The suitability of i5/i7 for most workloads hasnt gone unnoticed at Intel. I expect future i5/i7 to be gimped with respect to IO connectivity to ensure that peo

The suitability of i5/i7 for most workloads hasnt gone unnoticed at Intel. I expect future i5/i7 to be gimped with respect to IO connectivity to ensure that people doing real computation continue to pay the Xeon tax. For reference see the bits about pcie lanes at http://semiaccurate.com/2015/08/05/intel-plays-press-skylake-stupidity/ http://semiaccurate.com/2015/08/05/intel-plays-press-skylake... . Another place where this shows up is the AVX 512 fiasco where AVX 512 is missing from consumer chips. Intel has some of the best engineers in the world and make exceptional products. I wish the beancounters at Intel were a bit less into market segmentation.