Hmm. So what does that mean about the likelihood of 6c/12t CoffeeLake working on existing platforms/sockets?
Hmm. So what does that mean about the likelihood of 6c/12t CoffeeLake working on existing platforms/sockets?
6 core Coffee Lake on Z270 would be great.
Z170 would be even better
The only problem i can think of is OEM support, they may dont want to offer bios updates.
Sharing this megaton with you guys first. This comes from a pre-publication from DigiTimes, thanks to a friend with a subscription. Should go public tomorrow and I'll update with the proper link then.
DigiTimes: Intel brings Coffee Lake launch forward to August 2017
Yeah, I struggle to see their incentive for adding support for Z170s. Offering support for the previous chipset (Z270) seems to be the norm (a bit of brand loyalty payback). I imagine the only real hold back for Z170 is supplying the CPU specific microcode updates.
Intel pushing up Coffeelake from Q1 2018 to August 2017? Doesn't that seem like Intel has products in the pipeline but has just been sitting on them this whole time?
Yes, Coffee Lake 14++, Kaby Lake 14+.
Big scoop there, Sweeper.
Wow, great catch Sweepr. Really good news. I total agree with @Arachnotronic. Really nice to see Intel stepping up it's game. Competition is the spice of life in tech
Can we change this thread's title to add in Coffee Lake also, since it's same architecture mostly as Kaby Lake?
Hmm. So what does that mean about the likelihood of 6c/12t CoffeeLake working on existing platforms/sockets?
Intel will unveil its Basin Falls platform, i.e. Skylake-X, Kaby Lake-X processors and X299 chipset, at Computex 2017 in Taipei during May 30-June 3 two months earlier than originally scheduled, and will bring forward the launch of Coffee Lake microarchitecture based on a 14nm process node from January 2018 originally to August 2017, to cope with increasing competition from AMD's Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors, according to Taiwan-based PC vendors.
The Basin Falls-based products are expected to be launched at the E3 gaming show in the US in June, with the official release at the end of the month.
The Skylake-X series has three 140W processors featuring 6-, 8- and 10-core architectures, while the Kaby Lake-X series has an 112W quad-core processor. In August, Intel will release a top-end 12-core Skylake-X processor.
Meanwhile, AMD is planning to announce its top-end 16-core Ryzen processor and X399 platform in the third quarter to compete for the gaming market.
As for the 14nm-based Coffee Lake-based processors, Intel will initially release several K-series Core i7/i5/i3 processors and its Z370 chipsets in August, and will release more CPUs as well as H370, B360 and H310 chipsets at the end of 2017 or early 2018.
Intel has reportedly spent over US$100 million to order five EUV machine sets from ASML, to accelerate its pace of manufacturing.
Intel and AMD both declined to comment on unannounced products.
Hopefully Intel goes for each Coffee Lake K unlocked CPU like this:
i7 6C12T
i5 4C8T or 6C6T
i3 4C4T
This is some really great news, Sweepr.
I was originally planning to go with Skylake-X, but I think instead I'm going to replace my 7700Ks with 6 core Coffee Lake-S "K" models. No need to rip and replace mobos, great balance between MT perf and ST perf.
I suppose it's possible they scrapped whatever they would have done and are just re-releasing Kaby Lake with a 6 core die.
How do you know there's no need to replace the mobo? That article if anything seems to indicate the contrary given the 300 series announcement in there.
Z270 launched four months ago, and it'll have been just eight months when CFL drops. All of the mobo makers and etailers will still have sizable Z270 inventory that they will want to clear and if CFL doesn't work in Z200, it'll be very hard for those entities to blow out Z270 inventory.
I fully expect CFL to be compatible with Z270. I don't think the mobo makers will support Z170, though, even though they'd obviously be electrically compatible.