Rumor: Intel Comet Lake -S Desktop Cpus will have Up To 10 Cores on 14nm Die.

According to rumor from a Taiwanese forums, Intel is planning to put more cores on their new mainstream desktop lineup, called Comet Lake.

The new Intel cpu family will still be based on a 14nm process; this decision is due to Intel's difficulty to improve the 10nm fabrication process.

There are no many other information except for the fact that the CPU may use a dual ring bus interconnect. This new dual ring design is an interesting thing because it will impact the core to core latency ensuring better performance.

Intel’s Comet Lake-S: More Core more Heat

A 10 cores configuration brings with it more heat and more difficulty to dissipate it (especially thinking that Intel’s current 8 core generation already generates much heat). Intel could face this problem reducing the clock compared to the actual i9-9900K (however, it will be necessary to have a good cooling solution.

Pricing

In terms of pricing, we can expect the CPU will have a price around the $500 US, similar to that of the i9-9900K.

