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Intel Broadwell Desktop
Intel's 14nm Broadwell CPUs have been arriving since late last year in their mobile forms, finding there way into the likes of the Asus UX305 and new MacBook, but until now it's been unclear when they'll arrive for the desktop. Now a report suggests they'll be arriving as soon as Q2 2015.
According to a report on VR-Zone (Chinese) the new processors will be called the Core i7-5775C and Core i5-5675C, with the C denoting these to be multiplier-unlocked parts. This is a change from previous nomenclature, which used a K to denote unlocked parts.
The new processors will be compatible with existing Z97 motherboards, once a firmware update has been applied, and both will be 65W parts - the maximum expected for standard desktop Broadwell chips.
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The Core i7-5775C will have four cores and support eight threads while running at a base clock of 3.3GHz and a rubo clock of 3.7GHz. The Core i5-5675C drops hyperthreading so only support four threads on its four cores and runs at 3.1GHz, boosting to 3.6GHz. Both will include 6MB cache and Iris Pro Graphics 6200.
As well as the desktop LGA1155 parts the VR-Zone article also details three new BGA chips, which have similar specs, though without the unlocked multipliers. These likely will not be meant for consumer use anyway but rather pre-installed systems.