Intel has Zen (3) moment, confirms new CPUs with PCIe 4.0 for Q1 2021

Intel officially confirms its next-gen Rocket Lake CPUs are coming in Q1 2021, with the 11th Gen Core range of processors.

Gaming Editor

Published Oct 7, 2020 6:06 PM CDT
Updated Nov 2, 2020 10:54 PM CST

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It was only yesterday that I reported about Intel's next-gen Rocket Lake family of processors being debuting in March 2021 -- but we woke up to Intel themselves confirming it.

Intel has Zen (3) moment, confirms new CPUs with PCIe 4.0 for Q1 2021 01

John Bonini (who is the Vice President and General Manager of Client Computing Group Desktop, Workstation, and Gaming at Intel) has confirmed in a new blog post that Intel will be launching its 11th Gen Core series (codename Rocket Lake) in Q1 2021.

Intel's new 11th Gen Core range of CPUs will be the first to support PCIe 4.0, something that has been a point that AMD has had over Intel for over a year now. On top of that, Intel announced this news in the 24 hours before AMD's big reveal of Zen 3.

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Intel you get a + for that, or would that be +++++++ ... I don't know, but good job.

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Anthony Garreffa

Gaming Editor

Anthony joined TweakTown in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of tech products. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.