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Intel would launch 10nm desktop cpus in early 2020

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Earlier this month, Intel confirmed that its desktop CPU roadmap included 10nm offerings, denying rumors that 10nm would never become the desktop market.

Intel would release 10nm desktop CPUs in early 2020

Now, a report from IT World Canada says Intel will be ready to launch 10nm processors for desktops "early next year, " while claiming that the company's "10nm ramp is going very well" and that they are satisfied with the performance they are getting per wafer.

Unfortunately, this does not answer our questions about 10nm, and to what extent 10nm will be brought to the desktop market. Will we see a 10nm successor for the i9-9900K, or will it be another desktop version similar to Broadwell where the product launch is extremely limited?

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This also raises another question. How about Comet Lake? Intel is rumored to launch Comet Lake series CPUs in early 2020 with up to 10 cores and 20 threads, succeeding current 8-core Coffee Lake models. Will 10nm Intel desktop chips go on the market alongside 14nm chips?

While the 10nm Intel Ice Lake processors boast impressive levels of integrated graphics performance and a noticeable increase in IPC compared to the company's basic 14nm Skylake / Coffee Lake designs, Intel's Ice Lake CPUs have been launched with clock speeds slower than their 14nm counterparts. This means that Intel's Ice Lake CPUs offer similar or less performance than their 14nm Comet Lake counterparts in many cases which does not bode well for a desktop version with a higher TDP.

IT World Canada also reported that Intel plans to commission a third factory on 10nm processors in the near future, which will significantly increase manufacturing capacity.

We think Intel is likely to launch 10nm and 14nm processors on the desktop simultaneously. It will not be long before checking this information.

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