10th generation Intel Core CPU: Debuting in the end of 2019 desktops
Comet Lake is the code name that identifies the tenth-generation Intel Core CPU, still built with 14-nanometer production technology but with a maximum of 10 cores.
Update : 07/11/2019 15.20. The information in the table published in this news is obviously not confirmed by Intel, and for this reason to be taken as an indiscretion. In the initial version of this news, this tone was probably not well expressed and for this reason the content of the second part of the news was better indicated as based on a rumor.
We confirm that in October Intel will present new desktop processors, which will be built with 14 nanometer technology and not 10 nanometers and that the top of the range versions will offer 10 cores.
During the last part of the year, Intel will present new desktop processors of the Core family, built with 14-nanometer production technology. These are the models indicated with the code name of Comet Lake, Core tenth generation proposals that will adopt for the first time a 5-digit numerical indication.
At the base of these processors, we will find the production process of the type 14nm+++, evolution of the one adopted with the CPUs of the Ice Lake family currently on the market. These are ninth-generation Core models, with the Core i9-9900K proposal which represents the top of the current range for this category of processors.
The micro-architecture at the base of these processors will remain unchanged, with some optimization interventions that will allow to increase the maximum supported clock frequencies. In particular, the fastest proposals will adopt 10-core architecture, against the 12 Ryzen 3000 CPU cores currently on the market that will reach up to 16 cores with the Ryzen 9 3950X model expected to debut in September.
A few days ago, this table circulates online, originally published in this Tweet, which contains indications on the technical specifications of the Comet Lake processors. If the information is confirmed we will find the Core i9-10900KF model as top of the range proposal: the 10 cores integrated in this CPU will have a base clock of 3.4 GHz, with a maximum clock boost of 5.2 GHz and clock frequency for all 100% core equal to 4.6 GHz. This CPU will be accompanied by a 105 Watt TDP.
The same as the top of the range AMD Ryzen 9 proposals, with a DDR4 memory controller capable of officially supporting DDR4-3200 modules. All this for a price of $499, excluding taxes, with prices starting at $129 for the Core i3-10100 model with quad core architecture.
Of note as according to the data reported in this scheme all Comet Lake CPU will adopt HyperThreading technology, so as to offer capacity to process a number of threads twice the number of cores. Not only: for all the CPU, Turbo Boost technology will also be present, thanks to which the CPU operates dynamically on the clock frequency in search of the maximum possible performance.
Comet Lake CPUs will be built as mentioned with 14 nanometer production technology. We will see Intel processors built with a 10-nanometer process during the end of 2019, but it will only be declinations for notebook systems with lower power consumption with a maximum of 4 integrated cores.
