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The state of Skylake software support over the last year for both Linux and Windows (with many Linux issues still unresolved) kills any excitement I might have
by willtim 11y ago
The state of Skylake software support over the last year for both Linux and Windows (with many Linux issues still unresolved) kills any excitement I might have had for future intel products. To be honest, I'd rather have a slower passively cooled ARM chip, at least then my ultrabook wouldn't sound like a jet engine when some background task kicks in (not to mention battery drain consequences).
- neverminder 11y agoI am excited and it's really not about the speed. Future intel product - Kaby Lake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaby_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaby_Lake): - Native USB 3.1 support - 200 Series chipset (Union Point) - Thermal design power (TDP) up to 95 W (LGA 1151) - Support for both DDR3L SDRAM and DDR4 SDRAM in mainstream variants, using custom UniDIMM SO-DIMM form factor - Support for 16 PCI Express 3.0 lanes from CPU, 24 PCI Express 3.0 lanes from PCH (LGA 1151) - Support for Thunderbolt 3 - 64 to 128 MB L4 eDRAM cache on certain SKUs - Up to four cores as the default mainstream configuration - Support for Intel Optane Technology - Full fixed function HEVC Main10/10-bit decoding acceleration & VP9 10-bit decoding acceleration. Biggest point for me is native USB 3.1 (Type-C) support. USB Type-C is is projected to be the most abundant socket in the history of humanity.
- ksec 11y agoHEVC fixed function decoding is also in Applo Lake as well. Along with USB 3.1. So if you don't need much performance, Goldmont, at least on paper now seems to offer the same as Kabylake.
- neverminder 11y agoUnfortunately, putting anything less than core i7 in this would be blasphemy: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001675 http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001...