Intel's Seventh-Gen Desktop CPU Lineup Leaked Before CES

Intel’s secret 7th-generation desktop CPU lineup leaks ahead of CES 2017

By Kevin Parrish December 15, 2016

Although over the last several weeks there have been whispers of a possibility that Intel will reveal its seventh-generation Kaby Lake-S desktop processors before the CES 2017 convention in early January, a new report states that the lineup will be publicly announced during the show. The processors will be officially introduced following a closed news conference on January 4 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The conference will take place from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

The news stems from a recent leak that provided those dates along with the entire list of seventh-generation desktop processors that will be announced on January 5. They will be accompanied by the new Intel 200 Series chipsets for motherboards that will support the new processors. The list of leaked processors is rather long, consisting of 16 CPUs that includes the Xeon E3-1205 v6, three Core i7 chips, seven Core i5 models, two Core i3 units, and three Pentium processors.

Here are the first eight on the leaked lineup:

Model	Cores/Threads	Base Speed	L3 Cache	TDP	Socket	Price
Xeon E3-1205 v6	4/8	3.0GHz	8MB	TBD	TBD	TBD
Core i7-7700K	4/8	4.2GHz	8MB	95 watts	LGA1151	$349
Core i7-7700	4/8	3.6GHz	8MB	65 watts	LGA1151	$309
Core i7-7700T	4/8	2.9GHz	8MB	35 watts	LGA1151	TBD
Core i5-7600K	4/4	3.8GHz	6MB	95 watts	LGA1151	$239
Core i5-7600	4/4	3.5GHz	6MB	65 watts	LGA1151	$219
Core i5-7600T	4/4	2.8GHz	6MB	35 watts	LGA1151	TBD
Core i5-7500	4/4	3.4GHz	6MB	65 watts	LGA1151	$199

The upcoming desktop CPUs will support Intel’s Optane storage technology that relies on its 3D XPoint memory, which promises to be 1,000 times faster than the current NAND technology used in solid-state disks and other flash-based storage. The new desktop processors will also support HDCP 2.2, hardware-based encoding and decoding of H.264, HEVC Main, and VP9 video codecs. The integrated graphics are better too compared to the older sixth-generation Skylake processors.

Now here is the full leaked list of the Intel 200 Series chipsets that will be announced at the show:

Chipset	Socket	Stepping	Product Code	S-Spec
Intel C422	TBD	A0	GL82C422	SR2WG
Intel X299	TBD	A0	GL82X299	SR2Z2
Intel Z270	LGA1151	A0	GL82Z270	SR2WB
Intel H270	LGA1151	A0	GL82H270	SR2WA
Intel Q270	LGA1151	A0	GL82Q270	SR2WE
Intel B250	LGA1151	A0	GL82B250	SR2WC
Intel Q250	LGA1151	A0	GL82Q250	SR2WD

Intel’s 200 Series chipsets bring new technologies to Intel-based motherboards. Some of the features include support for up to 10 USB 3.0 ports, support for up to 24 PCI Express 3.0 and six SATA 3.0 high-speed I/O lanes, support for Intel’s Optane technology, and the addition of Intel Rapid Storage Technology 15 and Intel RST PCI Express Storage x4 Generation 3. Intel’s RealSense and Ready Mode technologies are also supported.

The leak should be no surprise given that secrets can never be kept from the internet. How the information was obtained is unknown at the point, so the two lists need to be regarded as rumor and speculation until Intel reveals the whole lineup during CES 2017. There is a good chance Intel will conduct a private meeting with a few specific sites as a pre-briefing before the press conference, so we may hear more about the new processors over the next several weeks.

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