Tag: chiplets

Intel Z690 chipset for Alder Lake detailed: Gear 4 and other news

Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

Alder Lake, a new and significantly improved CPU generation by Intel will be released in a few months (reportedly on 19th of November). The CPUs will be released together with new motherboards using the Z690 chipset and the new LGA 1700 socket. A document leak now shares insight into the features and innovations of this platform. For example we learn that Alder Lake’s memory controller will also use Gear 2 and now even Gear 4. Read more “Intel Z690 chipset for Alder Lake detailed: Gear 4 and other news” »

Z590 motherboards for Intel Rocket Lake to be released in January

Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

In Q1 2021, Intel is expected to release Rocket Lake, the new 11th generation of  desktop processors, still using 14nm manufacturing process, but with a new architecture, PCIe 4.0 and probably much higher single-threaded and gaming performance. According to rumors, the CPU launch should be in March, but it looks like the platform with new motherboards, such as B560, Z590, etc. could be released sooner, as early as a few days from now. Read more “Z590 motherboards for Intel Rocket Lake to be released in January” »