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Intel's 9th Gen Processors Rumored To Launch In October With 8 Cores (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the mark-your-calendar dept.

According to a new report from Wccftech, Intel will introduce new Core i9, i7, and i5 chips on October 1st that will be branded as 9th generation processors. The Verge reports: The mainstream flagship processor, Intel's Core i9-9900K, is expected to ship with 8 cores and 16 threads. Leaked documents show that this will be the first mainstream Core i9 desktop processor, and will include 16 MB of L3 cache and Intel's UHD 620 graphics chip. Even Intel's 9th gen Core i7 processor is expected to ship with 8 cores and 8 threads (up from the current 6 cores), with the Core i5 shipping with 6 cores and 6 threads. Intel is reportedly launching its unlocked overclockable processors first, followed by more 9th generation processors early next year.

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  1. This is why competition is good... by barc0001 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    AMD seems to have really shaken up Intel's complacent little world over the last 18 months with the Ryzen.

    1. Re:This is why competition is good... by Tough+Love · · Score: 4, Insightful

      A blow to the ego, certainly, but real damage? I doubt it. ARM bites Intel a whole lot harder.

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    2. Re:This is why competition is good... by Tough+Love · · Score: 4, Insightful

      For Intel, ARM is the invisible bite that doesn't show up directly because it is related to the PC market decline, which is entirely explained by people doing without PCs in favor of mobile ARM devices. If it wasn't for ARM, Intel would be sellilng a billion more processors a year than it now does, think about it. Intel badly wanted that mobile market and were utterly defeated. They could easily start peddling ARMs themselves, but not for the margin they got used to and are now dependent on.

      Meanwhile. AMD is nice enough to not undercut too much. Not because they don't want to, but because they can't afford it. The last thing Intel should do now is go kill AMD with antitrust thuggery again, that would be extremely unwise, it would just push AMD into the arms of somebody much richer, and much more of a threat. A curious kind of detent we have going on now, with AMD enthusiasts the big winners.

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  2. Re:What is the reasoning by bobstreo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For having an i7 that has 8 cores but not 16 threads? Is the i9 the new i7?

    How many cores do you need for facebook, yahoo mail and netflix? /s

  3. Not a good sign - marketing getting desperate by lordlod · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Intel core i9 line has the same architecture and features as the i7 processors.

    This is a move to show the market than Intel has something new and innovative to offer. Unfortunately the emperor isn't wearing any clothes.

  4. But will they have Spectre/Meltdown/etc fixes? by Fencepost · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are these new chips going to have all the same predictive execution and related issues? Did they have enough time to do any revamping? Or is this going to be the final generation that gets a big chunk of performance improvements crippled?

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    fencepost
    just a little off
  5. My E5-1680 V2 has 8 cores, and HT... by Grog6 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It was launched in 2011; it overclocks to 5GHz, if I put a refrigerator on it, lol.

    I've ran it at 4.7GHz on all cores since 2016.

    Before that, the 3930k I had ran the same OC; they're the same chip, just without cores disabled.

    They even show the same multiplier range on my board's bios, although I only run 34x. :)

    WTF intel; did you blow ALL the money on hookers and blow?

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  6. Re:What is the reasoning by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "What kind function that are you looking for and is missing from 10Pro?"

    The ability to disable Microsoft spyware

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  7. In essence by Artem+S.+Tashkinov · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Intel launches SkyLake for the fourth time. Wow.