Intel's processor product line has been a bit messy for more than a year. It seems to be completely chaotic. From technology to model, it is a bit confusing.
The birth of the Z370 motherboard is relatively hasty, and there is almost no change in itself. It is purely to support the eight-generation Core, but it is not compatible with the old platform when the interface is unchanged, and it is complaining.
There have been rumors that Intel will also introduce a new Z390 motherboard, and the desktop processor will be upgraded to 8 core 16 threads again.
An internal Intel roadmap leaked today confirms the existence of the Z390, which was released in the third quarter of 2018 and is a direct replacement for the Z370.In this way, the latter is surprisingly short-lived and embarrassing.
However, in terms of specifications, Z390 does not have much new ideas. The only new USB 3.1 Gen.2 interface (up to six) is available, and optional Wireless-AC is available, supporting 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0.
In this way, third-party USB master and wireless network cards can be saved, but as a high-end desktop platform, these two new features are obviously not attractive enough, and wireless support is still optional.
But this roadmap should be earlier, like The 9000 series is not mentioned in the processor model. - It is said that it is only an upgraded version of Coffee Lake Refresh, but it is classified into the 9th generation Core, which is even more chaotic.
For example, the next generation of the fever platform is the earlier planned Basin Falls Refresh, instead of the latest Cascade Lake X.
Recently there is also a saying that Intel is considering canceling the Z390. After all, it has not changed much. Recently, the Z370 motherboards have been upgrading the BIOS to support the new processor, which implies the compatibility of the Z370 and 9000 series, but it also makes the Z390 unnecessary.
