14nm-class process technology gone

Chipzilla has discontinued its higher-end 11th Generation Core' Rocket Lake' processors, made using its 14nm-class process technology.

So much for new architecture 

 New benchmarks which have tipped up online have shown some embarrassing facts for Intel's new Rocket Lake-S architecture.

That did not stop retailers from selling it

Although some retailers have started selling Intel's 11th generation Core desktop CPUs early, Intel has confirmed that the launch date is firmly set for March 30th.

At least according to Intel

Intel has released some numbers comparing PCIe Gen 4 NVMe storage performance of the 11th gen Core Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU with AMD's Ryzen 5000 series CPU.

Geekbench 5 results shows it catching up with Zen 3

According to the latest rumor, it appears that Intel has a horse in the single-threaded race, at least according to the Geekbench 5 single-threaded result of the Core i9-11900T Rocket Lake CPU.

Intel support document says no support

Intel says that H410 and B460 motherboards won't support Rocket Lake.

Double-digit IPC confirmed

Intel’s John Bonini, Intel VP and GM of Client Computing Group Desktop, Workstations and Gaming, has already confirmed a few juicy details about the Intel 11th Generation desktop part codename Rocket Lake-S. Now the latest leak reveals a healthy 5.3GHz speed.

Cypress Cove core and double-digit IPC increase

Intel shed some light about its upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPUs that will be launching in Q1 2021, and these will be based on Cypress Cove CPU cores bringing a double-digit IPC increase in performance.

Anything AMD can do we can do better -- eventually

Chipzilla has been talking up its 11th Gen Rocket Lake chips which it expects to make available in the first quarter of next year.