Last week, the picture was leaked on a tech forum and it was showing that Intel Likely to Launch a high-end Core i9 CPU with 12 cores. However, the 18 core processor is a good surprise from Intel. Intel said today. About the Core i9, these Intel chips feature a base clock speed of 3.3GHz, reaching up to 4.3GHz dual-core speed with Turbo Boost 2.0 and 4.5GHz with Turbo Boost 3.0, which implies that there’s plenty of room for overclocking. At the top of the line-up is the new Intel Core i9 Extreme Edition processor – the first consumer desktop CPU with 18 cores and 36 threads.
All of the latest X-Series chips run on Intel’s new x299 chipset, replacing the x99 platform used by their predecessors. New x299-based motherboards and full desktop systems will be available “in the coming weeks”. The Core i9 Extreme Edition i9-7980XE, what Intel calls the first teraflop desktop PC processor ever, will be priced at $1,999. The lower-tier Core i9 family: Core i9 X-series chips in 16-core, 14-core, 12-core, and 10-core versions, with prices climbing from $999 to $1,699. If these Core i9 X-series chips are too rich, Intel also introduced three new Core i7 X-series chips, priced from $339 to $599, and a $242 quad-core Core i5. All of the new chips are due “in the coming weeks,” Intel said.
