Comet Lake Discussion Thread

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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-...-retailers

If online retailer listing from across the pond are genuine, Intel has expanded its 10th Generation Comet Lake-S processors with four new CPUs. As first spotted by @momomo_us, the processors reportedly carry the "KA" suffix, which we haven't heard of until today.

The first theory that comes to mind is that perhaps an employee made some typos and wrote KA instead of KF. However, the part numbers for the processors in question seem to dispel that theory. Additionally, the Comet Lake-S processors are now listed at three Lithuanian retailers, which makes the idea of a human error unlikely.

The Lithuanian shops marks the four KA-series processors for the LGA1200 CPU socket, so we're certain that these are Comet Lake-S processors. They also share similar model names to the Core i9-10900K, Core i9-10850K, Core i7-10700K and Core i5-10600K that Intel has already announced.

However, the standout detail here is that these processors are listed with the Core i9 moniker. This makes us doubt their authenticity, since it doesn't make sense for Intel to brand the Core i7-10700K and Core i5-10600K as Core i9 parts given their CPU core counts. For now, take the listings with a grain of salt.
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PigiauNerasi claims that the four KA-series processors will arrive at the retailer's warehouse by August 9. We've reached out to Intel for comment.