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by vonklaus 3407 days ago
I wonder if they have. I don't know if this is water-cooler gossip, but I have heard they are going to have another release in 6-8 months and Kaby lake is simply a placeholder.

I wonder if they are far ahead enough to drop something that beats Ryzen on every metric including price. Either way, that would push it up quick.
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rincebrain 3407 days ago
Evidently, while Cannonlake (the 10nm next gen chips for low-power SKUs) got punted to 2018 [0], Coffee Lake (the 14nm next gen chips for desktops) are still on for 2017 [1].

[0] - https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/18/intel-corporation-...

[1] - https://www.technewsinc.com/intel-8th-gen-coffee-lake-proces...

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PedroBatista 3406 days ago
Didn't Intel release new CPUs last month? they'll be running out of lakes soon to overcharge us for 10% improvements.
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rincebrain 3406 days ago
Desktop Kaby Lake launched last month, portable Kaby Lake started shipping to OEMs Q2 2016.

Intel used to try for a tick or tock every year - so Sandy Bridge in 2011, IVB in 2012, Haswell in 2013, then Broadwell was incredibly late except for a handful of SKUs in 2014, Skylake in 2015, Kaby Lake (mobile) in 2016...

Really the problem is that Intel ends up having these staggered releases, probably to address limited yield on their new processes and the most impact/value (since they've been so focused on improved work per watt, and mobile cares about that for a lot more than just heat dissipation reasons...)

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