Friday, 28 March 2014
Intel announces updated processors with new chipset and new GPU engine details for desktop
Intel
has made a number of announcements at GDC.Many announcements were aimed at the market.
This year Intel is launching several products that could give the enthusiast a
reason to upgrade their system.
The
new “Intel Core i7 Processor Extreme Edition” will have eight cores and sixteen
threads adding DDR4 memory and will deploy on a new X99 chipset. This shift of
chipset should put the new processor back on the cutting edge of technology.
There is no word on which DDR4 clock speeds will be supported. It will be
available by 2H 2014.
The
“Unlocked 5th Gen Intel Core Processor” “Codename-Broadwell” will
soon come to desktops and when it does it’ll have “Iris Pro Graphics” attached.
Intel claimed that Broadwell would be a major overhaul of the graphics stack.
Since the Iris Pro includes a 128MB L4 cache that means Intel is bringing a
significant GPU engine over to the desktop.
The
new “Unlocked 4th Gen Intel Core Processor” “Codename: Devil’s
Canyon” will be out by mid-year 2014, with a new thermal interface material. It
will be supported by the new “Intel 9 Series chipset”. It will also have
updated packaging materials.
Intel
is launching the “Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition”. It is an unlocked
version. Intel has added “Quick Sync” to the new processor. It is supported by
both Intel 8 and 9 Series Chipsets. It will be available by mid-year 2014.
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