I would not bet big money on new CPUs arriving as previously scheduled. There is about to be a major re-think on CPU architecture with security in mind - or so I would hope.
There's work on multicore doing on right now; IIRC, there was a possibility that it could've shipped in the 2015 December release, but didn't make it. So I think/hope it should be available in the near future.
I sure hope so. I think we may be on the cusp of a renaissance in the CPU space. Intel UCIe, RISC-V, ARM, etc, have all been quite exciting lately.
I'm an optimist so I imagine buying made to order CPUs from Intel or TSMC where you can pick and choose features and chiplets that can come from any number of companies.
I have been looking to upgrade my i7-4770k rig to a Ryzen 5900x, but after seeing this insanity and paying attention to what the mfg's are being vague about, looks like I'll be waiting until June (or later). By then, there may be an entirely new generation of chips ready.
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