Intel Coffee Lake CPUs

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Intel is having big troubles in 10 nanometer process. Micro$oft will launch Windows for ARM-based cellular PCs. We are well in the transition to ARM-based Windows PC. New ARM-based windows will run 32-bit Wintel programs in emulator mode. I am waiting for it.

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Although I have a DSD DAC, I don't use DSD. My Windows laptop with 2.2GHz dual core uses only average 3% CPU to play 24bits/384kHz FRAC files. Most people will have no problem with ARM speed and will switch to more power efficient platform. Bonus is you get cellular access to the internet.

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MS is targeting the following Snapdragon 835 chip to run ARM. It's got everything you need. 2.45GHz octa core. PCM 384khz, DXD, and DSD native playback. No cooling system noise. Cellular internet connections. It will be much improvement over Intel.

 

     https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/processors/835

 

 

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1 hour ago, Miska said:

But that Snapdragon is nowhere near the processing performance of desktop/workstation/datacenter systems

 

This is a small fraction of overall market. I don't know how many people use desktop and workstations.

 

Snapdragon 835 is a SOC (system on chip). It's got many things in the chip. CPU, GPU, GPS, phone, sound cards, ... The benefit will be cost and lest power consumption with more features. Of course, devices get smaller.