ASUS lists motherboards supporting '5th Generation' Intel Processors - Broadwell coming to Desktop afterall?

You might remember the contempo rumor that Intel was discussing canning BDW-One thousand completely. Well we have an update (updated rumor? is that even a affair?) of sorts on that front. The tech publication CHW.net claims that it has confirmed the release of BDW-S and even BDW-K in a few weeks. Needless to say I would be extremely skeptical of any such claims and the only reason I am fifty-fifty publishing this is keeping in listen our reader'due south correct to know.

Intel Skylake-S Broadwell-K Broadwell-E 2022-2016 Roadmap A leaked roadmap showing BDW-K but no BDW-S in Q2 2022. @Intel (technically)

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The publication's master proof of concept (that is given) is the fact that ASUS has listed support of fifth generation processors on the main spec sheets of various Z97 motherboards. However, before anyone gets excited, allow me to jog our memories and quote our very own review of z97 motherboards - all of which listed support for 5th generation processors. So the specification of 5th generation support has been there for a very long time. While I can't conclusively dismiss the spec sheet, I can however safely say that if yous are to take anything, the give-and-take of the publication holds more wight (if any) than the spec sheet itself.

Information technology further unsettles me that they actually mention Broadwell-S too, something which hasn't been on the roadmap for quite some time now. It would make no sense for Intel to innovate a locked multiplier architecture with the Skylake release happening in August. Which is something that has been more or less confirmed. If BDW-Due south does come so presently, does that mean that BDW-Grand will appear soon besides? Hard to say. In a hypothetical situation where BDW-Due south actually releases, then apart from the fact that I would be very surprised, it would mean that the launch of Skylake-S might be delayed a bit further, to permit Intel to reap returns on the newly launched architecture.

It would besides mean Intel is taking on liability to support an architecture that is out of time and out of place (arguably) at the same time, something that makes me uncomfortable. My personal stance on the matter is straightforward. BDW-S is almost certainly not coming and BDW-Thousand might not come up either. However, since that is my opinion and not proven fact, we will let time decide for us.