Intel's eighth-gen CPUs will be more powerful than we though

[Vinvin]

Here : https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/21/intel-8th-gen-core/

...now Intel is making an even bolder claim: They're actually 40 percent speedier.

I hope it will be as much for chess computing ...

[Steve Maughan]

Amazing - we haven't seen any significant chip speed improvement for the last seven years. Then recently AMD launches Ryzen and all of a sudden Intel pulls a 40% faster chip out of nowhere.

I'm not complaining but I wonder if Intel has been holding back innovation for the last few years.

Steve

[bnemias]

Horrible for most everything, but especially chess.

These are downclocked by 600 Mhz, and the cores doubled from 2 to 4. It is all marketing hype-- Intel claims "productivity" increase, and engaget writes "speedier".

[Leo]

I am skeptical. There is something I don't like about the 2.6 ghz base speed. The only way I will buy Intel for chess now is if they are twice as good than AMD. Then I would pay the extra money.

[Jhoravi]

My wish list is bigger L1 caches because its very good for chess. Intel has be stuck with 32kb for ages.

[Leo]

Good point.