Intel to debut 500-series chipsets for Rocket Lake-S processors as early as Jan 11, if rumors are true
Intel may unveil the new 500-series chipset series for motherboards as early as January 11th. This was reported by VideoCardz, citing Chinese news sources. The announcement is expected on the same day, on which Intel officially scheduled one of the events within the framework of the CES 2021 electronics exhibition. Recall that this year it will be held in a virtual format.
Since Intel itself did not specify what new items to expect from this event, the version with the announcement of new motherboards looks quite plausible, especially against the background of official news that the 11th generation of Rocket Lake processors for these motherboards will hit the market in the first quarter. next year.
According to Chinese sources, on January 11, Intel may introduce three sets of system logic – Z590, B560 and H510. Moreover, all three chipsets, according to sources, will not only be presented but also released on the same day. It is highly likely that Intel 500 series motherboards will be the last Intel motherboards to support DDR4 memory. In addition, they are credited with using the LGA 1200 processor socket. Thus, they will be able to work not only with the 11th generation of Rocket Lake-S chips but also with the current 10th generation (Comet Lake-S) processors.
Intel has not yet announced an exact date for the announcement of the Rocket Lake processors. However, Chinese resources report that new chips will have to wait at least until the end of February or early March next year. From the looks of it, Intel doesn’t want a repeat of the scarcity AMD and its new Ryzen 5000 series processors are facing.
Sources do not explain why Intel plans to release new motherboards before new processors, especially considering that new motherboards should receive full support for PCIe 4.0, which will be useless until new chips are released.
