[News] Intel's Core i7-8700K Generational Successor Could be 8-core

[StyM]

https://www.techpowerup.com/243215/i...ould-be-8-core

BTO notebooks and portable workstation maker Eurocom is rather liberal at sharing confidential information on support forums. It was one of the first sources that foretold Intel developing the Z390 Express chipset, and that Intel is preparing to increase CPU core-counts on its MSDT (mainstream desktop) platform once again, in 2019.

Apparently, the 300-series chipset, led by the Z390 Express, will support Intel's 9th generation, 10 nanometer "Ice Lake" silicon with 8 physical cores. The generational successor to the i7-8700K will hence be an 8-core/16-thread chip. This also presents Intel with an opportunity to make its next Core i5 parts either 8-core/8-thread or 6-core/12-thread, and Core i3 either 6-core/6-thread or 4-core/8-thread.

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Intel fanboy in mid 2017: Intel made the 7700k quadcore because it's impossible to do 8 cores in a chip and have it work well. When they do 6 cores they'll have to cut clock speeds a ton and it won't perform much better... and you're crazy if you think they'll launch and 8 core chip so soon.


I for one welcome our 8 core 5.5GHz overlords.


I expect that the 9000 generation will literally be 2x the 7000 series. 4c/8th for the i3, 8c/8t for the i5 and 8c/16t for the i7

Unless they add an i9, in which case it's the 7000 series PLUS 8c/16t

[linflas]

Is Cascade Lake-X coming Q4 2018? I thought it was pretty well confirmed next mainstream i7 was 6 core max? I guess I do not really keep up, but I have not seen any roadmaps with an 8c/16t mainstream products, that I remember.