Friday, April 21st 2017
Intel's X299 Platform to Counter AMD's X399 with 12-core CPUs
Intel's X299 HEDT platform, whose launch we recently covered as having been pushed forward by the company so as to better compete against AMD's upcoming X399 HEDT platform, has some new, juicy rumors floating about it. Namely, Bench.Life has reported that Intel's upcoming Kaby Lake-X and Skylake-X lines of high performance CPUs will also feature 12-core offerings on its Skylake-X materialization, instead of just the previously reported 6, 8, and 10-core designs.
This really looks like an Intel that's stretching its manufacturing and chip design prowess so as to prevent itself from being buried in higher-performing, higher core and thread count offerings from its rival AMD, which has turned Intel's line-up in the mainstream consumer market head-over-heels already. Latest reports peg the new series as being presented on Computex 2017 (specifically, on may 30th), with availability being expected on June 26th. Which platform are most interested in, and what do you think of this move from Intel?
Sources:
Bench.life, Videocardz
This really looks like an Intel that's stretching its manufacturing and chip design prowess so as to prevent itself from being buried in higher-performing, higher core and thread count offerings from its rival AMD, which has turned Intel's line-up in the mainstream consumer market head-over-heels already. Latest reports peg the new series as being presented on Computex 2017 (specifically, on may 30th), with availability being expected on June 26th. Which platform are most interested in, and what do you think of this move from Intel?
68 Comments on Intel's X299 Platform to Counter AMD's X399 with 12-core CPUs
The servers are for the core count fight 28-32core range.
Thanks AMD :)
Otherwise, you are a willing slave and a party to helping in create a monopoly.
TruStory.
That's why there's little performance gain. The moments when performance should have been improving (as in years past) had Intel's focus been where it ought to have been for desktop computing was instead centered on making sure that Microsoft Surface could have an architecture that was the same (but with fewer cores).
Core improvements are focused on power, not performance. Heat, not speed or core counts. Intel hasn't hit a wall. They built the wall and painted it with a pretty, pretty brush and made it look super-spiffy.
If AMD makes Intel reconsider the wall they themselves built, then that's a great thing for all concerned.
I do like INTEL but they have been dogging it.
This batch AMD is playing the half price card to get their name moved up. However do not think for a second HEDT will be that way. There is more money in those sockets for a reason. Intel has just taken a step to ensure there is zero chance you can confuse mainstream for HEDT. AMD has done the opposite. Lack of PCI-e and other bandwidth related issues plague AM4, I hope that this is worked out for HEDT, because they WILL lose customers if they drop $1000-1700 on a CPU and it doesn't support 3200mhz ram like the box says out of the box.