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To Intel's credit, it could have emulated a heavily-threaded and unrealistic synthetic benchmark (Cinebench comes to mind) to expose a 50% performance delta, but instead chose to emulate real applications with the SYSmark application. Instead, the company used pre-silicon estimates that have a +/- 7% margin of error, so the final product may fall short of projections. The catch? Intel didn’t run the tests on the final product it brought out on stage. Doubling the number of cores within the same 15W TDP envelope is an impressive achievement, but it kind of takes the shine off of a mere 30% performance increase. The press release was equally unclear, but we examined the footnotes and found that the hyperthreaded processors have twice the number of physical cores than the previous generation and a 500MHz increase to the TurboBoost clock. Of course, many took that to mean IPC-boosting architectural enhancements, but we don’t really know for sure, because Intel unfortunately didn’t provide any context during the keynote. Most Vague Announcementĭuring its keynote, Intel made a brief mention that its 8th generation processors offer up to 30% more performance than its 7th generation products. Now, both companies have to find a way to compete for customers, which usually equates to lower price tags. Intel’s suddenly found motivation to make changes that it could have arguably made long ago, and AMD has a solid lineup of new competitors. It’s refreshing to see the return of competition. Both new HEDT platforms promise to bring unique high-performance options, but we’ll learn more as they come to retail.
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Intel also wants to lay any question of its multi-threaded performance to rest, so it made a few architectural tweaks to increase performance.ĪMD responded in kind by divulging that it offers up to 64 PCIe lanes on its new lineup, thus disrupting Intel’s product segmentation strategy that sees the company offering only 44 PCIe lanes on its most expensive SKUs.Ĭomputex was awash with new X299 motherboards for Intel’s Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X processors and AMD’s new X399 motherboards for the creatively-named ThreadRipper. The company one-upped AMD and announced a new Skylake-X lineup with more cores and threads while it simultaneously slashed prices. The company’s low-cost Ryzen processors have brought a new level of excitement to the enthusiast space, and they also apparently forced Intel to respond in kind.ĪMD has its promising 16C/32T ThreadRipper processors poised to attack Intel’s HEDT dominance, but Intel isn’t sitting idly by. Best Win For ConsumersĪ competitive CPU market has been one of the biggest no-shows at Computex for the last decade, but AMD’s Ryzen has changed that spectacularly.
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REEVEN COMPUTIX 2017 UPGRADE
If Intel’s plan works, you won’t have to upgrade your laptop every three years-you’ll just slip in a new card and continue working.
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We’ve already seen new AIOs from ECS at Computex 2017, but even more intriguing, Dell, HP, and Lenovo plan to introduce new products soon. It’s also impressive considering the card apparently has no heat dissipation apparatus.Ī slew of partners have signed on to construct new devices around the replaceable cards, and more will follow.
REEVEN COMPUTIX 2017 BLUETOOTH
As such, it was surprising that Intel managed to pack in up to a Core i5-7Y57, 4GB of DDR3, a 128GB SSD, and Intel Wireless-AC 8265 (2x2.11ac & Bluetooth 4.2) into the slim new form factor. The concept is sound, but the size of the package is limited. That extends the lifecycle of “disposable” computing devices. When newer Compute Cards with beefier processors, storage, and connectivity become available, you simply eject the old card and insert a new one to provide more performance within the same device. The concept is simple: cram an SoC, storage, and connectivity into a small 94.5 x 55 x 5mm package that you can use in a wide variety of devices, including tablets, laptops, AIOs, refrigerators (yes, seriously), and IoT gateways. Intel originally announced its Compute Card earlier this year at CES and outlined its plan to use it in a wide range of devices.