09-26-2017, 11:14 PM
http://www.pcgamer.com/intel-core-i9-796...-105-each/
Quote:I do wonder how long it will be before 16-core processors go 'mainstream.' The first quad-core $1000 CPUs like the Core 2 QX6700 were eclipsed by the Core i7-920 after only a few years, and by 2010 quad-core processors were pretty common. 8-core chips have been around in various forms since the FX-8150, but those eight cores were slower than Intel's four cores and don't really count. Meanwhile, Intel has offered 'consumer' 6-core CPUs since 2010 and 8-core parts since the i7-5960X in 2014, but neither category has become anything close to typical. With Coffee Lake finally bringing 6-core to Intel's mainstream platform, that hurdle may finally fall, but it could a decade or more before 16-core solutions are remotely common.