Intel has killed off its exotic packaging for the Core i9-12900K and Core i9-10980XE, replacing them with smaller boxes found in its non-flagship models.
AIDA build 64 6.60.5944 patch notes indicate preliminary compatibility for a mysterious new Intel CPU platform called Alder Lake-X. This suggests that Intel is returning to the HEDT market after a lon.
Intel hasn’t told us much about its next generation of HEDT processors. However, rumours have been spreading, pointing to a release in Q3 2022. Although we can’t confirm this yet, the new AIDA64 update suggests they are coming, as the app received preliminary support for Alder Lake-X HEDT CPUs. Tom’s Hardware spotted the implementation of …
Even as mainstream consumer processors push out more cores, more threads, and heaps of cache, there is still a market for even more powerful high end desktop (HEDT) silicon.