This story has its origins in the social network Twitter. On the eve, a user Momomo_US posted on his Twitter account a photo of an obviously Intel LGA processor with a striking feature: instead of one or even two crystals – four crystals are located on its substrate:
According to rumors, this is a test sample is based on a Skylake architecture and intended for LGA 1156 connector. This sample was released almost 4 years ago.
Based on the information received, the following conclusions can be drawn:
- There is an extremely successful fake before us, it designed to create hype and attract attention to the Chinese community.
- Intel, like AMD, really dabbled in chiplet design, but for some reason, the company decided to postpone it.
- Also, it is quite possible that we have a custom chip. Something like the processors that Sony and Microsoft order for their consoles from AMD. However, in the end, this order never reached the stage of mass production.
These crystals are extremely close in size to the dual-core Skylake. In other words, we can have an 8-core, 16-thread processor assembled from four Core i3 crystals. And what is most striking is that its cost would be much lower than that of the current flagship Intel Core i9-9900K. After all, the number of suitable, small, 2-core crystals would come out much more than the same monolithic 8-core crystals.
Plus, if the chip is really not a fake (and it most likely is not), then four years later Intel may already have worked out the chiplet technology and in the near future, we will have announcements of processors similar in structure to the current AMD Ryzen.
In addition, the fact that this processor is hardly a fake is hinted at by its number of about 100,000 pieces. Moreover, they can actually be bought on the eBay marketplace at a price of $70 per chip:
If for some reason you decide to buy it, be careful. At the moment, there are no motherboards capable of starting this “dark horse”.
Also, on one of the Chinese resources, the happy owner of the Intel SoMa chip posted a video confirmation of his purchase. Here you can watch a video of a Chinese enthusiast scalping this processor.
Source: WccfTech
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