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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/comet-lake-s-lga-1200-400-series-chipset,40221.html Hong Kong media XFastest has somehow got its hands on a couple of PowerPoint slides that purportedly provide a ton of confidential information on Intel's upcoming Comet Lake-S (CML-S) line of mainstream processors. Comet Lake-S is the codename for Intel's desktop processors that will eventually show up to replace the existing Coffee Lake Refresh (CFL-R) lineup. The new processors are very likely carved with an improved 14nm production process. Comet Lake-S chips will carry up to 10 cores, two more than the current flagship Intel Core i9-9900K part. It would seem that the extra cores come with a cost. If the leaked information is accurate, the flagship Comet Lake-S is rated with a 125W TDP (thermal design power), which is 30W higher than the Intel Core i9-9900K's 95W rating. As expected, Intel will continue to offer 65W and 35W Comet Lake-S parts as well. The core upgrade on Comet Lake-S implicates steeper power requirements, and as a result, calls for fresh motherboards with stronger power delivery subsystems. This could be one of the main reasons why Intel is supposedly moving the upcoming 14nm chips to a new home. Therefore, Comet Lake-S processors will reportedly only fit into a motherboard with an LGA 1200 socket, 49 more pins than the existing LGA 1151 socket. As per usual, new motherboards give Intel the opportunity to introduce new chipset silicon, which in this case, is rumored to be the 400-series. It's amazing in my opinion that Intel needs to invent a new chipset so often to accommodate new CPUs. AMD's new CPUs can still use older chipsets.
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Re: Comet Lake-S CPUs Allegedly Command New LGA 1200 Socket and 400-Series Chipset
2019/08/23 10:26:36
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Intel playbook New CPU & new chipset = must buy new MB PCIe 16 lanes
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Re: Comet Lake-S CPUs Allegedly Command New LGA 1200 Socket and 400-Series Chipset
2019/08/24 07:17:43
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Cool GTX Intel playbook New CPU & new chipset = must buy new MB PCIe 16 lanes As enthusiasts, we can blame them, sure; but since the majority of Intel's sales are through OEM contracts that don't let up, Intel doesn't have to change strategy since aren't losing enough customers to AMD to merit drop-in compatibility with a previous chipset, hence new board. Besides, LGA115x socket lasted a long time, put up with double the core count since Sandy Bridge to Coffee Lake, this new LGA12xx socket could support more cores in the future (as long as they think AMD won't keep pushing for more cores per dollar, which I think is exactly what they are going to do). The TDP bracket is already telling us the limits of 14nm++ if Intel can't stick a 10-core in 95W at sellable clock speeds. 125W is 30% more than 95W, and 30% more than 8 is 10.5-- so 10-cores at 3.6-3.7GHz base is what we can expect. As for PCIe lanes, that's the whole point for HEDT, they aren't about to sacrifice or cannibalize; pay up if you want more. That being said, and like I said, OEM outnumbers DIY sales, so I don't think Intel will lose too many 18-core sales to 32-core Threadrippers.
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Re: Comet Lake-S CPUs Allegedly Command New LGA 1200 Socket and 400-Series Chipset
2019/08/24 12:24:05
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This is normal at this point. Every second refresh is a change to the socket. It has been like that for so long. I really wish that Intel would get competition that forced them to stop, but it is so unlikely to happen that it isn’t even funny.
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Re: Comet Lake-S CPUs Allegedly Command New LGA 1200 Socket and 400-Series Chipset
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Re: Comet Lake-S CPUs Allegedly Command New LGA 1200 Socket and 400-Series Chipset
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Re: Comet Lake-S CPUs Allegedly Command New LGA 1200 Socket and 400-Series Chipset
2019/08/26 11:22:04
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lehpron As for PCIe lanes, that's the whole point for HEDT, they aren't about to sacrifice or cannibalize; pay up if you want more. That being said, and like I said, OEM outnumbers DIY sales, so I don't think Intel will lose too many 18-core sales to 32-core Threadrippers. I think HEDT is where Intel is losing. Prices of their high end chips are stupid. Gamers are reluctant to accept AMD, heavily favouring 9900's and single thread performance with higher clocks over anything Ryzen has to offer. That's Intel's mainstream bread and butter. But Ryzen will cause damage in the desktop and laptop markets due to Intel's reluctance to lower prices. AMD has made small inroads in the server market, at this point insignificant but expected to increase.
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Re: Comet Lake-S CPUs Allegedly Command New LGA 1200 Socket and 400-Series Chipset
2019/08/26 12:29:29
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