Intel board partners have released the latest BIOS for their current Z370 motherboards. The latest BIOS revision is surprising for one reason which is that it adds support for next-generation CPUs on current Z370 products, something which was has been hinted since last years, 8th gen CPU release in the market.
Intel Z370 Motherboards Get Support For Next-Generation Processors, 8 Core CPU Support Confirmed?
Almost all major board manufacturers have released a new BIOS for their current generation, Z370 motherboards. The BIOS shipping in the month of July improves system performance and updates the Intel Management Engine but aside from that, it also has one unique feature. The motherboard BIOS adds support for the next-generation or latest 8th generation processors.
We know that Intel hasn't launched any new processor this month and the Core i7-8086K, the last new chip from Intel, was released last month. Based on a similar design to the Core i7-8700K, the current motherboards fully supported it so no big of a BIOS change was required. But here, we are looking at a completely new generation of processors.
MSI is listing the BIOS support for 'New Generation CPU" while others have listed support for "The Latest 8th Gen Intel CPU". Intel's Coffee Lake-S is regarded as the 8th generation core family and we know that the upcoming Coffee Lake Refresh is not that different to the existing processor line up. However, the upcoming refresh has been mentioned to feature the 9th generation branding and it's not like they are moving to a new architecture, as it remains the same.
2 of 9
Currently, Intel has a very confusing 8th generation lineup which includes Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, and Cannonlake based processors. With the actual 9th generation core, codenamed 'Ice Lake' still far away from launch on desktop PCs, it looks like the 9th generation branding will be coming to desktops early but in the form of Coffee Lake Refresh. This lineup is also expected to feature the much awaited 8 core option from Intel which will put them next to AMD's Ryzen processors in the mainstream desktop segment.
Intel 9th Generation Core Family CPU Official Specifications:
| Processor Name | Process | Cores / Threads | Base Clock | Boost Clock | Cache | TDP | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i9-9900KS | 14nm++ | 8 / 16 | 3.6 GHz | 5.0 GHz (8 Cores) | 16 MB | 127W | $513 US |
| Core i9-9900K | 14nm++ | 8 / 16 | 3.6 GHz | 5.0 GHz | 16 MB | 95W | $488 US |
| Core i9-9900KF | 14nm++ | 8 / 16 | 3.6 GHz | 5.0 GHz | 16 MB | 95W | $488 US |
| Core i7-9700K | 14nm++ | 8 / 8 | 3.6 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 12 MB | 95W | $374 US |
| Core i7-9700KF | 14nm++ | 8 / 8 | 3.6 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 12 MB | 95W | $374 US |
| Core i5-9600K | 14nm++ | 6 / 6 | 3.7 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 9 MB | 95W | $262 US |
| Core i5-9600KF | 14nm++ | 6 / 6 | 3.7 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 9 MB | 95W | $262 US |
| Core i5-9600 | 14nm++ | 6 / 6 | 3.1 GHz | 4.5 GHz | 9 MB | 65W | TBD |
| Core i5-9500 | 14nm++ | 6 / 6 | 3.0 GHz | 4.3 GHz | 9 MB | 65W | TBD |
| Core i5-9400 | 14nm++ | 6 / 6 | 2.9 GHz | 4.1 GHz | 9 MB | 65W | $182 |
| Core i5-9400T | 14nm++ | 6 / 6 | 1.8 GHz | 3.4 GHz | 9 MB | 35W | TBD |
| Core i3-9350KF | 14nm++ | 4/4 | 4.0 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 8 MB | 91W | TBD |
| Core i3-9100 | 14nm++ | 4 / 4 | TBD | 4.2 GHz | 6 MB | 65W | TBD |
| Core i3-9000 | 14nm++ | 4 / 4 | 3.7 GHz | N/A | 6 MB | 65W | TBD |
| Core i3-9000T | 14nm++ | 4 / 4 | 3.2 GHz | N/A | 6 MB | 35W | TBD |
zpostcode
Recruit
weather
mreligion
Yellowpages
sport
constellation
shopping
name
game
directory
literature
Word
tour
furnish
Lottery
tftnews
lyrics
News
digital
car
dir
Edu
Finance
