[Rumour] Might be a long wait for iMac updates

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According to Macworld.co.uk, Apple may be skipping Broadwell CPUs for
the iMac and waiting for the next CPU design, Skylark CPU ... which
could be quite a while judging by how "on time" Intel has been with
Broadwell. :-\

This is from Macworld.co.uk's first-look review of the Retina iMac ...

New Retina iMac: Processor
There is a 3.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor in
the 27in Retina iMac with an option to upgrade to 4.0GHz.
This is not a next generation Broadwell processor as some
had hoped, but this may not matter as we explain below.

We were pretty confident that the reason why Apple hadn't
yet updated the iMac for 2014 was that it was waiting for
Intel to release its new Broadwell chips - which have
been delayed. It was expected that Apple would wish to
take advantage of these latest generation processors.

Broadwell is the successor to Haswell (the chip currently
in the iMac, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air). It uses a
14 nanometer process. However, there are not expected to
be any low-end desktop CPUs based on Broadwell, which may
explain why Apple appears to be bypassing this chip after
all and waiting for Skylark, the next generation due to
land next year.

Intel has introduced Core M chips for laptops and mobile
devices, but as yet no Broadwell chips designed for
desktops. Broadwell is unlikely to add any real benefit
to the iMac, but it does leave Mac users feeling that
they haven¹t really seen a significant update in some
time.

<http://www.macworld.co.uk/review/mac-desktops/retina-imac-review-358107
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