Intel Core X series processor family and X299 chipset Announced at Computex May 30th

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/21/2017 02:36 PM | source: | 56 comment(s)

It looks like Intel is pushing forward their X299 Chipset release with alongside it Core X processors. The announcement would be May 30th with availability June 26th opposed to a release in August.

The X299 chipset will be compatible with Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X Intel Core X series processors. Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X, will include 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4 core products. That 12-core version is a new one and seems to be a bit of a panic reaction from Intel towards AMD who might be releasing 12 and 16 core parts.

	Kaby Lake	Broadwell-E	Kaby Lake-X	Skylake-X
CPU cores	4	6, 8, 10	4	6, 8, 10, 12
Cache	8MB	Up to 25MB	8MB	13.75MB
PCIe support	PCIe 3.0 (16 lanes)	PCIe 3.0 (40/28 lanes)	PCIe 3.0 (16 lanes)	PCIe 3.0 (44/28 lanes)
Integrated graphics	Yes	No	No	No
TDP	95W	140W	112W	140W
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 2011-v3	LGA 2066	LGA 2066
Chipset	KBL PCH-H	X99	KBL PCH-X	KBL PCH-X
Memory support	Dual-channel DDR4	Quad-channel DDR4	Dual-channel DDR4	Quad-channel DDR4

The X299 will bring quad-channel DDR4 support to compatible 14nm processors and 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes with Skylake-X procs. Kaby Lake-X procs will support dual-channel DDR4 and 24 PCIe 3.0 Lanes. Before you ask, why release both Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X at the same time and what is the difference? Well, Skylake-X thus can offer 12, 10, 8 and 6 core processors, the other (Kaby lake-X) remains to be a quad-core part. Skylake-X are the extreme edition like the 6950X series currently on Skylake-X. These processors will get a 140 Watt TDP, the quad-core Kaby Lake-X is rumored to be a 112 Watt part.

Since the processors once again will need a new socket, LGA 2066t hat means that once again you have to purchase a new motherboard. There is a rumor right now that Intel is tweaking the cache sizes to increase performance. The new platform thus also offers support for Intel Optane and quad channel DDR4-2667 MHz memory.

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GeniusPr0
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#5423072 Posted on: 04/21/2017 03:03 PM

12 core extreme....

BLEH!
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#5423073 Posted on: 04/21/2017 03:07 PM

Do we have an ETA for the 12- and 16-core Ryzen CPUs?

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#5423074 Posted on: 04/21/2017 03:07 PM

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#5423075 Posted on: 04/21/2017 03:08 PM

12 core extreme....

Can you imagine the price on that thing?

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#5423078 Posted on: 04/21/2017 03:15 PM

Panic reaction? Please, they don't just produce a new 12-core die within a few weeks/months out of "panic", this takes planning for years.

What I'm more interested in are the rumors about Coffee Lake 6 cores coming this summer already on the 370 platform.

This CPU/Chipset series was originally planned for the Q4 Christmas 2017 season. Ryzen launched and it already got moved to August. Rumors of 12/16 core Ryzen parts appeared and all of the sudden Intel makes a move to Computex and invested reportedly spent over US$100 million to accelerate its pace of manufacturing.

Yes panic reaction, these parts might have been designed ready, but where not ready for fabbing this soon already.

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