By Joe Osborne
While it may seem as if we just got through a major Intel processor refresh (because we did), the latest rumors out of WccfTech suggest that Intel’s 9000 series of Core processors isn’t far off.
The outlet claims to have come across marketing materials and product names for a number of upcoming Intel processors, namely the Core i9 line of CPUs, which will join the mainstream lineup on Intel’s upcoming Z390 chipset for general-use and gaming PCs.
This move will reportedly bring octa-core processing to the mainstream line of Intel chips for the first time, supporting a previous rumor of the 8-core Coffee Lake chip due in September. Here’s the line of processors the outlet claims to have found:
- Intel Core i9-9900K (est: 8-core / 16 threads)
- Intel Core i7-9700K (est: 6-core / 12 threads)
- Intel Core i5-9600K (est: 6-core / 6 threads)
You’ll immediately notice three things about this supposedly leaked lineup: first, that there is no Core i3 option listed. As the outlet points out, this could either be Intel phasing out the product from its Core line of processors, or that it will release at a later date than these chips. The second thing you may notice is that …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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