Along with the official announcement of the 13th generation Core processors, codenamed Raptor Lake, Intel today also unveiled a new 700-series chipset to be used by motherboards designed for the new chips.
Source image: Intel said that 700-series chipset has increased from four to eight DMI 4.0 lanes, which enable connectivity between chipset and processor, what should speed up processor's access to peripherals, expansion cards, network adapters, etc., as compared to its predecessor 600-series chipset.
Also new chipset series has got eight more PCIe 4.0 lanes comparing to previous generation chipsets.
This gives a total of 20 lanes, combined with the PCIe 3.0 lanes, for a total of 28 PCIe lanes for expansion cards and SSDs.
The number of supported USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20Gbps) interfaces is also increased from four to five on the new chipset.
The 13th Gen Intel Core CPUs themselves support 16 PCIe 5.0 lanes and four PCIe 4.0 lanes for SSDs.
Another feature of Raptor Lake CPUs is their compatibility with Intel's 600 series motherboards, which will surely make owners of current motherboards interested in upgrading their Alder Lake chips with the latest solutions.
Motherboards based on the new Z790 chipset, which Intel is positioning as a solution for the older models of Raptor Lake processors, will go on sale from October 20.
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