The Intel 10th Gen processors belonging to the Comet Lake-S family have just been announced. These new processors reach up to 10 cores and 20 threads, with a high price and temperature problems. Now a Roadmap has been leaked that disproves rumors of the Rocket Lake-S processors launch by the end of the year. The truth is that it seemed strange that a family of Intel processors would last six months.
We have seen in recent weeks how the noise around the Rocket Lake-S by the end of the year increased. There were many theories, but it did not make much sense that in six months we would go from 10 cores for the top of the range to 8 cores. The slide from a meeting with Asian partners belies the Rocket Lake-S processors in 2020.
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Not only are the Rocket Lake-S processors ruled out for this year, the Ice Lake-X processors that would compete against the AMD Threadripper are also ruled out. Introducing a new family of processors for as little as 6 months would not make much sense. It should be noted that with Intel, lately, it is not known where they can go, because secrecy reigns.
We must keep in mind that AMD, with its Ryzen 3000 processors based on Zen 2, has a very firm grip on the market. They should launch the Ryzen 4000 series based on Zen 3 at 7nm+ around September/October, widening the gap. AMD's processors are more powerful, better priced, and more efficient. This puts Intel in a difficult position, one it hasn't faced in years.
We have to take into account that the Rocket Lake-S processors will return to 8 cores at most under 14nm. The peculiarity of these processors is that they will be based on 10nm processor designs, but under 14nm lithography. We do not know how this move will work, but it seems very difficult that it will be enough to compete with AMD.
Source: VZ
