Intel Coffee Lake release date, news and features

At least that seems to be Intel’s contention with its upcoming fourth generation of chips to be based on the 14nm manufacturing node and 8th generation of Core processors altogether. 

After finally releasing the 7th generation, or Kaby Lake, Core processors unto the world late last year, the Santa Clara chipmaker tweeted that its 8th-generation Coffee Lake chips would – contrary to popular belief – harbor performance 15% better than their predecessors. 

The company has since raised that claim to 30%. And now, we await the unveiling of Coffee Lake on August 21.

Despite abandoning the “tick-tock” formula, wherein Intel would come out with a redesigned chip known as the “tick” and then shrink the die the following year for a so-called “tock”, there are still huge gains to be had from the 14nm fabrication process. Perhaps Moore’s Law subsists after all?

Cut to the chase

• What is it? Intel's 8th-generation 14nm Core processor
• When is it out? Debuts August 21; out before Christmas 
• What will it cost? Likely as much as current Kaby Lake CPUs

RUMORED COFFEE LAKE SPECS

8th-generation Intel Core i5:3.5GHz base clock
3.5GHz boost clock
6 cores, 6 threads
1.5MB L2 cache (256KB per core)
9MB L3 cache
Likely LGA 1151 socket support

8th-generation Intel Core i7:TBD base/boost clock speeds
6 cores, 12 threads
1.5MB L2 cache (256KB per core)
12MB L3 cache
Likely LGA 1151 socket support