The Dell presentation, which the well-known Dutch site when describing Intel's upcoming plans to announce new processors, initially focused on the mobile and commercial product segment. As rightly independent experts noted, in the consumer segment, the timeline for new product releases from Intel might differ, and yesterday this thesis found confirmation in a new publication on the pages of the site .
The slide title precisely described the target market segment: "desktop and client." This leaves no doubt that the presentation outlines Intel's plans related to the release of desktop processors for consumers who are ready to purchase components for building their own computers. However, there is also an important clarification on the segmentation of target markets in the slide, but we will discuss this later.
Thus, we see that the formal debut of the 14nm Comet Lake processors in desktop form is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year. The annotation states that they will be available in the consumer segment from the first quarter of 2020, and in the corporate segment in the second quarter of the same year. It seems that a little waiting will be unavoidable.
The fact that these processors will have ten cores is also confirmed, a detail that has been discussed against the backdrop of rumors. The TDP level does not exceed 95W. There will be no change in the manufacturing technology, so the assertion regarding the absence of 10nm processors in Intel's production program for the desktop segment holds true until the end of 2020. However, of course, under favorable circumstances, Intel's plans by that time may change.
The second important point mentioned on the slide is the announcement timeline for the Cascade Lake-X processors. Rumors had previously pointed to their release in the third quarter of this year, and now this can be discussed with greater confidence. The Glacier Falls platform will accommodate 14nm processors with up to 18 cores. Thus, in this regard, the successors to Skylake-X will not raise the bar higher. Judging by the mention of the Intel X299 logic set, compatibility with the old chipset will be maintained. One can hope that it will also work with older motherboards. In any case, the TDP level will not exceed 150 watts.
How will the Cascade Lake-X processors differ from their predecessors? Based on fragmented mentions in open we can conclude that the third-level cache will remain the same, while clock speeds may increase. Intel has often proudly stated that it can optimize the 14nm manufacturing process to create conditions that enhance the consumer qualities of processors. Apparently, another "plus" in the description of the 14nm process generation will, in this case, express itself in an improvement in frequency potential.
Source: 3dnews.ru
