Poll of the Day > lol. intels 8th gen processors are just repackaged 7th gen ones

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/intel-first-8th-generation-processors-are-just-updated-7th-generation-chips/

The first "8th generation" Intel Core processors roll out today: a quartet of 15W U-series mobile processors. Prior generation U-series parts have had two cores, four threads; these new chips double that to four cores and eight threads. They also bump up the maximum clock speed to as much as 4.2GHz, though the base clock speed is sharply down at 1.9GHz for the top end part (compared to the 7th generation's 2.8GHz). But beyond those changes, there's little to say about the new chips, because in a lot of ways, the new chips aren't really new.

Although Intel is calling these parts "8th generation," their architecture, both for their CPU and their integrated GPU, is the same as "7th generation" Kaby Lake. In fact, Intel calls the architecture of these chips "Kaby Lake refresh." Kaby Lake was itself a minor update on Skylake, adding an improved GPU (with, for example, hardware-accelerated support for 4K H.265 video) and a clock speed bump. The new chips continue to be built on Intel's "14nm+" manufacturing process, albeit a somewhat refined one.

Earlier this year, Intel claimed that the new chips would add 30 percent performance over 7th generation parts; that number is now 40 percent. A total of 25 percent of that boost (in the SYSmark benchmark) comes from the doubled core and thread count. The remainder is split evenly between "manufacturing" improvements (which is to say, higher clock speeds) and "design" improvements.

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It's it's not 32 core then I don't care
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Helly. We get it. You are an AMD fanboy and don't like Intel.

he says to the person that doesn't have anything AMD in his house except consoles
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We are kind of hitting the point of diminishing returns on chips anyways. A 10 year old chip will pretty much do everything the average person needs. No need for the latest and greatest.
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doesn't it say in your very quote that they have 40% more performance than the previous gen?
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Sahuagin posted...

doesn't it say in your very quote that they have 40% more performance than the previous gen?

that is what intel says, yes.
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The end of the previous generation was already like 300% better than the beginning of the previous generation so that doesn't mean anything
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and that 75% of that increase is from manufacturing and design improvements...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-tock_model


Intel's been slowing down, probably because it's approaching the 5 nm wall, where transistors are so small, quantum tunneling happens, which is where conventional physics breaks down and electrons pass through walls/logic gates. It's effects even happen at 10 nm, which is the next die shrink.
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So they maximize 7th generation and renamed it 8th generation?
Shocking news
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