JEMC said:
While it hasn't been confirmed yet, I'm sure Intel will launch an 8 core part. Those big, and dominant, companies like Intel and Nvidia always feel the need to outdo the competition to assert their dominant position. That's why Nvidia launched the 1070Ti when Vega 56 appeared and it's the reason why Intel will launch and 8-core part in the mainstream market. They simply can't allow AMD (or any other competitor) the chance to brag about having the best "insert product here", and that's what AMD is doing with their 8-core Ryzen parts when multi-threading is involved. |
The problem is however that Intel would need new masks for an 8-core chip unless rebranding and capping one of their LLC HEDT chips, which NVidia didn't need when bringing the 1070Ti (which is mostly an underclocked 1080). Creating those takes time, too much time to come out with those in just a couple weeks. If Intel didn't start working on those masks before Ryzen got released, they won't be able to bring an octacore just yet
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