Tuesday, March 26th 2019

Intel Readies New Stepping of 9th Gen Core Processors

Intel is readying a new stepping of 9th generation Core processors, which could require motherboard BIOS updates. ASUS released a statement in which it mentions that Intel is preparing to launch processors based on the new stepping of "Coffee Lake Refresh" silicon from Q2-2019. It goes on to say that BIOS updates have been released for its entire line of Intel 300-series chipset motherboards for supporting the new stepping. The company doesn't mention what the stepping ID is, or what's different.

The statement reads: "ASUS has released BIOS updates for all 300 series motherboards, adding support for the forthcoming 9th Generation Intel Core processors based on new stepping. These processors are scheduled for launch in Q2, 2019. The latest BIOS updates are available for download now from the ASUS website." You can find these updated BIOS ROMs on the product page of your motherboard on ASUS website.
Source: ASUS
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26 Comments on Intel Readies New Stepping of 9th Gen Core Processors

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bobhumplick
gmn 17I want 10th gen
youre looking at it. they will just take the 9900k and make it the next i7. then they will slot in an i9 with 10 cores
SLA1NRefresh after refresh after refresh. I’m glad I jumped to team red for a Zen+. I was all worried my purchase would immediately be stomped by intel. Turns out that’s not the case at all. Not looking so hot for Intel.
dude its a stepping. just means they changed the manufacturing side of things. probalby so they dont waste wafer space with the kf cpus that have the igpu turned off. now they can make them with no igpu in the first place and make more chips per wafer. its just a new stepping not a new gen.

however i think the next gen will be based on these. so youll get a 9900k for i7 prices. i dont really care about refreshes or whatever word you wanna call it. i care about performance. and i think these are gonna deliver. and anybody who bought an i5 on the 8th gen will be able to move up to a cometlake i7 with 8 cores 16 threads and be plenty happy.

youre just looking for reasons to justify your purchase and using words that dont even really apply to this article to do so. besides amd just did a refresh with ryzen 2000 and after ryzen 3000 they will do some more refreshes. they are gonna be on 7nm for awhile
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