A few weeks ago, Intel confirmed the existence of Rocket Lake-S processors, which belong to 11 generation of Intel Core chips. The units, however, will debut quite late, in the first quarter 2021 of the year (March has been discussed for a long time, if this date is specified). The upcoming Intel Rocket Lake-S processors are to be a direct competition to AMD Ryzen 5000, which, however, will appear in stores in a few days. The manufacturer has now shared new details about these units. First of all, for the first time, the departure from the Skylake architecture, which has been used continuously for 2015, has been officially confirmed. What should we expect from the upcoming Rocket Lake processors?

Intel has confirmed the use of the new Cypress Cove architecture in processors 11 Rocket Lake-S Generation for Desktop.

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Intel Rocket Lake-S processors will use the Cypress Cove architecture, which was built on the basis of Sunny Cove (this architecture was used in Ice Lake processors and modified for Willow Cove ). However, the 14 technological process will still be used. However, it will be the last generation to use this lithography, because Alder Lake (12 will be transferred to process 10 nm SuperFin. Rocket Lake-S processors will be equipped with up to 8 cores and 16 threads. This information was also confirmed by the manufacturer for the first time. The use of the new architecture is expected to translate into higher IPCs, but Intel has yet to disclose specific comparisons with Skylake.

The use of the PCIe 4.0 interface has also been confirmed. The processor itself will receive an additional 4 PCIe 4.0 lines, thanks to which it will have a total 20 lines that can be used simultaneously for graphics card support and PCIe 4.0 SSD. In the information from Intel, there is a mention of a new series chipset 500 and the use of new functionalities related to overclocking. Rocket Lake-S processors will also have a built-in USB 3.2 Gen.2×2 controller with bandwidth 20 Gbps. Finally, there will be a new, integrated graphics chip based on the X ^e architecture. You will also see a DDR4 memory controller 3200 MHz instead of 2933 MHz. There will be support for up to 3 4K monitors 60 or two 5K screens 60. Added to this is support for DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.0b and the AV1 codec. We have to wait for more details about individual processors until the beginning of 2021 of the year.

Source: Intel