I'm personally disinterested unless new 14nm LGA2011-3 procs become available, not after paying so much to embrace X99, haha.
But the Z97/LGA1150 mainstream might have a very clear Broadwell-to-Skylake upgrade path. Especially if the so-called
LGA2017-A platform offers any top-end processors which can outperform (or at least equal) the i7-4790K. But if it's just another nonlinear upgrade to more-of-this-and-less-of-that, welcome-to-expensive-newer-but-kinda-slower-DDR4, mighty-new-processors-which-sorta-run-slower, etc ... well, Intel better keep on making more LGA1150 Haswell procs and Z97 chipset parts, because that's what most people are going to continue buying.
Intel's roadmaps are announced and updated regularly, and it seems like (this time around, at least) they're emphasizing mobile/laptop technologies more than desktop/enthusiast technologies. Why else do they consistently waste so much time and effort (and dedicated on-die real estate, and transistor power budget) to constantly tweak and refine newer and better versions of their seriously wimpy integrated Intel Graphics? Great for laptops and some HTPC builds, fine for tablets, maybe even great for wee little Atom and Edison IoT devices. Useless for desktops.
I'm hoping that some 14nm goodness gets released for Z97 and X99 (and X79, why not?) "Refresh" processors - especially since the promised/expected increases in 14nm power efficiency might deliver STABLE memory controllers and
new features like, say, a 56- or 64-lane PCIE 3.0 controller.
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