Intel microcode update docs tip off possible ninth-gen Core CPUs
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As part of its latest microcode update guidance document for the Spectre vulnerability, Intel may have intentionally or inadvertently tipped off the existence of several new Core processors. The microcode update guidance reveals that the Core i5-9400, Core i5-9400T, Core i5-9500, Core i5-9600, and Core i5-9600K are in the pipe.
While I initially referred to these parts as "ninth-gen" Core CPUs, the company itself is classifying these chips as an extension of the existing eighth-gen Core family in its documents. If that's true, it'd be the first time in a long time that the first digit of ...