Octa-Core Intel Coffee Lake-S processor spotted

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That was quick!! So KL had a very short lifespan and so did CFL. Interesting what competition does!!

More details here:

https://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/116435-octa-core-intel-coffee-lake-s-processor-spotted/

 

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Interestingly enough,with another two cores,CFL-S and Ryzen+ might actually have similarly sized chips!!

 

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Lower cost boards have been spotted in Thailand.

Also:

https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/976191293104771077

So from what I'm hearing:

April 2nd -- Intel B360/H370/H310 and the rest of CFL-S CPUs

April 3rd -- CFL-H (notebooks)

April 19th -- X470/Ryzen 2000 Of course, nothing is confirmed.

 

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Maybe my return to an AMD system will be shortlived depending on how this mainstream 8 core from Intel is executed.

Although its obviously down to pressure from AMD as to why Intel have had to make these steps.

Unless you have some real issue with your current system,not sure if its worth it,especially if Zen 2 is out next year on a new node,and by then Intel will have probably improved their CPUs too.

But then I tend to measure how long I keep my CPUs in years,so what do I know!!