Intel announces release of 11th generation desktop CPU 'Rocket Lake' in the first quarter of 2021


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Thomas Hawk

In an official blog posted by Intel on October 7, 2020, it announced that it will release the 11th generation desktop CPU ' Rocket Lake ' in the first quarter of 2021. Rocket Lake has also been shown to be Intel's first CPU to support PCIe 4.0 , a serial transmission interface.

Intel's Commitment to Gaming, and a Sneak Peek at Intel Technology to Come | by Intel Author | Intel Tech | Oct, 2020 | Medium
https://medium.com/intel-tech/intels-commitment-to-gaming-and-a-sneak-peek-at-intel-technology-to-come-83677833be7f



Intel Announces Rocket Lake 2021 Release Ahead of AMD's Zen 3 Announcement | Tom's Hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-announces-rocket-lake-q1-2021-release-ahead-of-amd-zen-3-announcement-pcie-4

Intel confirms 11th Gen Rocket Lake desktop processors coming in early 2021 --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/7/21505926/intel-11th-gen-rocket-lake-desktop-processors-q1-2021-amd

In an official blog, Intel's vice president of desktop and gaming, John Bonini, said that PC games are embedded in Intel's DNA, hardware that enables gamers to play cutting-edge PC games for many years. Claimed to have provided. He says he has worked with gaming companies around the world to continually adjust the experience after its release.

At the end of the article about games and 10th generation processors, Bonini said, 'As you can imagine, we're always looking at the following and ways to improve desktop CPUs, but the next generation. I'm happy to see that the 11th generation Intel Core desktop processor (codenamed 'Rocket Lake') came out in the first quarter of 2021 and supports PCIe 4.0. ' We have officially announced the release of the 11th generation desktop CPU 'Rocket Lake'.

It's no coincidence that Intel announced the 11th generation desktop CPU on October 7th, and the Verge pointed out that it may have been overlaid on AMD's next CPU 'Zen 3' announcement on October 8th. .. The announcement that Intel will release a new CPU in 2021 is intended to make users aware that there are options other than the CPU announced by AMD.



The exact date and performance details of Rocket Lake's release are unknown, but foreign media outlets such as Videocardz have reported that Rocket Lake will be available in March 2021. Rocket Lake is also believed to be compatible with Intel 400 series motherboards.

Foreign media Wccftech points out that Rocket Lake will be a 14nm process chip instead of a 10nm process. Although it is not a 10nm process chip, it is expected to be significantly upgraded from the previous generation, including support for PCIe 4.0, next-generation data transfer standard Thunderbolt 4 , and Xe graphics, in addition to adopting the improved Willow Cove architecture. Said.

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