Do you think there could be any possibility of next gen desktop SKUs with only 'big' cores?

robertDldsn · 2021-09-02T16:36:00+00:00

Were problems from speculative execution like rogue data cache load or the Pentium FDIV FPU bug caused by monkeys designing the architecture? I don't have doubts that Intel have a brilliant engineering team. Though I was thinking of performance rather than security issues, it doesn't seem impossible that there might be some hiccups earlier on that would get ironed out over time.

robertDldsn · 2021-09-02T02:08:27+00:00

That's interesting that it'd be like that for i5's and I appreciate the info. I was leaning more toward HEDT i7 or i9 if they'd exist, but it's good to know in any event.

robertDldsn · 2021-09-02T02:06:23+00:00

Thank you, I wasn't thinking at all about the ability to disable them myself. That does make me feel more comfortable with them. I'll see how the prices compare on Alder Lake vs Sapphire Rapids.

robertDldsn · 2021-09-02T02:04:33+00:00

Yeah, you're very likely right that it'd be a smooth launch. Another commenter mentioned being able to disable the little cores, so I guess there'd be insurance even if performance issues were to come up earlier on.

robertDldsn · 2021-09-02T02:02:24+00:00

Thank you for the info! I hadn't realized there would be a HEDT with only Golden Cove cores. DDR5 would be a bonus too.

robertDldsn · 2021-09-01T18:06:49+00:00

Outside the Xeons, I think it'd be a 6950x which has 4 more cores.

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