Intel shifting to two year cycles for desktop with no Broadwell being released?

[kweiming]

Broadwell will still come next year but with a Q delay.

So perhaps in time for ddr 4 memory?

[MysticDaedra]

I recently payed a visit to the Folsom Intel facility, and their display area (for R&D ofc) seems to be focused on mobile technology and integrated graphics, I didn't see any desktop cpu displays there.

[galacticfear]

Problem is there is no real competition at the high end of the cpu market, so there is no massive incentive to innovate.

[CrispiusBaconus]

Well it wasn't going to be anything new anyway.

[MrJim]

Problem is there is no real competition at the high end of the cpu market, so there is no massive incentive to innovate.

It's not just lack of competition for CPUs, but on their chipsets too. Intel dragged their heels with their adoption of SATA III and USB 3, & the same thing seems to be happening for both SATA Express & DDR 4. Whilst there may not be a huge need for DDR 4 RAM now outside of server environments, I doubt there are many who would argue against the need for SATA Express. SSDs have been bumping up against the bandwidth limits of SATA III for almost as long as the standard has been ratified!

[HalloweenJack]

no they haven't - other than sequential reads in benchmarks , sata 3 isn't close to being used fully - heck , only of recent has sata 2 been close to being used fully in 4k reads and writes!