Intel chips Skylane expected early 2015

Engraved in 14 nm, the Skylane chips arrive early 2015 despite the ignition delay of Broadwell processors who have experienced a glitch production.

There was one year, we already talked about the roadmap of Intel processors and the generation successor to the / Haswell Family Broadwell early 2015 the Skylake chip engraved in 14 nanometers. Against all odds, the first Intel processors to use this architecture are the Xeon E3-1200 specifically. These models will also feature a DDR4 memory controller (2400 MHz on four channels) capable of supporting up to 64 GB of RAM. Usually, Intel reserves its new architecture to its Core family for desktop computers and laptops before the decline for entry-level storage arrays and servers.

But now Intel has production problems with its chips Broadwell and was forced to postpone their exit. Intel faced indeed problems with the etching process in 14 nanometers used for making chips and must be corrected before they can resume production, said Brian Krzanich , CEO during the presentation of the latest financial results of Intel . " We intend to start production in the first quarter of next year," he said. The Broadwell chips resume and improve Haswell design based on an engraving in 22 nm. But according to Intel Broadwell delay will not affect the release of its successor. The Skylake chips will indeed based on any new architecture. This simply mean a shorter life for Broadwell chips that do not equip the Xeon servers in their declination . Intel has not had to delay a major release of its chips since the launch of the Pentium 4 there are more than ten years.