Intel regrets skipping Broadwell desktop CPUs
An Intel executive has admitted that the chipmaker goofed up by passing over the tower desktop PC market with its 5th-generation Broadwell processors.
With Broadwell, Intel focused mainly on laptops, miniature desktops, and all-in-ones. This left traditional desktop users with no new socketed CPU options beyond 4th-generation Haswell, which first arrived in 2013. Although Intel finally coughed up a pair of Broadwell desktop chips this past summer, the company launched its high-end 6th-generation Skylake CPUs very shortly thereafter.
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