Intel lists 9th gen Core CPUs in microcode update PDF

Intel has seemingly confirmed a number of 9^th Generation Core processors. Several such processors were listed in the most recent microcode revision guidance document for the Spectre vulnerability. In the PDF document, dated 3^rd July, the 9^th gen processors are listed alongside Coffee Lake S (6+2) and Coffee Lake S (4+2) 8^th gen processors. You can see the products highlighted in the screen shot below, courtesy of VideoCardz as the Intel microcode document has since been edited and re-uploaded.

In a bullet point list form, the hitherto unknown processors listed are as follows:

• Core i3-9000
• Core i3-9100
• Core i5-9400
• Core i5-9400T
• Core i5-9500
• Core i5-9600
• Core i5-9600K

The lack of any Core-i7-9XXX chips in the document could indicate that they are likely to come in 8 core configurations. The document editor thus didn't accidentally add them to the microcode update PDF that has since been edited.

8^th to 9^th gen Intel Core transition provides 100-200MHz boost

Another premature publication error from Intel has been removed in the last few hours. The document was called the '8^th Gen Core Family Spec Update' and the link is now dead. Luckily, again, VideoCardz has captured the evidence. This document shows more details of the above 9th gen Core processors. Details such as name, cache size, physical core count, graphics cores, frequencies and TDPs are all listed for the seven processors as bullet pointed above.

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Picking through the data tables you can see that the 9^th gen processors benefit from a frequency boost up to 200MHz in their Max Turbo state, while preserving 8th Gen successor's TDP. Again, there is a total lack of detail about 9^th gen Intel Core i7 processors within the documents as seen.