The new platform will be a novelty in the manufacturer's range, because they must support two generations of processors – 4-ядерные процессоры Kaby Lake-Х и топовые Skylake-X.
All incoming information from various sources indicate, что Intel готовит инновационную платформу X299, which will support both processors Kaby Lake-X, and Skylake-X. Until now it was assumed, that the new platform will debut only in the beginning of August, but according to the latest information, manufacturer moved its premiere in June.
Новая платформа должна стать маленькой революцией в ассортименте производителя, because it will support two generations of processors for socket LGA 2066. Models Kaby Lake-X: Core i5-7640K и Core i7-7740K будут оснащены четырех ядерными и 2-х канальными контроллерами памяти DDR4 (TDP 112 AT), and X Skylake-six, eight or even ten nuclear and 4-channel memory controllers DDR4 (TDP 140 VT). What is important, In both cases, no added support for integrated graphics.
Earlier it was reported that the premiere is scheduled for 31 week of the year, ie somewhere abroad in July and August. BenchLife service received new information, which premiered on accelerated, that is transferred to 25 week, which falls on the last week of June. Launch of engineering samples are expected to 22 week – abroad in May and June - these terms can push the idea, that Intel wants to introduce a new platform already during the exhibition Computex 2017 (held at a time 30 of May - 3 June).
by the way, it is worth noting, what, согласно последним утечкам AMD также готовит подобную платформу с 16-ядерными системами Ryzen и чипсетом X390/X399 (Labeling is not yet fully confirmed). Looks like that, that the acceleration of release of the new platform, "blue" is not an accident.
