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Will Intel's next processor generation not arrive until 2020?

12.7.2019

Translation: machine translated

Less than a week after the release of the Ryzen 3000 processors, leaks about Intel's upcoming Comet Lake S processors are doing the rounds. A new leak now speaks of up to 10 cores and a release in 2020.

A few days ago, a slide posted by Twitter user sohachi made the rounds. This showed the supposed specifications of Intel's tenth Core i processors. However, as the list contains several errors, its veracity is doubtful. Now the portal XFastet has leaked more reliable information on Comet Lake-S, the name of the tenth generation. XFastest is more trustworthy in terms of leaks, but this information should also be treated with caution.

According to the roadmap, the TDP levels are now 35, 65 and 125 watts instead of the previous 35, 65 and 95. The leak also shows features of the 400 series chipsets and the LGA 1200 socket. The new socket would have 49 more pins than the existing LGA 1151 socket, meaning that compatibility with existing boards would not be guaranteed.

According to the slides, there is USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, WiFi 6 and Thunderbolt 3. In contrast to AMD, Intel still relies on PCIe 3.0 and not 4.0 according to the leak. The processor should provide 16 lanes, the chipset 30 lanes. According to the leak, Intel still only officially supports DDR4-2666 memory.

The new processors are to be based on the 14nm++ process and have up to 10 cores. According to the leak, the release is planned for early 2020. So it will still be a while before the new Intel chips arrive. This is despite the fact that Intel is under pressure from AMD's Ryzen 3000. With the Zen 2 architecture, AMD has not only caught up with Intel, but in some cases even overtaken it.