Intel 300 series chipsets to integrate USB 3.1 Gen 2 and Gigabit WIFI
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nevcairiel
Whats the Gigabit Ethernet headline about? Its not otherwise mentioned in the article or the Intel sheet, or was it meant to refer to the WiFi, not actual Ethernet?
(Who cares about WiFi on a desktop PC anyway?)
BlueRay
Unless Intel decides to move forward and bring hexa cores i5/i7s on this platform this will be another boring minor "upgrade" to only justify the 300 sticker on it.
Matt26LFC
OK now this 300 series platform I feel is taking the piss a little
Is there any reason why CoffeeLake won't work on Z200 series!? And why wasn't USB 3.1 Gen2 natively on Z200 series to begin with!?
Whats makes this even stranger is Intels inclusion of KabylakeX 4 core on the X299 platform when their seemingly introducing 6 cores to mainstream
RooiKreef
So you will through out your Z270 MB just to get Integrated USB 3.1 and Gigabit WiFi? Sounds like a waste of money again.
Denial
MorganX
MorganX
While I "think" I'm done with Intel once ITX Ryzen Mobos are available, this is a good evolution of the chipset. Built-in WiGig will be great, and hopefully with 3.1 Gen 2 USB-C becomes a PC standard.
H83
So from what i understand, the new chipset will maintain the current socket 1151, does this means that there´s a small chance that Cannonlake cpus will work on current Z170/Z270 boards???
As for the new features, they are cool, nothing more.
eddward
slyphnier
kroks
"Gigabit" Wi-Fi for desktop?!
Give me 10GbE !!
Aura89
So their HEDT platform will be x299, which implies it'll be in the 200 series, which implies it won't have USB 3.1 (gen2), or etc. but all the purposefully outdated technology of the 200 series?
I don't understand.
The fact that the 200 series itself does not have features such as USB 3.1 (gen2) and is a 2017 chipset itself is astonishing.
Trihy
Damn, it took 10 years more than any other device to get onboard wifi.
I dont use neither like wifi on desktop, but is a MUST. It s a joke needing an ethernet cable this days. Most casual pc users dont even know what an ethernet cable is or how is connected.
Hope they put wifi on every 300 chipset.
Tvs, streaming media players, phones, consoles, even the freaking fridge has wifi.
But the most advanced and productive piece of technolgy on your house, been lacking wifi for more than 10 years. Shame on you manufacturers.
Loophole35
Aura89
PrMinisterGR