Rocket Lake CPU price increase likely as Intel faces substrate shortages
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As the world faces a global chip shortage, almost every manufacturer that deals with electronic systems has been affected. Semiconductor manufacturers like TSMC have seen major supply issues due to component shortages which has affected many companies including Nvidia and AMD, but Intelâs supply of Rocket Lake CPUs have been pretty steady so far, and have mostly been pretty affordable at MSRP where other companies have seen price increases due to the situation.
Both Nvidia and AMD have been facing supply issues since the launch of their graphics cards like the RTX 30 series and RX 6000 series (as well as the Ryzen 5000 processors from AMD). But Intel has their own foundry to produce chips which has been pretty good for them so far.Â
We still have a month before the launch of the Rocket Lake processor from Intel. New leaks on the Intel Core i9 11900K has shown promising performance even with the upcoming Ryzen 7 5700G. Chinese Media outlet compared with flagship Rocket Lake Processor with the upcoming Ryzen 7 5700G and the Ryzen 7 5800X.
Intel Core i9 11900K Rocket Lake compared with Ryzen 7 5800X and unreleased Ryzen 7 5700G.
Intel Core i9 11900K is the flagship Rocket Lake processor with 8 core and 16 threads. The Rocket Lake lineup is launching in March but there are tons of leaks going around in the market. The 8 core processor utilizes the latest Cypress Cover architecture based on the 14nm process node. Intel looks to come at AMD with their latest lineup but it is not all good for the Core i9.
The pricing details for the upcoming Intel Rocket Lake processors has seemingly leaked online, and shows that the 11th Gen series might be cheaper than 10th Gen