Third generation consists of integrated graphics processing units with directx 9 support.
8th generation intel processor release date.
As shown in figure 1 it features four processor cores 14nm gen 9 intel uhd graphics two channel memory controller and a new on package intel 300 series platform controller hub pch.
Coffee lake is the eighth generation intel core micro architecture and was launched in october 2017.
Intel even showed off a few of the concept pcs the company is building around the new 8th generation core chips but declined to release public details at this time.
The 8th generation intel core processors redefine mainstream desktop pc performance with up to six cores for more processing power that s two more cores than the previous generation intel core processor family intel turbo boost technology 2 0 to increase the maximum turbo frequency up to 4 7 ghz and up to 12 mb of cache.
Even though they are directx 9 compliant vertex shaders are created in software by the cpu resulting in some games not working due to the missing on hardware vertex shaders.
Please refer to the launch date for market availability.
Faster per mhz than the 386.
P5 original pentium microprocessors first x86 processor with super scalar architecture and branch prediction.
What the future holds for 8th.
Release date core i7 6700k 4 8 8 mb hd 530 lga 1151 91 w 14 nm direct media interface.
Intel s second generation of 32 bit x86 processors introduced built in floating point unit fpu 8 kb on chip l1 cache and pipelining.
For the first time in the ten year history of intel core processors the coffee lake generation features an increase in core counts across the desktop.
Please refer to the launch date for market availability.
Small number of new instructions.
The latest 8th gen intel core vpro processor refreshes the older u series 15w processors targeting mainstream mobile computing.