By Bill Thomas
Before we dive into any of this, let’s just get one thing out of the way: Intel Coffee Lake-X isn’t confirmed to exist in any way, shape or form. This is all just speculation at this point.
Intel has had a rough couple of years. Ever since the onset of AMD Ryzen and Threadripper, Intel has been on the defensive – haphazardly throwing out CPU refreshes to keep ahead of AMD.
In 2017, when AMD released the first generation of Ryzen Threadripper, Intel responded with Skylake-X, which topped out with the $1,979 (£1,649, AU$2,729) 18-core 36-thread Core i9-7980XE. Luckily for Intel, it out-powered the Threadripper 1950X, but only barely.
Fast forward to 2018 and AMD is rumored to release the Threadripper 2990X at around $1,700 (£1,300, AU$2,300) according to a recent pricing leak. This rumored processor will supposedly be a 32-core, 64-core behemoth. If it’s actually real, Intel is going to want to come out with something to compete.
Enter Coffee Lake-X.
Now, Coffee Lake-X supposedly existed at one point, only to be later cancelled by Intel, according to some speculation from the Motley Fool. However, seeing how Intel Cascade Lake-X is going to be a …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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