Intel on its website recently published a page on the Z390 chipset by mistake, the page has unveiled the feature set and chipset block diagram of the upcoming chipset. According to the document, the upcoming chipset is very close to current Z370 series.

As you might know, the upcoming chipset will support all Coffee Lake generation desktop processors but would also be compatible for the next-generation. According to benchlife however, the Z390 chipset would remain the same as the Z370 chipset and manufacturers can add some third party controllers like ASMedia has done for SATA ports in several chipsets.

According the latest information, the Intel Z390 (or Z370 refresh) chipset will pack native support for USB 3.1 Gen2. While the current Intel Z370 chipset doesn't come with any support, the new flagship chipset will offer up to six ports. Furthermore Intel also added support for Wireless-AC 2x2 160MHz and Bluetooth 5. Last but not least, Intel might change the CPU VRM specifications due to the allegedly 8-core processor. In other words, Intel will improve the connection side of the chipset, but several features will be added by manufacturers like Wireless-AC Adpater or RST with RAID.

At the moment there isn't any detail about this processor. During the last weeks we have seen the first rumors about an allegedly 8-core Coffee Lake CPU however this SKU should belong to Xeon family. According to latest informations, Intel should release a Core counterpart as well but at the moment we have only some speculations.



Source: Guru3D