Before releasing their own products, some companies will directly ask the media to sign confidentiality agreements with the relevant companies, hoping to preserve the last bit of surprise until the moment of release. But there will always be resourceful whistleblowers who can get first-hand information. However, sometimes it is not always the whistleblower who gets the information. This time it was actually a major Taiwanese board manufacturer. A small leak from MSI and Asus has exposed some information about Intel’s 14th generation processors. It is a new thing that the partners actually made an own mistake, and there are two companies in a row.
Recent revelations mainly focus on appearance, while it is difficult to get information on performance. For the original manufacturer, processor performance is closely related to price positioning and cannot be disclosed easily. Therefore, unless the original manufacturer has a powerful thief who dares to take risks and disclose the data, otherwise, normally, the performance difference with the old product will not be known at present.
Intel’s new processor was exposed by teammates this time, and the progress is not big.
Interestingly, MSI’s recent live broadcast event accidentally exposed a briefing that is not yet available to the public. The briefing is rich in content, such as an English warning marked “Confidentiality Agreement, No Sharing”, and information clearly stating that the 14th generation processor, specifications, and benchmark performance are approximately the same as those of older products of the same level. This information cannot be discussed openly at this time. As far as motherboard partners are concerned, MSI has theoretically signed a confidentiality agreement and is responsible to Intel to prevent confidential information from being leaked. However, it happened to violate the agreement on a seemingly simple briefing. It may be an opportunity for players to learn new product information, but it may be a huge bad thing for MSI.
According to MSI’s briefing, it can be seen that Intel’s 14th generation processor is basically an improved version of the 13th generation, codenamed Raptor Lake-S Refresh. The briefing mentioned the specific specifications of several more important CPU models. For example, the Core i5-14600K is 6P + 8E, which is the same core configuration as the previous generation Core i5-13600K. In this regard, the Core i9-14900K also has the same core configuration as the previous generation Core i9-13900K, both of which are 8P + 16E. So these processors are not much faster than the previous generation, with only about a 3% increase in performance. The Core i7-14700K is slightly better than the previous generation Core i7-13700K in terms of configuration, changing from 8P + 8E to 8P + 12E, so there is about a 17% performance increase.
Coincidentally, professional leaker No. 188 (@momomo_us) discovered that ASUS’s product webpage has strange information. This message is not easy to find. According to the screenshot, the message is hidden in the title of the web page. For common browsers, move the mouse cursor to the specified page of the browser and stay there for a few seconds without making any key operations. Only then will a small window pop up to show what the title says. Or, when you press the hotkey Ctrl + D in the browser window to bookmark a web page, a small window for adding a bookmark will pop up, and the full name of the web page title can also be seen in the “Name” position.
There’s no point here. In fact, ASUS is in “ASUS Z790/H770/B760” A title like this was added to this page. The text is a bit long. What was displayed before the deadline was: “ASUS Z790, H770 and B760 – The best motherboards for Intel® 14th Gen Raptor Lake-S refresh, 13th Gen Intel Raptor Lake-S and 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake processors.” This represents ASUS’ Z790, H770 and B760 motherboards with three chips. In addition to the known support In addition to the 12th and 13th generation processors, 14th generation processor support has also been added. In other words, Intel’s 14th generation processors have not changed their pin positions, and 700 series motherboards are expected to extend support. However, this is also confidential information. Even if the rumors have spread everywhere, from Asus’s perspective, there is really no reason to make such a mistake at this juncture to challenge the company’s partnership with Intel.
Judging from the fact that MSI and ASUS accidentally exposed so much information, perhaps documents such as confidentiality agreements lack a certain degree of binding force. Or, this information can be regarded as a place where Intel turns a blind eye. Putting in a little bit of innocuous information may make the outside world pay more attention to the product itself, but maybe this is just a mistake. In any case, this information is obviously very credible, and I believe it is not much different from the final published content. It can be used as a reference for players who are interested in planning a new console purchase order.
Source: KOCPC Chinese