7800k?

[DaveKerk]

I was looking through the leaked(?) Kaby Lake lineup, a bit disappointed not seeing a 7800k. Do you guys think one will be released with the rest anyway? Or that the top Kaby Lake is going to be 7700k? Or something else I haven't even thought of.

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[Sakkura]

There will likely be a Core i7-7800K as part of the Skylake-X lineup.

[DaveKerk]

Just now, Sakkura said:

There will likely be a Core i7-7800K as part of the Skylake-E lineup.

Is that the next generation? A bit confused.

[Sakkura]

1 minute ago, DaveKerk said:

Is that the next generation? A bit confused.

It's the next generation on Intel's high-end platform, but it's actually using the older Skylake architecture. The high-end CPUs are always a bit behind the mainstream platform.

[DaveKerk]

2 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

It's the next generation on Intel's high-end platform, but it's actually using the older Skylake architecture. The high-end CPUs are always a bit behind the mainstream platform.

Oh I see now. Thank you for the quick answer!