[PConline Talk] The release of the seventh generation Core Duo has long been on the agenda. With the unstoppable sneak peek to the world, the legendary process-architecture-optimization of the last step in the optimization of the three steps The explanation appears gradually clear. Secretly to tell you a little secret, is the PConline evaluation room has got the Core i7-7700K in kind, and the much-anticipated seven generation Core benchmark performance? Have to look forward to the launch of our first evaluation article!
Behind expectations, we are all back to reason. With a hint of greed, we always expect the next generation when every generation of the CPU is no longer mysterious. Process-architecture-optimized reincarnation, back to the process, will it be far behind?
The answer is: far.....very far away.....
First, process - architecture - optimization - optimization of two weeks?
Not long ago, foreign scientific and technological websites released a smoke bomb that was not known as a bomb or blockbuster: a technology website called BenchLife revealed a lot of roadmap information on Intel's 2018 processor line, which was originally postponed until 2017. The 10nm process in the fourth quarter again skipped! The desktop version of 10nm can only wait until 2018 to meet with you.
BenchLife broke news, showing that Coffee Lake-U and -H have to skip tickets until 2018
2018? It seems that we are very far from us, but it is still a year before 2017, and we feel the fact that Intel was dragged down by the process while we were feeling sad. It also makes one wonder that advanced manufacturing processes are the largest capitals. What did Intel do in the most vigorous years of toothpaste?
Intel's bounce game continues
In fact, when Tick-Tock evolved into a process-architecture-optimized CPU development model, Intel already felt the pressure from the process development. Originally a 14nm debut in 2014, but the desktop version has been skipped, jumped to mid-2015, and only one "Devil Canyon" could be used to re-sell Intel's "conscience." After the original 14nm, Intel's days will be better than anyone else. Who knows Intel's future has the same protagonist as "Blizzard" in the "Bounced" movie.
When the promised craftsmanship-architecture-optimization reached the end of a loop, that is, the optimization process, the real increase in frequency did allow Kaby Lake to play an optimized role. Only when we were looking forward to the first process of the next cycle, Intel experienced the same flaws as Haswell and Broadwell.
10mm is still the first to appear in the mobile version, the time is the end of 2017
That is 10nm dystocia. Once upon a time, 10nm in Intel's wishful thinking was launched at the end of 2016, and the mobile version was the premiere. This was the same routine in the Mobile Core M debut when Haswell evolved to 14nm from Broadwell. However, Intel experienced 10nm R&D difficulties, so it postponed to the fourth quarter of 2017 and originally planned to use Coffee Lake as its 10nm debut. As everyone knows, after the news, Coffee Lake is just a 14nm embarrassment. The real 10nm process has to wait until the next generation of Cannon Lake.
Read here, are we already numb? I believe many friends have given affirmative answers. In the poisoning of Intel's long-term toothpaste strategy, we have already abandoned our expectations for next-generation CPUs. However, this optimization after the optimization, the only one that is of interest is whether 1+1 equals 2, which is believed to be a concern of many friends. After all, we care about performance, not generations.
Comparing Coffee Lake specifications, the six cores are very eye-catching
Intel, who does not know how many times to face, also knows that compared to the Kaby Lake microarchitecture desktop processor, if Intel does not make outstanding architectural improvements on Coffee Lake, it is difficult to reflect the "core intention" of the new generation of chips. where. According to the news of BenchLife, as a salvage product, Coffee Lake desktop CPU will have a major change, that is, "six core CPU + GT2 GPU", simply i7 is upgraded to six cores!
Coffee Lake brings quadratic optimization
I believe this is a reliable prediction. From the Kaby Lake upgrade Core i3 and Pentium specifications, from the first generation Core i7 to the seventh generation, has maintained a four-core eight-threaded tradition for many years, it is time to change. In fact, for Intel, this implementation is well-founded. The first is a very mature 14nm process. Power consumption and temperature control are not a problem for Intel. At the same time, there are already six core experiences at the flagship level. The i7 moved to the mainstream is only Intel's will.
This secondary optimization brings precious time to 10nm
Intel, who has lost faith in consumers and the market many times, must give an account, so the mainstream of the six core i7 is imperative. In this way, the optimization of the two-week goal = increase in the number of cores, which is a good complement to the development formula of an Intel CPU, as a facelift for optimization of one week's worth of frequencies. Not only attracted the attention of consumers, but also left a breathing space for Intel's process development.
Second, Core i3/i5/i7 need to be redefined?
When Zen is still in control of lightning in the PPT, Intel will not easily give up the real strength of the structure, but they encountered their own backyard that is the process of continuous fire. Using a simple and violent routine to increase the frequency to achieve the optimal link will always bring about a kind of aesthetic fatigue. why? What can be solved by overclocking? Why is it hard to make a living?
Kaby Lake's mainstream CPU specifications
So, Intel must make changes. From kaby Lake, we have already felt this. From the perspective of the changes that have been identified so far, the underlying Pentium processor brings with it an increase in hyperthreading. It is no longer only mocked by AMD that there are only two threads; the mainstream Core i3 can be overclocked, and real civilian Ferrari is expected to achieve; Core i5 goes higher + Hyper-threading line, do Core i7's shadow; Core i7 upgrade six cores, and open the gap with i5, i3.
Will the mainstream i7 replace the original -E status?
It can be seen that Intel’s future strategy will shift to multi-core. From an interest point of view, Intel's approach is indeed reasonable, after all, these upgrades include increased multi-threading, open overclocking, increase the frequency, increase the number of cores, and so on can be very simple to achieve. And in the card-type Core i7 propaganda position, boasting that its six core is better than the previous four cores, even the rookie knows that this is a greater than. This is a small cost to complete the upgrade, for Intel is naturally the most favorite.
Whether multi-core can be played still depends on software games
However, we need to pay attention to the current mainstream CPU is still the main quad-core, including the Core i5 and i7, the hardware is as such, the software-level optimization is largely based on the four-core optimization to achieve the best operating state . So many years have passed, in the general consumer field, there are still not many application scenarios that can really make full use of multi-core. This is the main reason why Intel does not rely on the core of the survival.
If this is the case
But there is a variable that is the game. We know that in the post-PC era, the factors that promote the development of hardware in games are even more obvious. Therefore, in the game development with obvious CPU bottleneck, if the special optimization is implemented for the next-generation six-core, it is believed that the six-core becomes the Core i7 (non-E series Core i7) as the primary beneficiary. At this point we believe that PC's attention has once again been put into the nuclear war that year.
Third, PConline summary
Perhaps, we are constantly complaining that Intel has been extending the front, but also feel that the evolution of the current process is not as simple as it was then. Poor thinking changes, Intel's three-step development is a transformation. However, when the transition encounters obstacles, it needs a second change to meet the market and satisfy the appetites of DIY players. According to various indications, the optimization of the core strategy may take place in the future.
We believe that if we really optimize the two-week goal, then Core i3/i5/i7 needs to be redefined. At the same time, we can no longer maintain the original thinking to compare the CPUs of successive generations. Of course, this is naturally good news for consumers.
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