No Ryzen Mobile 5000 processors, though on March 9, 2021, 8:16 8 comments
Rumor mill: Fans of Microsoft s Surface Laptop 3 who prefer AMD to Intel will be pleased to hear that team red s CPUs are no longer limited to the 15-inch model in the successor. According to reported Surface Laptop 4 specs, the 13.5-inch version will also offer processors from both Intel and AMD when it launches in April.
WinFuture (via Windows Central) published alleged details of the Surface Laptop 4. The specs show that both sizes can be configured with Intel s 11th-gen Tiger Lake chips (Core i5-1145G7, Core i7-1185G7) or AMD s 4000 Mobile Series CPUs ( Surface Edition Ryzen 5 4680U, Ryzen 7 4980U).
At least one motherboard maker is really complicating matters on February 8, 2021, 16:20 18 comments
Bottom line: Intel in a support document has confirmed that motherboards based on entry-level H410 chipsets and mid-tier B460 chipsets will not be compatible with upcoming 11th Gen Intel Core (Rocket Lake) CPUs. Both platforms launched in Q2 2020 and unless something changes, it appears as though they are going to have very short lifespans.
Motherboards running an H470 or Z490 chipset may need a BIOS update in order to boot with a Rocket Lake processor, Intel added.
The chipmaker didn’t explicitly say why H410 and B460 chipsets wouldn’t be compatible with the upcoming CPUs. According to Tom’s Hardware, however, H410 and B460 are based on “a different and older 22nm process node.” To circumvent this, the publication adds, some motherboard makers are resorting to sneaking the H470 chipset onto boards sold as H410 and B460 products.
Intel could turn to TSMC to help get production back on track on January 13, 2021, 15:49
Why it matters: Changes are coming to Intel, and I’m not simply referring to new management. According to the latest research from a leading market intelligence firm, Intel will start outsourcing production of some of its CPUs to TSMC later this year.
According to market intelligence firm TrendForce, Intel is planning to outsource production of its Core i3 CPUs to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the second half of 2021 using its 5nm node. Chipzilla’s mid-range and high-end CPUs, meanwhile, are expected to enter mass production on TSMC’s 3nm node in the second half of 2022.