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Intel Kills a Top-of-the-Line Processor

Posted by timothy on from the they-also-killed-the-electric-car dept.

itwbennett writes: In June of this year, Intel announced a processor branded as Broadwell-C. Now, the company has confirmed that the part was cancelled but would not give an official reason. Why did Intel kill the Broadwell-C? ITworld's Andy Patrizio speculates that it's a 'combination of increased cost, lower yield and potential product cannibalization' — cannibalization of the company's newly-launched Skylake processor, which the Broadwell-C outperformed.

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  1. Re:Is this news? by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think it's news because many people feel the Broadwell-C was the better chip and that possibly SkyLake would be eclipsed. The things you can do when you're a monopoly are bad for the customer. I

  2. Re:Lies by aliquis · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Skylake outperformed in doing the same instructions over and over in benchmarks but Broadwell outperformed in games.