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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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    3. Re:This is why competition is good... by barc0001 · · Score: 4, Informative

      > 4.5 years ago, Intel announced it was cutting $350 million from it's R&D budget and putting $350 million into diversity programs. Just a coincidence of course.

      You know, if you're gonna lie about things, you should pick something that a quick Google search or two won't show to be a porker:

      First of all, it's $300 M for diversity programs, to be spent from 2015 to 2020, so they have not spent $350M on it, and the 300 M hasn't had more than 70% spent.

      Secondly on the R&D, they've been ADDING to the R&D budget year over year:

      https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/17/heres-how-intel-corp-cut-its-marketing-spending-by.aspx

      "During the year, Intel's research and development (R&D) spending grew by just $358 million, a slowdown from the $612 million increase that it saw there during 2016."

      I get it, you think diversity programs are a waste of time because Western society is 100% perfect and we totally didn't have racists and Nazis parading this weekend, but don't blame a company going into the toilet on them spending $60m a year on a program when their income for that same year was almost 70 Billion with a B. That's like saying you weren't able to make your $1000 rent this month because you spent a buck on coffee.

  2. 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.

  3. Re:Biggest Intel perf bump in years? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 4, Informative

    The hardware fixes for those flaws apparently won’t be included until Ice Lake. Intel is saying Ice Lake won’t be available in volume until 2H 2019, but it was originally scheduled for 2016, so I’ll believe that when I see it. Realistically, don’t expect those fixes in Intel chips until 2020 or later.

  4. Re:But will they have Spectre/Meltdown/etc fixes? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 5, Informative

    Word is that these ones don’t have the fixes. The fixes aren’t coming until Ice Lake, sometime in 2H 2019 according to Intel (or, more realistically, 2020, given that it was originally scheduled to launch two years ago).

  5. Re:What is the reasoning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    i9 is just a marketing gimmick, replace the current naming convention with the following and you'll know what you're really getting

    i9 = i7
    i7 = i5
    i5 = i3
    i3 = Celeron

  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.