[News] Intel Confirms Z390 and X399 Chipsets in Official Documents

[StyM]

https://www.techpowerup.com/243671/i...cial-documents

Intel unintentionally confirmed the existence of two of its upcoming client platform chipsets, the Z390 Express, and the X399 Express. The latest release-notes documentation of its Rapid Storage Technology driver, mentions Z390 and X399, alongside the CPU micro-architectures they support. The Z390 supports current-generation "Coffee Lake" and upcoming "Cannon Lake" processors, while the X399 supports HEDT derivatives based on the two architectures, namely "Coffee Lake-X" and "Cannon Lake-X," with no mention of "Skylake-X."

What happens to the X299, you ask? The table mentions the chipset as supporting SKL-X (Skylake-X) and KBL-X (Kaby Lake-X), but it's not clear if Intel is only referring to the forgettable i7-7740X and i5-7640X with "KBL-X." The Z390 is rumored as being Intel's next top mainstream-desktop chipset, with a long overdue update to onboard audio standards, in being a departure from the "Azalia" HD audio specification, onward to the new Programmable Quad-Core Audio with new SoundWire digital audio interface. The chipset is also rumored to feature 10 Gbps USB 3.1 ports.

[Budwise]

If they require X399 for the next generation HEDT CPU's I'm seriously done with Intel...

[linflas]

Why, you like chipset designed in wekks to soley get into a market space to compete with AMD's Ryzen products? I felt X299 is so lacking it needs to die a death as soon as possible. If you bought into it, I am sorry, but it seemed fairly obvious it was a stopgap product line to deal with AMD at the time.

[Budwise]

Because most likely with Intel they'll release it with no benefits other than to their pockets. If there's a legitimate upgrade, ok, but if history has taught much it will just be an X299 with an X399 bios. See z170, z270, and z370 business model...