Core i9 Skylake-X, everything you need to know about Intel's response to the "Ryzen" attack
Intel Core X-Series 2017 processor family
Intel took advantage of Computex 2017 to unveil its next HEDT processor family. We are here on an elitist segment where prices are reaching highs. We've talked to you about this announcement through several of our sources and some press releases. Intel has however offered a very complete presentation of its high-end platform .
Before entering the thread of the subject, it should be noted that the giant processor to properly prepare his shot. Since the release of Ryzen of AMD, the giant has remained silent and we now have the explanation.
AMD has really managed its big comeback with chips like the Ryzen 7 and the Ryzen 5 able to redefine the standards relegating for the occasion the offer of Intel to a lower segment. The market was shaken by an offer aimed at a multiplication of the number of hearts and therefore a surge of performance under applications highly "multithreaded". The silence of Intel is explained by the immediate impossibility of answering. The firm has accepted the challenge leaving time to soothe the effervescence around Ryzen.
On its side AMD worked its return with a frontal attack and, let's say it, virulent on several segments.Core 5 and Core i7 have been mishandled while the Core i3 are threatened as well as the HEDT segment yet dominated by Intel. Discreet on the issue, AMD had for a moment the will to attack also this very special offer.
We now know that the platform X399 and Ryzen Threadripper is intended for this. It will feature a 16-core and 32 Threads technology showcase.
For several weeks, rumors about Intel's latest developments have evoked Kaby Lake-X and Skylake-X chips with up to 12 cores. In fact, Intel does not intend to leave the field open to Ryzen.
Core i9 Skylake-X, Intel wants to dominate the market
The US firm introduced a new brand with Core i9 and unveiled several chips ranging from Core i5 X-Series to Core i9 X-series to Core i7 X-Series and especially a monster in anticipation, a Core i9 Extreme Edition . It will be here to reaffirm its position on the top of the range. Intel does not mince words by talking about desktop processors
"The most powerful and most evolving in the world".
A total of nine chips are planned with a Core i5 X-series, three Core i7 X-Series and five Core i9 X-Series. The following table shows that Intel has no choice but to trigger a multiplication of the number of cores.
Thus 6 cores and 12 Threads are programmed for the Core i7-7740X and Core i7-7800X, 8-core and 16 Threads for the Core i7-7820X. It will therefore be necessary to be careful because the family Core i7 is now declined in 4 cores, 6 cores and 8 cores.
The transition to Core i9 continues this ramp-up with 10 hearts then 12 cores, 14 cores, 16 cores and finally a monster with 18 cores and 36 Threads. It bears a name the Core i9-7980XE. Technical details are still lacking. We do not have any information on its frequencies, its cache or the number of PCIe 3.0 line supported.
This chip will operate on an LGA 2066 socket and referring to the slide "New Intel Core X-Series", a TDP of 160 Watts is very possible. Finally the last capture offers a comparison of these novelties against the current offer.
Note that these Core X-Series 2017 processors split into two families with Skylake-X chips 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18 cores (noted by SKL-X by Intel) and chips only In four cores Kaby lake-X (noted KBL-X by Intel).
It remains to wait to see if AMD also plans to upgrade its Ryzen ThreadRipper range which currently tables on up to 16 cores and 32 Threads.
