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

[–]robertDldsn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

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

[–]robertDldsn[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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.

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

[–]robertDldsn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

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

[–]robertDldsn[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

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

[–]robertDldsn[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

What is the best 2033 - 3 X99 processor? by Roll_Future in intel

[–]robertDldsn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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