Along with higher core counts, Intel is also revamping the way Hyper-Threading works in the lineup. From what we have seen, only the top end SKUs will feature this technology. Low-end chips will just have 1 thread per core. The new chips also feature possible hardware mitigations to Meltdown and Spectre. Unfortunately, due to delays with 10nm, the chips will be on 14nm. Left unsaid is the possibility that the 14nm shortage the company is facing will cripple launch supply and drive prices up. The only hope is that Intel purposefully crippled 8th Gen production to build up 9th Gen supply.

Along with the new 9th Gen chips, Chipzilla is also expected to talk about their HEDT platform as well. This will see a replacement to Skylake X and update to Basin Falls to counter Threadripper 2. This will likely mean even higher core counts as AMD jumped from 12 to 24. Finally, the company is sure to share more details about Z390. The new chipset will support the new platform and chips. With only a day or so to go, we won’t have long to see what Intel’s response to AMD will look like.