Man, I just saw the other day I5 branded CPU with 4c/8t with U suffix on a non-gaming laptop. I'd say - it is guaranteed that we will see 6 core mobiles, the question is how far further will Intel go in terms of cores, frequency, periphery support etc. After seeing ASUS put 8 core desktop Rysen in a laptop, this i9 doesn't surprise me at all Intels can match at gaming (and most usages, but not all) AMD with 6 cores against 8, but will it be enough to "match" them with possibly better power/productivity coefficient or they will go for a kill? It is not just cores and single core performance, it is much more complicated story, but in popular usage scenarious this measure caught people's eye and will drive the market success of this CPU generation (laptops are not something you upgrade back and forth until happy - what you decide before buying stays with you for all the good and bad, so the cores will determine a lot on this marked during the next year).