Alleged information about Intel’s next-generation chipset “Z890” has leaked, pointing out a slight change in I/O.
Rumors about the Meteor Lake desktop lineup, on the other hand, have yet to be confirmed as to whether or not we’ll actually get to see them, so the family is still groping.
Intel’s Z890 chipset suspicion detailed, Meteor Lake-S desktop CPU unconfirmed
The latest information comes from leaf_hobby (TLC) who tweeted details about the Intel Z890 PCH and Meteor Lake-S Desktop CPUs.
According to the report, the Intel Z890 PCH will add four PCIe Gen 4.0 lanes and dedicate them to the additional M.2 slot, bringing the total number of PCIe lanes to 24, four more than the existing Z790 PCH.
https://twitter.com/leaf_hobby/status/1629570261480792065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The Z890 motherboard is the first to use Intel’s WiFi 7 technology. Existing Z790 motherboards support WiFi 6E which could be a big selling point.
It also mentions support for Microsoft’s Windows 12 OS, which could be considered a placeholder for now.
The bigger question is whether the Z890 PCH is made for the next generation socket, the LGA 1851, or the existing LGA 1700/1800 sockets.
Intel is known to have its Raptor Lake-Refresh lineup ready for launch later this year and Intel is known to offer refreshed platforms every year.
There are already two LGA 1700/1800 socket platforms, the 600 series and the 700 series, so it wouldn’t make much sense to put the 800 series in the same socket.
Therefore, the Z890 chipset is likely to debut in the next-generation CPU lineup for the LGA 1851 socket.
The Intel LGA 1851 socket, which has already been leaked, has a similar design to the LGA 1700/1800 sockets, with additional contact pins and other minor changes.
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That said, the leaker also pointed out that Intel’s Meteor Lake-S desktop CPUs had 6+8 and 6+16 SKUs at one point, which we also pointed out in our exclusive article a little while ago.
The list of SKUs is below.
- Meteor Lake-S 22(6P+16E) / 4 Xe cores / 125W TDP
- Meteor Lake-S 22 (6P + 16E) / 4 Xe cores / 65W TDP
- Meteor Lake-S 22 (6P+16E) / 4Xe cores / 35W TDP
- Meteor Lake-S 14 (6P+8E) / 4Xe Core / 65WTDP
- Meteor Lake-S 14 (6P+8E) / 4Xe Core / 35WTDP
Also, the Intel Meteor Lake-S Desktop CPU adds four PCIe Gen5.0 lanes and is said to be dedicated to Gen5 SSDs.
Currently, Z790 motherboards that offer PCIe 5 SSD functionality have to share lanes with PCIe x16 slots.
The lanes on the CPU are divided into x16 (Gen 5) for dGPU, x4 (Gen 5) for M.2 and x4 (Gen 4) for M.2.
The Intel Meteor Lake-S CPU is also characterized by not supporting AVX-512, like the predecessor Raptor Lake.
The leaker also mentions the Raptor Lake Refresh of the next Core Desktop family in Q3 2023 as a roadmap, followed by a new chipset around Q2 2024.
Apparently, nothing has been decided as of yet, despite multiple rumors saying that Meteor Lake-S has been canceled to a greater or lesser extent.
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Commentary:
What about Raptor Lake Refresh and Meteor Lake?
It is said that both Raptor Lake Refresh and Meteor Lake may come out, but if they come out at the same time, what will happen to the socket?is not it
None of Intel’s desktop products have ever refreshed and changed sockets.
Both Haswel and Coffee Lake were the same socket.
If there is a change, it will be the first time.
I’m skeptical about the Raptor Lake Refresh because the Raptor Lake, which has already been factory OCed to the last minute, has room for further performance improvements? That’s what I mean.
Also, unless you match your sockets to MeteorLake, you will end up with two types of sockets.
This can be anything and everything.
In fact, if Raptor Lake Refresh and Meteor Lake were to be lined up at the same time, I can’t imagine what it would be like, as there is no precedent in the past.
AMD has also changed its policy to focus on servers and mobiles, but after all, Intel’s policy of not focusing on desktops (for self-made PCs) that do not make money has become clear, which is disappointing.
It may be unavoidable to emphasize the large number of general-purpose products, but I was disappointed with the policy of not focusing on the gaming PC market, which is expanding year by year.
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