In the first months of 2021 Intel will make available 11th Generation Core processors for desktop systems , better known by the name the n code of Rocket Lake-S . These CPUs will continue to be built with nanometer manufacturing technology 14 but will adopt a new microarchitecture , thanks to which they will benefit from an increase in IPC (instruction per clock) compared to the models now on the market.

These processors will installed on motherboards equipped with LGA socket 1200 based on Intel series chipsets 500 , expected to debut together with the processors. However, there are confirmations on compatibility also with motherboards based on Intel Z chipset 490, obviously equipped with LGA socket 1200, which are now on the market. These models are those combined with the tenth generation Intel Core processors for desktop systems, offered in versions up to 10 core as maximum in Core i9 model – 10900 K.

Biostar has officially announced that its Intel Z chipset motherboards 490 will receive bios updates with which official support for these processors will be implemented . Not only that: a similar compatibility is also expected for motherboards developed by ASRock , with a compatibility list which affects not only the models with Z chipset 490 but also those W 480 and H 470.

At this point it is foreseeable that all motherboard manufacturers will make bios updates available for your LGA socket motherboards 1200 so as to extend compatibility with new 11th generation Core CPUs. By doing so, motherboards with chipset 400 will implement support for PCI Express 4.0 peripherals through the controller integrated in the new Rocket Lake-S family processors.