The 48-core announcement was just Intel trying to divert attention away from AMD, a day before their "Next Horizon" event where 7nm chips were going to be discussed.<br><br>By the time this 48c/48T behemoth (there will be no HT) hits the market, AMD will have 64C/128T EPYC processors out, for way, way, way less money, which will outperform it by an absurd amount.<br><br>This isn't Intel advancing.  This is Intel panicking.