Wednesday, March 4th 2015
Intel to Launch Socketed "Broadwell" Processors in mid-2015
Along the sidelines of GDC 2015, Intel offered a few details on how the year could look for its desktop processor lineup. The company is preparing to launch socketed Core "Broadwell" processors in mid-2015 (late Q2 or early Q3), likely in the sidelines of Computex 2015. Broadwell is an optical shrink of "Haswell" to the new 14-nanometer silicon fab process, with a minor feature-set update, much in the same way as "Ivy Bridge" was an optical shrink of "Sandy Bridge" to the 22 nm process.
The socketed Core "Broadwell" chips could come in the LGA1150 package, running on existing 8-series and 9-series chipset motherboards, with BIOS updates. The optical shrink seems to be working wonders for the silicon. Quad-core chips based on "Broadwell" could come with TDP rated as low as 65W (and we're not talking about the energy-efficient "S" or "T" brand extensions here). Some dual-core variants in the series may even be based on the smaller Core M "Broadwell" silicon, which physically features just 2 cores (and isn't a bigger quad-core silicon with two cores disabled in what's a colossal waste of rare-earth metals on a production scale). Some of those dual-core parts could come with TDP rated as low as 28W.
Source:
TechReport
The socketed Core "Broadwell" chips could come in the LGA1150 package, running on existing 8-series and 9-series chipset motherboards, with BIOS updates. The optical shrink seems to be working wonders for the silicon. Quad-core chips based on "Broadwell" could come with TDP rated as low as 65W (and we're not talking about the energy-efficient "S" or "T" brand extensions here). Some dual-core variants in the series may even be based on the smaller Core M "Broadwell" silicon, which physically features just 2 cores (and isn't a bigger quad-core silicon with two cores disabled in what's a colossal waste of rare-earth metals on a production scale). Some of those dual-core parts could come with TDP rated as low as 28W.
44 Comments on Intel to Launch Socketed "Broadwell" Processors in mid-2015
www.techpowerup.com/210106/intel-delays-14-nm-skylake-desktop-cpu-launch.html
Anyway I have both Z87 and Z97 based systems here, so even if Intel change their mind again at least one of my box can be upgraded.
Wondering when the S2011-3 cpus will be launched, 18 months?
My ideal 4K system upgrade would consist of a g-sync / adaptive sync / strobing 4K monitor, Skylake CPU and a "Big Maxwell" GPU, which I reckon will be a lot faster than my current 2700K + 780 Ti system. Whether I can afford to buy this lot when they're out is another matter. :laugh:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_(semiconductor)
Tantalum is used for the capacitors, not the core. And for doping silicone they use materials with 3 electrons in the other shell (mostly aluminum and Gallium) for the P substrate and materials with 5 electrons ( mostly Phosphorus and Arsenic) for the N substrate, out of them Gallium is a bit rare, but for doping you don't need a lot.
The automotive industry uses and wastes orders of magnitude more rare earth metals than the few micrograms that are "wasted" on two measly disabled cores...