Intel Skylake Removes Support for USB based Windows 7 Installation - Major Platform Specs Confirmed

We have a pretty huge leak today with lots of new details on Intel's upcoming Skylake processors. To begin with, Microsoft is removing back up for the EHCI host controller (USB 2.0 spec) and keeping merely the xHCI host controller spec (as well known as the universal USB iii.0 specification). While the USB 3.0 spec is backward uniform with near USB 2.0 and 1.0 functions, installing windows 7 via USB will not exist 1 of them (source: EXPReview).

A stock die return of a Skylake chip. @ Intel Public Domain

Intel and Microsoft joining hands in making a Windows 7 unfriendly ecosystem - SpeedStep to add support for RAM and more

I have to admit one thing though, Intel has absolute plausible deniability on this. No 1 can claim with 100% certainty  that they are in league with Microsoft in trying to push button Windows 7 users to finally get a move on. The reason for that is that the discarding of EHCI was inevitable sooner or later, and while they could have taken steps to remedy the trouble easily, they have no compulsion to practise so.  The trouble begins with the fact that Windows 7 does not take the code to support master xHCI based installation via USB, with simply installation over EHCI allowed.

You might exist thinking that one tin can always have the bootable DVD route and fifty-fifty though research indicates that dependence on optical drives is diminishing by the 2d, it has its own caveats. You better hope that your motherboard has a PS/two port considering fifty-fifty while installing from a DVD, the USB ports wont work (during the install setup). If you lot have simply one PS/2 port yous will have to switch your PS/2 based mouse and keyboard equally required through the entire process. All this ways that Windows 7 will be very very troublesome for people to install and in nigh of the cases, people volition consider it non worth the endeavour. Even if you do get it to work, the lack of EHCI means at that place might exist unforeseen compatibility issues in the future. Effectively, from Skylake, and thanks to Intel's spec upgrade, Windows vii is now officially an obsolete Bone.

Anyways, that isn't information technology, we have some new information regarding Skylake also and yes  all of this is confirmed:

• Skylake's EIST (Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technolog) which is the standard frequency modulation and scaling technology in mod Intel processors and calculates the CPU multiplier and Turbo based on load, will get a much needed upgrade. The upgrade will exist the addition of retention every bit dynamic and scalable entity.  Basically where it was previously only for the CPUs, now it will scale retentivity as well. Currently this feature is limited to the notebook platform.
• Southwardkylake's Southbridge has received an upgrade as well and the 8 PCI two.0 channels have been upgraded to PCI iii.0 with twenty channels with support for three PCI-E devices.M.two and SATA express will exist available on the shared PCI-E channel.
• Skylake volition fully implement eSPI and will be used to supercede EC/BMC/SIO advice over LPC. LPC stands for Low Pivot Count and is Intel's standard specification for legacy and rom based chips nowadays on the motherboard.  The newly implemented eSPI (enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface) volition basically provide more than efficient architecture for the SPI flash controller, SM Omnibus controller, Power direction controller and GPIO Sources. Basically an upgrade for motherboard specs that will be subtle only significant.
• Finally, you lot might recollect we told you ages ago that Intel will be ditching the FIVR (fully integrated voltage regulation system) and nosotros at present accept confirmation of the new system. Skylake will leave behind the VR12.5 standard supply system and shift to IMVP8 based spec, a technology Intel already utilizes in mobility processors.

Intel is launching Broadwell Processors in 2022 (chosen Broadwell-1000) and volition utilise the LGA 1150 socket. The processors volition be the first to be fabricated on the 14nm node (in the mainstream market place) and volition require the 100 Serial chipset natively with backwards support for the ix series chipset too. Since DDR4 is one of the major selling factors for Skylake, users will do well to get with the 100 Series platform (unless motherboard AIBs decide to release modified 9 Series mobos).

Intel Mainstream Platforms Comparison Chart:

	Intel Sandy Bridge Platform	Intel Ivy Bridge Platform	Intel Haswell Platform	Intel Broadwell Platform	Intel Skylake Platform
Processor Compages	Sandy Bridge	Ivy Span	Haswell	Broadwell	Skylake
Processor Process	32nm	22nm	22nm	14nm	14nm
Processors Cores (Max)	4	iv	4	4	4
Platform Chipset	6-Serial "Cougar Point"	7-Series "Panther Point"	8-Series "Lynx Indicate"	ix-Serial "Wild Cat Point"	100-Series "Sunrise Point"
Platform Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1155	LGA 1150	LGA 1150	LGA 1151
Retentivity Back up	DDR3	DDR3	DDR3	DDR3	DDR4
Thunderbolt	Yeah	Yes	Yes	Yeah	Aye "Alpine Ridge"
Platform	Desktop LGA	Desktop LGA	Desktop LGA	Desktop LGA	Desktop LGA
Launch	2011	2012	2013-2014	2015	2015

Source: https://wccftech.com/intel-skylake-remove-support-usb-based-windows-7-installation-platform-specs/

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