Intel's 10th-gen Comet Lake desktop CPUs might not ...

The more optimistic and likely alternative is that Intel will be officially announcing the Comet Lake desktop chips on April 13, before ... Rumormill:Intelisrumoredtofinallyreleaseits10thgenerationCometLakedesktopchipsnextmonth,buttheCPUscouldbeanotherproductdelayedbythecoronavirusdisruption,accordingtoanewreport. WhiletheCometLakelaptopprocessorsarrivedlastsummer,thelaunchdateofthedesktopversionsisstillamystery.Butwenowmighthaveabetterideaofwhenthey'llarrive,thankstoUnikoshardware.com,whichhaspostedpicturesoftheIntelCorei5-10400andaslidefromthecompany. Theinterestingpartoftheslideisthe'ProductIntroductionDate(Pressembargo)'section,whichreads:"PressNewsEmbargo:April13-June26,2020." Wedon'tknowiftheslideisgenuine,sotakethiswithapinchofsalt,butitsuggeststhereisnosetembargodateforthechips'launch.ThatcouldmeanIntelisanticipatingmissingtheAprilreleasedate,withtheCPUspotentiallynotlaunchinguntilJune. Iftherereallyisadelay,itcanalmostcertainlybeattributedtothecoronavirus.AsnotedbyTom'sHardware,itwouldn'tmakesenseforInteltoreleasethechipsifitspartnerscan'tproducesupportingmotherboardsintime. ThemoreoptimisticandlikelyalternativeisthatIntelwillbeofficiallyannouncingtheCometLakedesktopchipsonApril13,beforeintroducingthevariousCPUsbetweenthenandJune26,eachonewithitsownembargodate. We'reexpectingtoseeovertwenty10th-genCometLakedesktopchips,includingthe10-core/20-threadi9-10900Kthatreplacesthei9-9900K.LeakssaytheflagshipCPUwillfeature125WTDP,abasefrequencyof3.7GHz,andboostto5.1GHz.ThechipswillhavehyperthreadingenabledfromthemostexpensivemodelallthewaydowntothePentiumG6400T,unlikethecurrent-genCPUs,whereit'sonlyonthei9series. 6comments 99interactions Sharethisarticle: RelatedStories Intelisbuildinga$700milliondatacenterresearchlabwithafocusonimmersioncooling Intellaunchesvirtualmuseumshowcasing50+yearsofinnovation AMD'supcomingAM5motherboardsmightgetannouncedonMondayatComputex PopularReads… AMDarguesRadeonoffersbetterperformance&powerconsumptionperdollarthanNvidia AMDlaunchesnewRadeonGPUs,listsupcomingFSR2.0games TechSpotVideo:10MostMemorableSci-FiTechnologies:WhenWillTheyBeHere? MostRead 31comments GPUPricingUpdate,May2022:BuyNoworWaitforNext-Gen? 13comments AMDRadeonRX6750XTReview:"FactoryOverclocking" 15comments AMDRadeonPreviewDriver2022:50GameBenchmark 16comments HackerscreatedarobocallertowasteRussianofficialstimeandyoucanlisteninonthecalls LoadComments6 ... UserComments:6 Gotsomethingtosay?Postacomment Loadallcomments... Discuss 22 Upgradethesystemtonewparts 7 Haveaquestion,needsuggestionsforupdatingcurrentcomputer 17 Freshbuild,everythingpowerslikeitshouldexceptnodisplayatallonmonitor 47 Haveyougotanxietywhenyoubuild? 11 Almostthere! Recentlycommentedstories Jumptoforummode Addyourcommenttothisarticle Youneedtobeamembertoleaveacomment.Jointhousandsoftechenthusiastsandparticipate. TechSpotAccount Signupforfree,ittakes30seconds. Alreadyhaveanaccount?Loginnow.