Intel teases skylake –xy kaby lake x

It seems that the launch of the new Skylake –X and Kaby Lake X processors will be brought forward along with its Intel X299 Basin Falls platform, which was scheduled for the first days of August. Finally, according to the bench.life source, the launch will be during the month of June, approximately one month earlier than planned.

Skylake –X & Kaby Lake X will use the LGA 2066 socket

The Skylake –X and Kaby Lake X processors anticipate their arrival in stores with the X299 platform, in a new generation that would dispense with an integrated GPU to improve frequencies and power consumption.

Both Skylake –X and Kaby Lake X will use the same LGA 2066 socket (Also known as Socket R4) and both will lack a GPU integrated in the same package. These processors will be sold in different models with a number of different cores, as usual. Kaby Lake X will be offered with up to 4 cores and the Skylake-X with up to 10 cores. The manufacturing of these processors is optimized with a 14nm + process, so we should see higher frequencies and a drop in consumption.

It was planned for the month of August

The intention of Intel is to present its new X299 Basin Falls platform together with the Skylake-X and Kaby Lake X processors during the Computex 2017 that will be held between May 30 and June 3, dates that would come as a ring to the finger to leave the public opening mouths.

What are Intel's reasons for bringing it forward?

Everything seems to be related to the AMD Ryzen processors, which still continues with its release schedule after Ryzen 7. In the next few days the Ryzen 5 will arrive and then it will be Ryzen 3's turn. Intel does not want to have surprises or give any centimeters ahead of its lifelong rival, especially after announcing its own HEDT platform for the first time based on Ryzen and its Zen architecture.

Source: videocardz