Tuesday, March 20th 2018
Intel's 8-core Mainstream Coffee Lake-S Processor Spotted in the Wild?
A screenshot of what seems to be a higher core-count CPU from Intel has been doing the rounds, brought to us by the usual suspects. This supposedly marks the first appearance of Intel's new Coffee Lake-S processors, which should feature increased core-counts - gearing them towards stealing some of AMD's initiative. If you'll remember, the red team regained it in explosive fashion with their first generation Ryzen CPUs - and AMD is looking to double down on with the launch of their updated, 12 nm refresh Ryzen 2000 series just next month.
The new CPUs should be delivered alongside a new platform, Z390 - at the moment, a mirage that's been referenced here and there, but still has no concrete evidence towards its existence. However, it's expected that Z390 as a platform will be what Intel's Z370 was supposed to be from the very beginning - but never could. The idea that's been circulating, and which has some credit (though it should still be taken with a salty disposition), is that due to Intel's need to rush Coffee Lake out the door - so as not to compete against AMD's 8-core Zen-based CPUs with their usual cadre of 4-core, 8-thread processors - led the company to rush out the Z370 release. The idea for Z370 was simply for it to deliver, at all points in the minimum requirements, the correct power delivery hardware and mechanisms for the increased power draw that comes with the added cores. But it was, as such, absent of any real improvements - it can be interpreted, basically, as a re-branded Z270 chipset platform - and there's something to that claim, definitely. Thus Z390 will be the actual, originally planned platform for Intel's Coffee Lake CPUs, with all features - however fair that is for buyers of Intel's Z370.
That introduction serves as a context-necessary entry point for the title of this story, though - Intel's upcoming 8-core mainstream CPUs. The screenshot in question shows a genuine Intel 8-core CPU running at 2.2 GHz base clocks (remember, this isn't released, final silicon, so that's always up for a change). There are some clear errors in reading the CPU's identity - not at all uncommon at this stage of the process. The readouts of 0 nm and 0 W power, while amazingly interesting in a "what if" scenario, don't ring out true just yet. The testing platform is recognized as Intel Corporation Coffee Lake S82 UDIMM RVP - whose identification scheme is consistent with Intel engineering boards. We're here, as always, to wait and see how this all pans out - both hardware and consumer-wise.
Source:
Videocardz
The new CPUs should be delivered alongside a new platform, Z390 - at the moment, a mirage that's been referenced here and there, but still has no concrete evidence towards its existence. However, it's expected that Z390 as a platform will be what Intel's Z370 was supposed to be from the very beginning - but never could. The idea that's been circulating, and which has some credit (though it should still be taken with a salty disposition), is that due to Intel's need to rush Coffee Lake out the door - so as not to compete against AMD's 8-core Zen-based CPUs with their usual cadre of 4-core, 8-thread processors - led the company to rush out the Z370 release. The idea for Z370 was simply for it to deliver, at all points in the minimum requirements, the correct power delivery hardware and mechanisms for the increased power draw that comes with the added cores. But it was, as such, absent of any real improvements - it can be interpreted, basically, as a re-branded Z270 chipset platform - and there's something to that claim, definitely. Thus Z390 will be the actual, originally planned platform for Intel's Coffee Lake CPUs, with all features - however fair that is for buyers of Intel's Z370.
33 Comments on Intel's 8-core Mainstream Coffee Lake-S Processor Spotted in the Wild?
I do love the slide though ,the truth obfuscated by making the right square smaller , instead of the left.
Now that's Pr.
PCI Lanes.
even more cores.
Quadchannel memory
Threadripper:
even more pci-e lanes than xeon\I9
ECC Memory support (Ryzen 1xxx support it unofficially but same memory controller as epyc)
even more cores
Quadchannel memory
My i7 has been relegated to an i5 chip of sorts
aka: i5 8600K crushes a i7 6700K <-- cpu i have
But it's just more Skylake garbage, we need Ice Lake and we need it fast -> 10nm, new arch, spectre/meltdown proof and hopefully not pigeon poop as TIM
0 W TDP - for the ultimate energy efficiency
/kidding
15 to 20% faster and 29% cheaper than a 6700k 7700k
At stock 7700K beats 8700K in many games too (higher boost/clocks on the quad). Most games are still 2-4C. Very few can use more than 4C and those who can, can use HT for same perf. BF1 is a prime example. 6700K has higher minimums than 8600K. The 6 cores are maxed out. No HT to help.
Look back and see how silly 6600K/7600K does in games. It's only a matter of time before 8600K will fall short.
And no, they don't throttle by default. They may not sustain boost clocks indefinitely, but they will sustain the advertised base clocks.