Intel's current processor is the nine-generation Core, including the desktop version, mobile high-performance version H, etc. At the end of May, the Taipei Computer Show launched the 10th generation Core, mainly the 10nm Ice Lake-U/Y series, not long ago. Introduced the Comet Lake-U/Y series of 10 generations of Core, but this is 14nm process.
For DIY players, the most concerned is the desktop version of the processor. At present, it is basically certain that the 10nm high-performance version will not be played in the first half of next year. The desktop version of the 10th generation Core should be the Comet Lake-S series, 14nm process, but the core. The number will increase from now up to 8 cores to 10 cores.
Xfastest website recently exposed Intel's official PPT, basically confirm that the desktop version of Comet Lake-S processor will be released in Q1 next year, with 400 series chipset, slot is LGA1200, up to 10 cores and 20 threads.
It is worth mentioning that the TEP power consumption of the Comet Lake-S processor is different. The low-power version and the mainstream version are still 35W and 65W, but the TDP of the high-end Comet Lake-S processor will rise to 125W, currently nine. The generation of Core K series is 95W, which means that TDP power consumption will increase by 30W. The increase of TDP is related to the increase of core number. However, from 6-core to 8-core processor, TDP power consumption has not changed.
For the processor, the increase of TDP is not necessarily a bad thing. This indicator is not completely equal to the power consumption. If the TDP increases, the frequency may change. The frequency of the 10-core Comet Lake-S processor can reach 5.2GHz.
From the perspective of the entire platform, the Comet Lake-S processor with the 400 series chipset has not changed much, the total number of IO channels is 46, of which the processor integrates 16 PCIe 3.0, the South Bridge has 30 elastic IO channels, 24 are PCIe 3.0, with 10 USB 3.1 ports, 6 USB 3.1 Gen2 ports and 6 SATA 6Gbps ports.
As for the Comet Lake-S processor, the core/thread is increasing, and multi-core performance is a bright spot. Other specifications support WiFi 6, and Thunderbolt 3 is also a surprise, which is the same as the 10nm IceLake platform.
From the progress point of view, Comet Lake-S processor will be released in Q1 next year, until there is no change in Q2 quarter, but there is no clear Coet Lake-S processor SKU model on this picture, according to the previous report and ten The naming method of the Core is supposed to be the Core i7/5/3-10000 series.
