Intel next-gen desktop CPUs to feature 12-52 cores across Core Ultra 3, 5, 7, and 9 SKUs

[HardReset]

Current Skymont E-cores are a strong as Raptor Cove P cores and can hit 4.6GHz. It's laughable to still think they are pleb grade cores that are much slower. Nova Lake's E cores will see another lift in performance compared to Skymont. For people that aren't game obsessed, everything from i5 to 19 will be a productivity monster. Bring it on.

Skymont is also very big too. So big it almost makes whole Hybrid thing pointless. Also power consumption will be an issue. Of course, like Raptor Lake, if power consumption and CPU durability are no issue, it's just fine.

All in all Skymont is so big that it barely make any sense. Scheduling problems will be bad and once again, AMD solution using c-cores remains much better.

 

[Rudyduu]

Because they’ve forgotten how to innovate. Too many years of sitting on their rear ends while AMD wallowed in the shadows while drinking their own Kool-Aid.

That's not at all fair or accurate. Their foundry couldn't keep up with their chip designs. Manufacturing chips is much harder than designing them, which is also very difficult.

 

[seeprime]

Under Pat Intel floundered, got stuck on alder lake, and canceled multiple nodes. There's no evidence that he was fixing any of Intel's systemic problems.

Don't forget Pat was in charge during the netburst and bribery fiascos. Anyone who thought he was gonna save Intel has a screw loose.

Pat had a four year plan. The board got impatient three years in. The board is full of the wrong people, IMO.

 

[Tantor]

The Empire Strikes Back. So the Ultra 7 will have 42 cores and 120meg cache? That's ridiculous. The huge number of cores may be due to the lack of SMT.

I remember the AMD bulldozer years of desperation. It was difficult but I hung in there for AMD. AMD was able to rebound. What goes around comes around, and it may be Intel's turn.

 

[Liranan]

The Empire Strikes Back. So the Ultra 7 will have 42 cores and 120meg cache? That's ridiculous. The huge number of cores may be due to the lack of SMT.

I remember the AMD bulldozer years of desperation. It was difficult but I hung in there for AMD. AMD was able to rebound. What goes around comes around, and it may be Intel's turn.

The new ThreadRippers crush any hopes Intel had of competing, they've nuked their hopes and dreams from orbit on such a scale that continued market share loss is absolutely guaranteed.

 

[Y2JB47]

Why can’t they sort out their naming convention? As a software engineer of 30 years I have no idea how to know which intel CPU is new/modern beyond the basics of i3<i5<i7.

Granted AMD is no better in this area either.

 

[HardReset]

Why can’t they sort out their naming convention? As a software engineer of 30 years I have no idea how to know which intel CPU is new/modern beyond the basics of i3<i5<i7.

Granted AMD is no better in this area either.

That is, by design. More people buy "old" stuff because of bad naming system, more people buy sooner "new" stuff.

 

[onebignerd]

*brings out the bugle and begins to play Taps*

I’m afraid that this is the beginning of the end for Intel. Honestly, the first nail in the coffin was when Apple went their own way with their M-Series of chips. Then we had another nail when their 13th and 14th gen chips began to fail. Now this? Another nail is being hammered in as we speak.

Been running a Intel 13 gen processor for 2 1/2 years without issues! The failures did not occur on every 13 & 14 gen processor made. Yeah Apple was the majority of Intel's business, now they'll go bankrupt. Seriously? There is no performance data or evidence of thee CPUs being "..another nail..", they have yet to test a single CPU. Jumping the gun aren't you?