Wednesday, October 4th 2017
Intel Core i7-8700K "Coffee Lake" De-lidded, Reveals Larger Die
A member of the HKEPC tech community, with access to an upcoming Core i7-8700K six-core mainstream-desktop processor, wasted no time in de-lidding it (removing its integrated heatspreader or IHS). It was revealed that Intel is still using thermal-paste between the IHS and the CPU die. The "Coffee Lake" die itself is as wide as the "Kaby Lake," but is visibly longer. It has a die area of approximately 151 mm², compared to the 126 mm² of "Kaby Lake." This is due to its increased CPU core count to 6, and a proportionate increase in last-level cache (L3 cache) to 12 MB. The die is marginally northwest of center, so you can get away placing your TIM blob dead-center of the IHS.
Sources:
VideoCardz, HKEPC (Facebook)
17 Comments on Intel Core i7-8700K "Coffee Lake" De-lidded, Reveals Larger Die
6 cores and igpu is 151 mm2.
that makes the size of igpu 76 mm2 and single core 12,5 mm2.
edit:
ppn is right, 8-core with igp would be 176 mm2. 10-core with igp would be 201 mm2.
since the comparison should be relevant, ryzen is around 195 mm2.
But yes, people will also be surprised by the actual power consumption of those chips.
Regards,
If there is something good about this release, at least those KBL compatible delid tools are still compatible.