Intel to halt Extreme Edition branding for its processors (updated and debunked)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/10/2018 07:53 PM | source: | 40 comment(s)

Intel might be dropping the Extreme Edition branding for their processors. The news was posted by François Piednoël, an ex Intel employee who has worked there for 20 years working on architecture development of CPUs like Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, and Kaby Lake.

So when François posts a tweet as shown below, we do feel it has merit to it. Intel currently is applying the Extreme edition branding to processors like the Core i9-7980XE but jumps way back into the past with procs like the Core i7-5960XE Extreme Edition and if we jump way back in time to 2009, the Core i7 975 Extreme Edition. We'll see what branding Intel comes up with. With the current trend has been something Silver, Gold, Platinum etc.

Update: we just received an email from Intel, denying the claim François made:

“There is no change to the branding of the Intel Core Extreme Edition processor and Intel Core X-series processor family.” – An Intel spokesperson

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alanm
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#5563689 Posted on: 07/10/2018 09:31 AM

Could be to forestall potential embarrassment when lesser chips outperform the Extremes at lower cost. Something AMD has shown able to do lately.

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#5563691 Posted on: 07/10/2018 09:38 AM

But, but.....how are us l33t dudes gonna distinguish ourselves from the herd now? Am I going to have to lead with the price tag when people ask me what CPU I'm running?

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#5563692 Posted on: 07/10/2018 09:42 AM

Could be to forestall potential embarrassment when lesser chips outperform the Extremes at lower cost. Something AMD has shown able to do lately.

Exactly my thinking now, maybe they're not as extreme any more.

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#5563696 Posted on: 07/10/2018 09:50 AM

Hmm? Didn't i9 just replace it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List-of-Intel-Core-i9-microprocessors

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#5563715 Posted on: 07/10/2018 11:27 AM

That's what happens when you bump clock on lower end chips with each generation instead of actually improving IPC in way it makes sense.
Difference between regular and XE chips is not exactly extreme.

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#5563716 Posted on: 07/10/2018 11:30 AM

Well the extreme CPUs had advantages that were more than clocks, usually cores back then, as well as tripple / quad channel RAM support, more PCIe lanes etc., which most of the time doesn't have much sense for gaming purposes, but maybe more gaming / workstation hybrid builds. I usually bought the "enthusiast" platform because honestly, I don't need an iGPU, and I don't want one. So with Intel I was able to avoid that dead die space for me due to picking CPUs which did not offer it.

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#5563718 Posted on: 07/10/2018 11:46 AM

Awww... but the "Extreme" sounded special.

So that price premium is gone now?

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#5563720 Posted on: 07/10/2018 11:48 AM

i9....

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#5563721 Posted on: 07/10/2018 11:48 AM

Why also Intel doesn't come out with the death of X299?
Everyone and his dog know that they wont maintain 2 HEDT platforms when the new 28 core CPUs come out in different socket than 2066.

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#5563722 Posted on: 07/10/2018 11:48 AM

i9....

If correct the 8 core mainstream CFL is i9 now lol.

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#5563724 Posted on: 07/10/2018 11:57 AM

If correct the 8 core mainstream CFL is i9 now lol.

It even has huge "X" on the damn box. cmon people, brighten up!

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#5563727 Posted on: 07/10/2018 12:17 PM

This guy just have seen the writing on the wall......unless.....!! He's the one who put the writing there.....!?!?

Maybe he's the one who has helped with the "hardware issues" as of late...? Hmmm ' "ex employee of twenty some years" dropping hints on things... I

Just kidding....., but wouldn't that be crazy... Sabotage at its finest.

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#5563748 Posted on: 07/10/2018 01:26 PM

Could be to forestall potential embarrassment when lesser chips outperform the Extremes at lower cost. Something AMD has shown able to do lately.

Right? It's no longer "Extreme" when the competition is doing it on the regular.

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#5563749 Posted on: 07/10/2018 01:29 PM

Makes sense. After all, there's little to differentiate between a Core i9 7980XE Extreme Edition chip and a Core i9 7960X X-series chip. Or maybe they wanted to reserve the XE label for their new supposedly 5 GHz 28 core chip?

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#5563788 Posted on: 07/10/2018 03:07 PM

Hmm? Didn't i9 just replace it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List-of-Intel-Core-i9-microprocessors
Came here to say the same thing. This guy seems a little butthurt that times are changing and Intel is just adapting. I think it'd be more of a mistake if Intel were to keep using "Extreme Edition".

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