Monday, April 8th 2013
Intel Core "Haswell" Processors Begin Shipping to OEMs
Intel reportedly began shipping its 4th generation Core processors, codenamed "Haswell," to its OEM partners (companies that sell pre-built PCs). These shipments could go into building the first batches of PCs running the chips, which will be launched alongside retail trims of the chips, in June 2013. In June, on the sidelines of Computex 2013, one of the biggest annual PC technology tradeshows, Intel is expected to launch its Core "Haswell" processors, various motherboard vendors are expected to launch compatible socket LGA1150 motherboards.
Among the Core "Haswell" chips Intel is expected to launch for the desktop platform, are the Core i7-4770K flagship quad-core part, and the Core i5-4670K, both of which feature unlocked base-clock multipliers, appealing to overclockers and PC enthusiasts. There are twelve other models on offer, with locked base-clock multipliers, a majority of which come in energy-efficient brand extensions such as -T and -S.
Source:
CNET
Among the Core "Haswell" chips Intel is expected to launch for the desktop platform, are the Core i7-4770K flagship quad-core part, and the Core i5-4670K, both of which feature unlocked base-clock multipliers, appealing to overclockers and PC enthusiasts. There are twelve other models on offer, with locked base-clock multipliers, a majority of which come in energy-efficient brand extensions such as -T and -S.
30 Comments on Intel Core "Haswell" Processors Begin Shipping to OEMs
or oems will use only third party usb3 controller?
I do see some improvements in benching but in gaming you don't see it..
AMD never fixed the original Phenom TLB bug, and then there's the Bulldozer TLB bug, another division bug for Llano and Athlon II (errata 665), and then the stack pointer corruption bug discovered last year (errata 721). There are hundreds of bugs in any modern CPU. These are often never fixed, and it's left to the OS, the motherboard vendors and programmers to implement workarounds.
The standard response to any of these? Something like this:The errata above affects Bulldozer and current FX processors. Yes, that's a sleep resume bug, just like Intel's and possible more troublesome because it will crash the entire system.
November for me is the month to buy haswell.
Found an article about it after I also kinda forgot about it : www.extremetech.com/computing/152423-intel-goes-toe-to-toe-with-analysts-denies-haswell-has-power-issues.
I can see the integrated VRM's being a blessing for overclocking, but also another way for intel to lock away any potential in non-K models.
And of course, if the iVRM's perform near their intended goal, system poweruse should be quite a bit lower for mobile devices.
Otherwise, might as well wait for a FX Steamroller or a A12 Kaveri APU (6-core, w/ L3, and all the new heterogeneous voodoo that will come with it).
But for something even more on-topic... those puppies better clock to 5GHz easy / have no massive heat-spike issues like IB and so on...
Speaking of which, relating to both my subjects... I hope the Broadwell upgrade path is straightforward... I don't care much about DDR4... it's useless outside of APU/workstation/server markets at the moment, but I DO hope there'll be a mainstream move to 6-core with Broadwell... (for Intel)... and 10 to 12 core (for AMD).
I'd like to see Intel move to 8-core on X79/X99... so as there being a place for 6-core CPUs on 1150. I had more arguments for the move to mainstreamise (Intel) 6-core CPUs... but I forgot them at the moment LOL. Either way, if Kaveri/FX Steamroller delivers, Intel will finally start to feel a real burn, and maybe x86 tech will move already...
You may be right, it could be just the iGPU, but to me, with a smaller process, the CPU and System Agent should draw less power, allowing the iGPU to be faster and larger, while remaining within the same power envelope. Mind you, it's only another 10 watts...
So I dunno whether it's the VRMs or the iGPU, but I was personally expecting higher tDP due to the iVRM.
I suppose this will also allow mobo makers to lower the cost of the motherboard, and furthermore, it will probably mean that the problem of blown up VRM's on cheap motherboards will be history because there will be nothing left to blow up!
Edit: another pic i found of Haswell with supposedly external ram on chip, found here, Enjoy!
I wonder where the iVRM is on this chip btw lol
Ill wait for the C2 boards to come out, don't like the idea of buying something that I know is faulty. Just peace of mind I guess.
That's one large chip, IMHO.
So you mean that my sweet 8-phase active-swiching/load-balancing digital PWM power circuitry is on chip,
then will that lend to "limited" overclocking ?
I mean, Intel did a great job on my M/B, especially on the killer 1866 Ram divider, but I'd hate to move on only to find that there's no more hope of hitting high 4.8-5.x+ CPU speed's.
FWIW, it was by no mean's easy for me to get there, sure I didn't have to soldier, but it took a LOT of trial and error with this "engineering" BIOS to get a good O/C.
Hell when I left[THAT's Why} the Gigabyte GA-UD3R, I couldn't get sht for O/Cing, and it was with my same Q6600 that did really well on the conroe865PE, so yea it's always a crap shoot, but that's what the $30 Warranty was for on this Z68/i7, Fry it/ they Buy it Lol.
Hope it stay's that way, Fast AND Stable