Most people expected a May/June release together with Computex for Skylake-X. New information shows Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X processors to be released in the August / September 2017 timeframe.
Before you ask, why release both Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X at the same time and what is the difference? Simple, Skylake-X can offer 10, 8 and 6 core processors, the other (Kaby lake-X) remains to be a quad-core part. Skylake-X are the extreme edition like the 6950X series currently on Skylake-X. These processors will get a 140 Watt TDP, the quad-core Kaby Lake-X will be 112 Watt. We have no idea why Intel would be releasing that Kaby Lake-X quad-core with the 7700K already out.
With August being mentioned, the release might coincide with Gamescon in Germany. The processors once again will need a new socket, 2066-socket, and yes that means that once again you have to purchase a new motherboard. This chipset will be called X299.
There is a rumor right now that Intel is tweaking the cache sizes to increase performance. The new platform also offers support for Intel Optane and quad channel DDR4-2667 MHz memory.
