- Slides leaked by a Chinese site Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) plans to launch the first CPUs for its 14nm Skylake platform (successor to the current-gen/14nm Broadwell line) in August/September, and gradually flesh out its Skylake lineup over the following 4-5 months. Intel has said Skylake will launch in 2H15.
- Desktop Skylake chips codenamed Skylake-S will reportedly arrive in August and September - with Intel skewing its Broadwell launches towards notebooks and tablets, some PC OEMs are opting to pass on launching desktop Broadwell parts and wait for Skylake.
- Reportedly due in September: High-end notebook CPUs (Skylake-H), mainstream notebook CPUs (Skylake-U), and ultrabook/tablet CPUs (Skylake-Y). Additional Skylake-H parts are said to be due in October/November, and additional Skylake-U/Y parts in January.
- Whereas Broadwell prioritized lowering power draw and enabling new form factors (see Apple's 12" retina MacBook), Skylake appears to emphasize CPU/GPU performance gains as much as power savings. The PC industry is counting on Skylake and Windows 10 to spark a 2H15 rebound following a rough start to the year.
- Separately, Digitimes reports Intel and Chinese mobile SoC partner Rockchip have stepped up their efforts to sell Rockchip's 3G Atom SoC (part of the SoFIA line, launched in March) to white-box Chinese tablet makers. As part of the effort, Intel is said to be offering a $3 subsidy for each device using the chip.
- 7" tablets using the Rockchip SoC reportedly wholesale for just $45. With the help of generous marketing subsidies, Intel shipped 46M tablet CPUs last year, beating a goal of 40M.
Reports: Intel launching Skylake in late summer, subsidy for Rockchip CPUs
This was corrected on 02/04/2019 at 4:04 PM. A reference to Skylake has been corrected in the first sentence within the fourth bullet.
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