPC uptick, and a 15% clock speed drop?9000 Series CPUs.
As for clocks - the same pattern with 6C/12T 8000 series vs 4C/8T 7000 series clocks.
Why would 8 core COFFEE LAKE CPU be on 10 nm process?If it's on the 10nm process, expect a regression in clock speeds. And that's the sticking point. Will enthusiasts go for 5% IPC uptick, and a 15% clock speed drop?
Been rumors to that effect. I don't think it will be either, but 10nm has been a big problem for them for a while. And will be for at least the near future.Why would 8 core COFFEE LAKE CPU be on 10 nm process?