News Gigabyte Discloses Intel's Rocket Lake-S Launch Date: March 2021

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Gigabyte says Intel's 11th-Gen Rocket Lake Core CPUs for desktops will be available in March.

Gigabyte Discloses Intel's Rocket Lake-S Launch Date: March 2021 : Read more

 

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Rather, 'Gigabyte confirms the date' everyone pretty much already knew anyway...

 

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According to Gigabyte, the new Rocket Lake CPUs will hit the market this March, which is somewhat later than many expected, albeit still consistent with Intel's promise to make the chips available in the first quarter of the year.

Who expected them to come sooner? Even a leaked Intel roadmap from over a year-and-a-half ago showed Rocket Lake desktop processors as being expected to launch near the start of Q2 2021...

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And of course, they showed no indication of Alder lake being part of their 2021 lineup, and logically those processors should not expected before early 2022.