Intel coffee lake begins to run low, prices could rise
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Eighth-generation Intel Core processors, better known as Coffee Lake, are in short supply on the market due to Intel's limited production capacity with its node at 14nm.
Intel wants to ensure the availability of Whiskey Lake, Coffee Lake suffers
Tom's Hardware has pointed out that the i5-8400, i5-8600K and i7-8700K processors are starting to become scarce in the market, which will cause stores to raise prices to sell above the recommended by Intel. The aforementioned media also points out that this shortage is not due to a strong demand for these chips, but rather that Intel is dividing its production capacity to ensure the availability of the ninth generation.
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A possible explanation for these shortcomings could be that Intel allocates volumes from the same 14nm ++ node for its upcoming ninth-generation Core processors, which will debut with three initial models i5-9600K, i7-9700K, and i9-9900K. Intel probably wants to launch all three chips at competitive prices, for which it needs to ensure production volumes good enough to ensure their availability at launch, and win the 2018 Christmas season, thus repairing its second-generation-damaged competitiveness. Ryzen from AMD in the last two quarters.
The new Intel Core i5-9600K, i7-9700K and i9-9900K processors belong to the Whiskey Lake family, will be compatible with current 300 series motherboards and will mean the arrival of the first physical eight-core Intel processors for the mainstream range, something that only two years ago was unthinkable. All this has been fostered by the strong competition that AMD is making with its Ryzen models, based on a Zen architecture that is being the most successful.
What do you expect from the new generation of Intel Core processors? You can leave a comment with your impressions about it.
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