It really helps to specify what you mean by custom. There is hand-built vs. tool-built, there is full-custom vs. semi-custom, etc... I for one doubt Broadwell

It really helps to specify what you mean by custom. There is hand-built vs. tool-built, there is full-custom vs. semi-custom, etc... I for one doubt Broadwell is hand-built, hand-routed, full-custom. Which is what your parent was probably talking about, as they mention DEC.