A week or so ago we already reported that Intel might be placing Coffee lake based six and eight-core part in the 9000 series, that is now confirmed by Intel themselves.
Intel will house the new procs shared over the Core i5 (6-core) and Core i7 (8-core)line. The processors all will be a series 9000 model and based on Coffee Lake architecture. A microcode update guidance file reveals Coffee Lake S series featuring whats listed as 6+2 and 4+2 configurations, the models listed are:
- Core i5-9600(K)
- Core i5-9500(T)
- Core i3-9100
- Core i3-9000
That means it's confirmed that Intel will be using 8th gen processors in the 9000 lineups. What the 6+2 and 4+2 configuration means, is wide in the open. We assume the 9600K is a six-core part though with GT2 IGP.
Source: Intel via Videocardz