{"id":7338,"date":"2015-01-06T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=7338"},"modified":"2015-01-06T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T17:32:00","slug":"intel-many-pc-makers-plan-to-skip-desktop-broadwell-pcs-and-wait-for-skylake-cpus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/01\/06\/intel-many-pc-makers-plan-to-skip-desktop-broadwell-pcs-and-wait-for-skylake-cpus\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel: Many PC makers plan to skip desktop Broadwell PCs and wait for Skylake CPUs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Intel: Many PC makers plan to skip desktop Broadwell PCs and wait for Skylake CPUs<\/p>\n

LAS VEGAS\u2014The more powerful the PC, the less important Intel\u2019s Broadwell chip appears to be.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Intel launched the Broadwell-U microprocessors for all-in-ones and traditional notebooks, representing the traditional Core i3, i5, and i7 parts that distinguish low, midrange, and high-end PCs.<\/p>\n

The problem for Intel and PC makers, however, is that Intel\u2019s next-generation chip architecture, Skylake, is due to launch in the second half of 2015, according to Kirk Skaugen, senior vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group, at a dinner meeting at the Consumer Electronics Show here Sunday night.<\/p>\n

That pinches PC makers, who will have to decide which chip architecture to focus their resources on. And where higher-end desktop and gaming PCs are concerned, hardware makers appear to be placing their bets on Skylake.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on… we have a multi-faceted roadmap, as you know. For traditional desktop towers, there\u2019s not a lot of fifth-generation Cores,\u201d Skaugen said. \u201cSo it\u2019s Skylake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why this matters: Gaming PCs have had to wait for the new Broadwell chips. And with Skylake looming on the horizon, it makes sense for vendors to try and sell Broadwell as quickly as possible. If PC gamers must wait for a quarter or two for a high-end part, why won’t they wait a quarter longer for a Skylake chip? It might not be the best argument, but it’s one that’s apparently resonating with pinchpenny PC makers.<\/p>\n

The Broadwell delay makes Skylake more appealing<\/p>\n

Intel\u2019s fifth-generation Broadwell chips take the same microprocessor design as the Intel fourth-generation \u201cHaswell\u201d Core chips and shrink it into a new 14-nm process. While the finer process is expected to boost performance by 22 percent in integrated graphics alone, manufacturing glitches during the process delayed production by several months. Intel\u2019s follow-on chip, Skylake, will use the same 14-nm process as Broadwell but feature a redesign that will bring new improvements.<\/p>\n

That means for now, \u201cdesktop\u201d PCs may use mobile Broadwell chips inside them, indicative of the blurring between the two platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor these all in ones you see over here, they\u2019re taking a mobile processor and putting it in an all in one,\u201d Skaugen said, referring to a table of all-in-one PCs from various manufacturers. \u201cFor most of the OEMs, my guess is that 80 percent of their resources for the last six months have been on Skylake anyway. Because the fifth-generation [Broadwell] Core is a pin-compatible upgrade to the existing Haswell systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skylake, however, is not. And if PC makers are going to perform chassis redesigns to include Wireless Display (WiDi) and 3D RealSense cameras, they\u2019re probably going to invest in Skylake, too, Skaugen said.<\/p>\n

As for WiDi, Skaugen promised that it finally works now.<\/p>\n

Also on the agenda: wireless charging<\/p>\n

Intel\u2019s chief executive Brian Krzanich is scheduled to speak Monday night at a keynote address at CES. Intel executives said the topics of his speech will be wearables, the user experience, and wireless charging. Without confirming specific names, Skaugen said that new wireless charging partners would be named, with 20-watt adapters\u2014enough to recharge a Core M-powered tablet\u2014going into production in the first quarter for between $150 to $200 apiece. Intel is part of the A4WP (Alliance for Wireless Power) consortium.<\/p>\n

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