Intel confirms Skylake launch

[NumLock21]

At Intel IDF 2015, Intel has confirmed with the launch of their Skylake processors in 2H 2015 with their 100 series chipsets ready for shipment to motherboard manufactures in May of this year. Intel Skylake will be Intel's 6th generation mainstream processors, using a brand new socket LGA1151, that comes in either a dual core or quad core configuration. The processor itself will support either or both DDR4 and DDR3L memory. Note that DDR3L runs at a lower voltage than standard DDR3. According to JEDEC specs DDR3L runs at 1.35v, where as DDR3 runs at 1.5v. IMO the decision for DDR3L might be to keep in close range in with DDR4 as it runs at a even lower 1.2v.  Along with the processors, are the Intel 100 series chipets. They will be 6 chipets to choose from with the enthusiast Z170 at the very top of the ladder. The Z170 chipset will feature 20x PCIe 3.0 lanes,  6x SATA 6Gb/s ports, 10x USB 3.0 (14 in total, including USB 2.0), support of up to 3x PCIe based storage, supporting Intel RST, and with partial support for overclocking on non K processors. Interestingly, the Z170 isn't the only chipset that's capable of the features mentioned, their Q170 chipset is exactly the same as the Z170, except the Q supports VPro, as it's catered towards business. Both of these chipset also supports graphic card configuration in single at x16, dual at x8, and triple at x8/x4/x4.

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Intel confirms skylake CPUs

JEDEC DDR3L

Intel 100 series chipset comparision

IDF 2015

[STRMfrmXMN]

I ordered my Haswell Refresh i3 on Monday but cool cool

Also, Skylak*e*

[H4X3R]

Interesting, but this was leaked a LONG time ago.

[Decon]

new socket

[niofalpha]

Skylak OP!

[TheDev]

upgrade time soon then

[NumLock21]

Interesting, but this was leaked a LONG time ago.

and now it's confirmed.

[NumLock21]

DP

[ErickS89]

Okay cool, but skylake E but mid 2015.... Now that'd be cool, to bad I just spent $1000 a month or so ago on a 5960x.... If it really is 2h 2015 I'll sell my 5960x and wait a few months....

[SurvivorNVL]

Skylake-E, you say?  Well... don't mind if I do.

[connorpiper]

I ordered my Haswell Refresh i3 on Monday but cool cool

Also, Skylak*e*

 

4150, 4160 or 4330? 

[MegaDave91]

Skylake will put my 4670K (and mobo too for that matter) into early retirement.

[STRMfrmXMN]

4150, 4160 or 4330? 

Haswell Refresh 4360.

[connorpiper]

Haswell Refresh 4360.

 

I had no idea a 4360 existed. But whatever. 

[Norman_the_Owl]

Okay cool, but skylake E but mid 2015.... Now that'd be cool, to bad I just spent $1000 a month or so ago on a 5960x.... If it really is 2h 2015 I'll sell my 5960x and wait a few months....

But...you do understand this is only skylake, not Skylake-E right?

The skylake I7 will only have 4 cores still, the 5960x has 8 cores. They're not at all in the same league at all

[STRMfrmXMN]

I had no idea a 4360 existed. But whatever. 

@ was sent one when he ordered a G3258

[connorpiper]

@ was sent one when he ordered a G3258

 

Quite an awesome mistake. 

[ItsAFeature]

And still quad cores unless you get Skylake-E. Was hoping for a Hexcore.

[pit5000]

Z170...? rolls off the tongue

[CatCloud]

Wait, what happened to Broadwell??

I'm abit out of the loop, someone fill me in!

[patrickjp93]

And still quad cores unless you get Skylake-E. Was hoping for a Hexcore.

As soon as software catches up. Consumers are not going to see big jumps until software evolves. No two ways about it. Software performance on legacy instructions has a hard limit bound to clock speed, cache miss ratios, and number of cores used. Intel is grinding against those limits even now, and with Zen I expect AMD will also start running into those limits as well. If software doesn't evolve it'll become a gigahertz race all over again, and silicon is near its own frequency limits at high temperatures. Beyond 5 GHz with anything less than chilled cooling solutions is just plain infeasible.

[patrickjp93]

Wait, what happened to Broadwell??

I'm abit out of the loop, someone fill me in!

Broadwell C (formerly K) is still coming, but it's really only useful for SFF PCs like HTPCs or people who want to test overclocking on the new process. Intel knows this and is focusing the cores toward the Xeon and Xeon D products to stay ahead of ARM in micro servers and offer more cores against the IBM Power 8 chips until KNL is ready for mass shipments. Meanwhile Skylake takes over the mobile and desktop space.

[Sharon24]

god i just about to buy 4790K

is worth the waiting?

i have now i5 760  :wacko:  :unsure:

[CatCloud]

Broadwell C (formerly K) is still coming, but it's really only useful for SFF PCs like HTPCs or people who want to test overclocking on the new process. Intel knows this and is focusing the cores toward the Xeon and Xeon D products to stay ahead of ARM in micro servers and offer more cores against the IBM Power 8 chips until KNL is ready for mass shipments. Meanwhile Skylake takes over the mobile and desktop space.

Yeah had plans for a SFF pc that's why I was wondering what's up,

Glad its comming, any release date?

[blaze124]

god i just about to buy 4790K

is worth the waiting?

i have now i5 760 :wacko: :unsure:

Im in the same boat as you, i got a 750 i overclocked mine to hold try n hold out