The upcoming Intel Broadwell release date has just been revealed with a Japanese website reporting that the chips will soon launch on June 2, 2015. The Broadwell lineup will only include two models and is expected to not gain much traction in the enthusiast market.
It was earlier reported that Intel may release the Broadwell processors around May but plans may have shifted and now a June 2 release date. As mentioned, the Broadwell release will only include two models in their lineup: the Core i7-5775C (4 cores / 8 threads /3.3GHz/TB during 3.7GHz / TDP65W / Iris Pro 6200) and “Core i5-5675C” (4 core / 4 thread /3.1GHz/TB during 3.6GHz / TDP65W / Iris Pro 6200 2 model. The processors will be compatible with existing Intel 9-series chipsets including Z97 and H97.
Reception is mixed for the chips mostly because of their lower clock rates but recent attempts at overclocking the chips have yielded good results. That said, the Broadwell chips could be priced a bit lower than the existing Devils Canyon chips, the i7-4790K and i5-4690K. It could be inferred that Intel might be targeting people who want lower power consumption but still have a some headroom for overclocking to eek out some more performance.
It is expected that Intel will release the true successor of the Devils Canyon series CPUs, the Skylake-based i7-6700K and i5-6500K which could hit shelves at around October.
Intel is showing some changes in its release schedule and is certainly shaking up the CPU cycle we’ve gotten accustomed to. With recent releases basically providing only small increments to performance, system builders have opted to stay away from early adoption and has left it to the enthusiast community to provide feedback on how the new chips performs and their feasibility on modern systems.
We hope to secure samples of these new processors for review and will provide updates and a review once we’ve gotten our hands on them.
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Looks like it’s time for an upgrade….
Looks like it’s time for an upgrade….
Looks like it’s time for an upgrade….
Looks like it’s time for an upgrade….
wooooooww. this 14nm architecture :3 :3
wooooooww. 14nm architecture :3 :3
wooooooww. 14nm architecture :3 :3