Broadwell, Skylake desktop CPUs scheduled to arrive mid-year, leaked roadmap reveals

[Shawn Knight]

Those looking to upgrade or build a new system using Intel’s upcoming unlocked Broadwell desktop processor won’t have to wait too much longer if the latest leaked roadmap proves accurate.

According to the slide, unlocked Broadwell chips with a 65W TDP on the LGA package are scheduled to arrive by the middle of Q2. That time frame could put their arrival just before Computex, a trade show in which motherboard manufacturers typically roll out new products.

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The next K-series chip from Intel will be Skylake-S, a 95W chip on the LGA platform. As a “tock” in Intel’s tick-tock release cycle, this chip is expected to be completely redesigned with better performance and reduced power consumption. According to the slide, the “K” variant will be joined by standard 65W and 35W variants.

As Tech Report highlights, Broadwell and Skylake desktop parts will co-exist since the former will utilize existing 9-series motherboards while the latter will likely require a new chipset. Mobile Skylake chips, meanwhile, are set to arrive just ahead of their desktop counterparts although they’ll use BGA packages.

Last but not least is Broadwell-E which isn’t scheduled to arrive until early Q1 of 2016. It’s listed in “X” and “K” variants on the LGA package with a thermal envelope of 140W. It should be compatible with existing X99 motherboards.

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[bexwhitt]

Still struggling on here with a 755 quad g0 stepping, how will I manage?

 

[hahahanoobs]

Skylake-S here I come! I just hope I can still use my H100i with it.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Nice but I'm not planning to upgrade anytime soon but when I do these still-to-be-released chips will have seen better days by then.

 

[Cryio]

Still struggling on here with a 755 quad g0 stepping, how will I manage?

Get a Q9650, overclock it to 4 GHz, hang on tight until you get the budget to upgrade to a FX 8320 or an Haswell i5.

 

[Cryio]

So starting with September/October we're going to have desktop and laptops with Skylake? Pff.

What do we even know of Skylake?

 

[cliffordcooley]

Get a Q9650, overclock it to 4 GHz

There was not enough info for you to know the Q9650 would work.

 

[Guest]

I still dont see any need to change my i7 940... Am I worng?

 

[Cryio]

I still dont see any need to change my i7 940... Am I worng?

As long as it's overclocked to 3.5, nope.

 

[cliffordcooley]

I still dont see any need to change my i7 940... Am I worng?

As long as it's overclocked to 3.5, nope.

Let me fix this for you.

As long as it satisfies your needs, nope.

 

[hahahanoobs]

So starting with September/October we're going to have desktop and laptops with Skylake? Pff.

What do we even know of Skylake?

The next K-series chip from Intel will be Skylake-S, a 95W chip on the LGA platform. As a “tock” in Intel’s tick-tock release cycle, this chip is expected to be completely redesigned with better performance and reduced power consumption. According to the slide, the “K” variant will be joined by standard 65W and 35W variants.

If you're looking for final specs now, it's too early for that.

 

[cldmstrsn]

I still dont see any need to change my i7 940... Am I worng?

No you are not wrong. If it does everything you want it to do then there is never a reason to upgrade. I have a 3770k in my system and honestly that will definitely last me at the very very least another 3 years. so ill jump into Cannonlake or the one after that.

 

[Revolution 11]

I still dont see any need to change my i7 940... Am I worng?

No you are not wrong. If it does everything you want it to do then there is never a reason to upgrade. I have a 3770k in my system and honestly that will definitely last me at the very very least another 3 years. so ill jump into Cannonlake or the one after that.

Let's be honest here. His i7 940 itself is good for Cannonlake's successor unless he is really into video encoding or game emulation or photo editing. Your 3770K will be good for even longer.

If you are on a desktop, does power consumption really matter? I would never buy a "tick" like Cannonlake as a desktop CPU, time permitting of course. The tocks are much more interesting.

 

[cldmstrsn]

I still dont see any need to change my i7 940... Am I worng?

No you are not wrong. If it does everything you want it to do then there is never a reason to upgrade. I have a 3770k in my system and honestly that will definitely last me at the very very least another 3 years. so ill jump into Cannonlake or the one after that.

Let's be honest here. His i7 940 itself is good for Cannonlake's successor unless he is really into video encoding or game emulation or photo editing. Your 3770K will be good for even longer.

If you are on a desktop, does power consumption really matter? I would never buy a "tick" like Cannonlake as a desktop CPU, time permitting of course. The tocks are much more interesting.

Ya for sure he would be good when cannonlake comes out and I agree tocks are much more interesting and that's why I said either cannonlake or whatever is after it but I don't see myself upgrading until DDR4 is cheaper or another form of memory comes out. Probably 2018 or 2019 I see doing a new build.