Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs

Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs by mrec on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:28PM (#18169384)

What's holding AMD back on TDP? I'm in the market for a new PC fairly soon - probably SFF desktop rather than laptop, but I'd still prefer to keep fan noise, heat and electricity usage down.

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Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs by gamedevs_cancer on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:47PM (#18169593)

TDP is quite high on ryzen chips, and they auto overclock. The 2nd gen will go as high as it can with safe voltages, provided thermals and power are in check

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Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs by mrec on Monday October 08, 2018 @02:31PM (#18170020)

I understand that it's high, I'm asking why. Are they not interested in the laptop market? Does Intel have some secret sauce they can't replicate?

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Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs by mey on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:02PM (#18171277)

Bigger transistors and more cores. https://youtu.be/ucMQermB9wQ describes this in more detail.

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Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs by theandrewbailey on Monday October 08, 2018 @04:32PM (#18171038)

Likely. AMD uses Global Foundries to fab their CPUs. GF's fabs aren't as advanced as Intels, and ramping up clocks (thus more TDP) is the only way AMD can stay competitive on single thread performance.

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