Agreed, Intel is clearly hamstringing their desktop CPUs.

Lack of eDRAM on almost all chips to me is inexcusable. They placed eDRAM on some desktop chips, and they performed fantastically. I think they are waiting to introduce that as standard in the future, as they are running out of features to introduce.

Not to mention the hamstringing of PCIe lanes. I had to switch to Xeons because the lack of PCIe lanes is ridiculous to me.