AMD decided to divert users ‘ attention from the anniversary of the Intel Core i7-8086K, which Intel unveiled at the recent Computex 2018. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the x86 architecture, AMD quite cynically offered to exchange absolutely free of charge six-core Core i7-8086K on their own last year shestnadcatiletnim Threadripper 1950X.
Retail AMD Threadripper 1950X costs about thousands of dollars, and Intel Core i7-8086K will cost half the price. However, the attraction of unprecedented generosity are only available for owners of the Core i7-8086K in the United States, who won the processor under a special promotion Intel. There will be a total of 40 lucky winners who will be able to Threadripper 1950X AMD instead of Intel Core i7-8086K. Final rules for participants will be announced June 25.
Recall, the Core i7-8086K issued by the company to the 40 th anniversary of the Intel 8086, the first microprocessor Intel x86. It was developed in the spring of 1976 and was released on June 8, 1978.