Broadwell first in 2015 together with Skylake and only "high end"?

[ThreePinkApples]

So, it looks like Broadwell has been pushed to 2015, and will launch together with Skylake

 

Broadwell also looks to only be used for the top i7 and top i5 with Skylake taking the rest of the show

 

 

 

 

So I guess Intel is having trouble with 14nm and had to almost eliminate Broadwell and just skip to Skylake. I'm cool with that, Haswell Refresh works great for know, and Skylake really is the most intersting one of those anyways

 

Sources

 

http://chinese.vr-zone.com/119624/intel-will-update-to-14nm-broadwell-and-skylake-s-for-desktop-in-2015-second-quater-06282014/

http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/18987-intel-broadwell-och-skylake-lanseras-i-andra-kvartalet-2015

http://www.hardware.no/artikler/neste-generasjon-fra-intel-kommer-til-neste-ar/161326

 

(I guess most of you would need google translate)

[ilikemacandpc]

I knew Intel couldn't get 14nm out that quickly. It's really tough scaling stuff down below 20nm. 

[Mitrailleuse]

Great,i'm not in a hurry.

[ViruZ_HUN]

I want that Haswell-e

[ForsakenLive]

Glad to see the extra PCIe connectivity out of the box, this will possible end up in more lanes on motherboards, which is great as we see things like storage and expansion working on the PCIe bus

[skitz9417]

very cool 

[Xorbot]

Sandy Bridge (and E) Master Race

[ericlee30]

Bring on the Chips

[Sauron]

This means I will probably manage to reach the 7 year mark for my 2600 before feeling the need to upgrade.

[Nineshadow]

Then,after Skylake, we have CannonLake.

 

These names...

[Biased Opinion]

Just going to keep waiting. Skylake-E you will be mine. Although when broadwell/skylake laptops start showing up then I will probably get something to replace my MBP seeing as it is still on sandy and the battery life is nothing spectacular.

[Exotath]

Well that will be a long wait.... like really long.

[CatCloud]

Just going to keep waiting. Skylake-E you will be mine. Although when broadwell/skylake laptops start showing up then I will probably get something to replace my MBP seeing as it is still on sandy and the battery life is nothing spectacular.

Yeah Skylake-E seems to be a solid target, ddr4 will mature till then! Meanwhile I'll just upgrade my GPU and hope it will last.

[Misanthrope]

A more sensible company would just lower the prices of the older generation products to act as the lower tiers but sadly this is intel we're talking about

[zeiferlance]

so I guess I still have a year til I switch from Ivy to Skylake 

[Thorium19]

Damn, now I'm going to wait even longer before broadwell, so I may as well just get skylake instead, as it'll be a better option unless intel feel tempted to lower their prices on non refresh haswell, which I doubt they will.

[Tech_Dreamer]

well, if the performance bump is less than 10% what's the use in bringing up new architecture even for a years late or so, this(new cpu release) is getting way too much attention imho

[Redheadsrule13]

Okay, for anyone else that was confused like me; I came up with this which covers the changes between the next couple variants:

 

Haswell Refresh: Clock boosts, Z/H97 boards, Devils Canyon.

Haswell-E: DDR4 for 2011 sockets. X99 boards.

Broadwell: 14nm, DDR4 for 2011 sockets.

Skylake: 14nm, 1151 socket, DDR4 for all sockets, PCIe 4.

[patrickjp93]

Okay, for anyone else that was confused like me; I came up with this which covers the changes between the next couple variants:

 

Haswell Refresh: Clock boosts, Z/H97 boards, Devils Canyon.

Haswell-E: DDR4 for 2011 sockets. X99 boards.

Broadwell: 14nm, DDR4 for 2011 sockets.

Skylake: 14nm, 1151 socket, DDR4 for all sockets.

You forgot pcie 4 coming out with Skylake.

[Redheadsrule13]

You forgot pcie 4 coming out with Skylake.

Thanks, fixed.