Will Intel Rocket Lake-S arrive in late March? Here is a confirmation

According to reports on the Danawa forums, a representative of the well-known Taiwanese company MSI shared some interesting information about the 11th generation Intel Rocket Lake-S processors. Since then, the company has changed its response (as spotted by @ harukaze5719), but you will find a screenshot of the original message accompanying the news. Many rumors claim that Intel may announce Rocket Lake-S at CES 2021, but that the processors will likely only hit the market a few months later. According to the statement, the Rocket Lake-S chips will not be available to the public until the end of March, giving some credibility to previous rumors.

Credit: Forum Danawa Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if there is a some grain of truth inherent in the rumor that Intel has given motherboard manufacturers the green light to announce their new proposals based on the Z590, B560 and H510 chipsets on January 11. While it is assumed that the current generation Comet Lake chips will be compatible with the new chipsets, an early launch of the motherboards does not seem to make much sense as the new processors will not arrive until next spring.

Also, the statement it also confirms that current 400 series motherboards, including the H410, B460 and Z490 chipsets, will support Rocket Lake-S. The news certainly doesn't surprise us, considering that other motherboard manufacturers, such as ASRock and Biostar, are already promoting backward compatibility with 400 series motherboards.

Credit: Forum Danawa As expected, the 400 series motherboards will require a simple firmware update to enable compatibility with the new Rocket Lake-S chips, which will once again use the LGA1200 socket. According to the statement, MSI will give priority to the Z490 motherboards and will then deal with the dissemination of updated firmware for the others. Of course, the company plans to upgrade all of its 400 series motherboards before the Rocket Lake-S launch in March.

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