Intel Rocket Lake-S: new CPU architecture and many new features

Intel has not yet released the Comet Lake-S Core 10th gen processors and we are already talking about the next generation of Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU, a new product line that could already debut by the end of 2020. This is what the recent report by videocardz which, complete with slides, reveals numerous and interesting technical features of the new Intel platform.

Keeping in mind that this is unofficial information – apparently always from Intel sources – it is interesting to note that these processors will introduce many innovations and improvements; however, taking the leaked information for good, it is rumored that Intel Core 11th Gen Rocket Lake desktop processors may use the 14nm manufacturing process again.

The slide in question speaks of a new unspecified CPU architecture, rumors would like an adaptation of Willow Cove (see Tiger Lake processors presented at CES 2020) on a 14nm production node, but we cannot currently fully confirm this feature.

There are many improvements that Intel will bring on the new platform, probably developed around the new generation of Intel 500 chipset. It starts from the integrated graphics Xe, moving on to PCI-E gen 4.0 support (20 CPU lines) and improved DDR4 support, leading to the introduction of Thunderbolt 4.0 is USB 3.2 2×2 at 20 Gbps. News also regarding the video output that now provides HDMI 2.0b and Display-Port 1.4a. Intel Rocket Lake-S desktop processors and their motherboards with 500 series chipsets will use the LGA1200 socket, a feature that should make them backwards compatible with the long-awaited Core 10a gen Comet Lake-S.

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Considering the current situation related to Coronavirus, the debut of the Intel Rocket Lake-S desktop platform by 2020 does not seem a feasible and very sensible thing, especially if we consider that the Santa Clara company has not yet presented the Comet Lake models- S.

The only reason that could push Intel to propose a sudden update of Comet Lake-S in late 2020 – or early 2021, perhaps at the CES in Las Vegas – would be AMD and the introduction of 7nm ++ Zen 3 based Ryzen 4000 processors, solutions expected just for the end of the year.