Comet Lake Discussion Thread

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Comet Lake could help shore up Intel's defenses against the new Ryzen lineup, finally beating AMD's core counts, but whether they'll maintain a lead over the Ryzen 3000 series remains an open question–AMD has left open the possibility that its new chips may come with more than eight cores.

Intel's trials and tribulations with the 10nm process are well documented, but the summit is in sight. As such, it looks like the Comet Lake processors will serve as the swan song for 14nm on the desktop. Intel has done an enviable job pushing the limits of the 14nm process and extracted a 70% increase in performance since its debut, but it has surely entered the land of diminishing returns.
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Intel's pricing continues to be a thorn in its side, particularly as it grapples with a shortage of production capacity, so a win on the performance front might not equate to a thorough win in the market. TSMC's 7nm process, while more expensive to develop than prior nodes, does bring the promise of lower pricing along with it. That plays well to AMD's reputation for being the value king, but the 7nm process should also halve power consumption under the right circumstances. Even with a 14nm I/O chip sucking power, Ryzen 3000's 7nm compute dies should sip power, giving the company yet another edge as Intel turns the power up on its Comet Lake processors.

All this means that Intel's refresh of the Coffee Lake refresh might not be that refreshing after all in terms of pricing and power consumption. Ten Intel cores will be sure to deliver an impressive amount of horsepower to the mainstream desktop, further blurring the lines between the mainstream and high end desktop lines, but this story is far from over. We'll update this post as new information comes to light.