The 8th generation of Intel chips, Coffee Lake, is slated for release in the second half of 2017. Intel states that the chips will bring a 15% performance boost, but will they be competitive with Ryzen?
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Coffee-Lake-s-Coming-Intel-s-8th-gen-chips-will-arrive-in-late-2017.196544.0.html
15% improvement in each of the past two generations? Is it like the Chinese economy of the past 15 years--8% growth according to the cooked books, no matter what your eyes are really seeing?