What's the i9-7980XE's suffix "XE"

[Red Green Blue]

I'm kind of getting confused by this, on Intel's list of suffixes X is extreme edition and E is low power dual core, so it must mean something else, is it a new suffix or just extreme edition?

[ARikozuM]

"Xtra Extreme"

 

Edit: I have no idea. 

[god of noobs]

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x is usually denoted as extreme edition . in i9 7980XE , E doesn't mean anything directly but in another way 
for ex: i7 7820HK ( H- high perf graphics , K- unlocked ) which is used in gaming laptops.. here H doesn't mean that it is has high perf integrated graphics but rather paired with only flagship gpus which support overclocking .. so in XE case E stands for high end offering intel can provide only in limited variants 

[scottyseng]

"Xtra Expensive"

 

But no really, I think it's extreme edition...but really Intel really needs to rework their SKU system...so confusing.

[Lord Nicoll]

With the Skylake X series, Intel ran scared of AMD I think, and instead of calling it Intel Skylake E (where E stands for enthusiast) and the X being for the Extreme Edition of the Skylake E range, they named the entire range Skylake X (where X stands for extreme) and then had to come up with a new way to denote the special top of the range chip, hence XE, which I guess means Extreme Edition but don't quote me on that, the E might be for something else, like expensive, (as in "Holy fuck that thing is expensive") or maybe exponential, (as in "Jesus Fucking Christ that thing suffers from exponential power draw at higher clocks")

[Red Green Blue]

Ah thank you