… We got our first glimpse at these motherboards at Computex 2026, and while the launch is still several months away , the first motherboards are already in development and expected to be ready even before Nova Lake Desktop CPUs launch. …
… Related Story Intel Updates Nova Lake-S 42 Core To 44 Core In Dual Compute Tile CPU Config The insider/leaker states that a certain selection of 900-series motherboards, presumably based on the Z990 chipset, will support the full power of the 52-core platform. …
… The visit to Powertech is said to be associated with an advanced packaging tech allocation. AMD is likely going to leverage Powertech's FOPLP Fan-Out Panel-Level Packaging technology. …
… The other and most important aspect of the Z490 motherboards is that they will all be PCIe Gen 4.0 ready. PCIe Gen 4.0 was a huge feature on the X570 motherboards based on AMD's AM4 socket for Ryzen CPUs. …
… OpenAI recently disclosed its patent , in which it leverages embedded interconnect bridges to create massive dies, bypassing the current limits imposed by CoWoS and 2.5D packaging technologies. So, it'll be interesting to see how things evolve in terms of packaging in the future. …
… Lastly, MSI provided their own internal testing with a Core i9-10900K running on two of their own Z490 motherboards. Both motherboards were tested with stock and overclocked Core i9-10900K. …
… RTX IO: RTX Remix 1.5 includes new RTX IO compression options in the packaging workflow, including split-size presets from 1GB to 16GB. …
… HBM5 and HBM6 memory standards will offer incremental speeds up & technology updates versus HBM4, which is already going to be way faster than anything we've seen before. …
… Rubin Ultra will be made using TSMC's CoWoS-L packaging technology. …
… The Intel Rocket Lake-S processors will be launching alongside the 500-series motherboards but it has since been confirmed that LGA 1200 motherboards will offer support for Rocket Lake-S CPUs, especially given the fact that PCIe Gen 4.0 is a prominent feature of Z490 motherboards which would only b… …