Interesting analysis.
https://trove.com/a/Intel-Corps-Sky...Line-for-Unlocked-Mainstream-Processors.ksxUO
Core i7 5820K's lower price relative to SB-E/IB-E hexa-cores is already an indication of this. Perhaps Intel will keep pushing the limits of 4C/8T mainstream chips (Kabylake, Cannonlake, etc.) with >4GHz clocks and IPC bumps but they might also bring Skylake-E closer to mainstream. It's also their chance to one up AMD in case Summit Ridge is more than smoke and mirrors.
Was able to buy a 6600k @ newegg just now.. Not Pre-order.. Said in Stock.
Still waiting for a i7 6700k no where to be found grrrr
From AT review:
"What Skylake does is separate the clock domains altogether, so we get a full range of BCLK adjustments for the processor from 100 MHz to 200-300 MHz in 1 MHz increments. Some motherboard manufacturers have extra components on board to either boost that range to 650 MHz+, or add a finer BCLK adjustment system to allow for 0.0625 MHz steps instead."
I read that part, but in the oc section they went with multiplier OC if I remember well, using bclk could have some impact on performance.
Well let's wait and see, since dual cores are different dies and they could lock it again.
They were in stock on release day in the UK and still are. I received mine on Thursday
Lenovo announced Mobile Xeon laptops:
http://news.lenovo.com/news+releases/lenovo-thinkpad-p50-p70.htm
If it indeed has GT4e,which it should although it also has a dGPU, then we might have some 35 or 45W GT4 benchmarks in Q4.
Your chance to get a laptop with Intel’s newest Skylake CPU is almost here. On Monday at the Siggraph show in Los Angeles, Calif., Lenovo announced two new mobile workstations stocked with the 6th-gen mobile chip and a dream checklist of advanced features.
How next-gen? Think up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM, true PCIe SSD performance, Thunderbolt 3 and true USB 3.1 too. There’s even a new Nvidia GPU.
Of course, the new ThinkPad P50 and ThinkPad P70 both pack Intel’s Xeon E3-1500M v5 CPUs, based on the Skylake microarchitecture. We reviewed the desktop Skylake chips last week, or if you’re into the brevity thing, you can just read this short FAQ. For mobile users, beyond saying unlocked, overclockable versions would be available, Intel has been mum.
Overclocking the motherboard and cache with Bclk will definitely have an impact on performance. as they found at Overclock3D.
Some of these graphss show phenomenal performance increases: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/intel_skylake_i5_6600k_i7_6700k_1151_z170_review/8
I have a feeling it is why my current lynnfield system has no problem with Arkham Knight or Watchdogs when users with newer more powerful systems with fixed Bclk reported they were unplayable.
The reason Skylake has the ability to overclock with the Blck is because the fivr is no longer on the CPU. Intel have also said that they will keep it that way until the generation after Kaby lake.
Well those bclk clocks look very promising and with 1mhz granular increases you could reach voltage and thermal limits on basically any skylake cpu.
Assuming that dual cores and non K quads are left untouched we should be back to the e2140 and e5200 days, but I really doubt that this will be the case, what's the point of K parts then?
What's their incentive for not forcing people into K parts when it's been successful so far?
Well those bclk clocks look very promising and with 1mhz granular increases you could reach voltage and thermal limits on basically any skylake cpu.
Assuming that dual cores and non K quads are left untouched we should be back to the e2140 and e5200 days, but I really doubt that this will be the case, what's the point of K parts then?
What's their incentive for not forcing people into K parts when it's been successful so far?
The K parts have the added bonus of an unlocked multiplier for extra flexibility. I would hope they would be binned higher too.
Overclocking the motherboard and cache with Bclk will definitely have an impact on performance. as they found at Overclock3D.
Some of these graphss show phenomenal performance increases: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/intel_skylake_i5_6600k_i7_6700k_1151_z170_review/8
I have a feeling it is why my current lynnfield system has no problem with Arkham Knight or Watchdogs when users with newer more powerful systems with fixed Bclk reported they were unplayable.
The reason Skylake has the ability to overclock with the Blck is because the fivr is no longer on the CPU. Intel have also said that they will keep it that way until the generation after Kaby lake.
Since you can increase bclk by 1mhz it's effectively the same as unlocked multiplier when going for maximum clocks (no fixed straps like in the socket 775 era), the only downside is that you get higher idle clocks but most overclockers won't care and I doubt it makes a huge difference in power consumption.
There's no competitive pressure on Intel to be consumer friendly, I don't have high hopes, this is the company that removed bins overclocking on non k parts in the passage from Ivy to Haswell.
I'm confused. The NB/Bclk was underclocked in that example. The thing I think that helped was the use of very fast DDR4.
"Putting everything together we settled with a 200 BCLK tied into a 24 multiplier giving us 4.8GHz with 3600MHz memory and 4.4GHz cache."
Wonder if that Xeon has AVX-512. Since Intel didn't mention it in the announcement, I guess the answer is noThe first Skylake laptops are Lenovo's Thinkpad P50 and P70 graphics workstations (Xeon E3-1500M v5)
Do you have a link for that? I missed that info it seems, I thought all Xeon would have it (though it's understandable a mobile Xeon wouldn't have it given the power this will surely draw).AVX512 is E5/E7/KNL only as far as I know.
Do you have a link for that? I missed that info it seems, I thought all Xeon would have it (though it's understandable a mobile Xeon wouldn't have it given the power this will surely draw).