Intel 9th Gen rumored increase in core number again

Intel’s Flagship 9th Generation Core i7-9700K To Pack 8 Cores, 16 Threads – Core i5 Upgrade To 6 Cores, 12 Threads and Core i3 Gets Quad Cores With 8 Threads

Source: https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i7-9700k-9th-gen-8-cores-16-threads-rumor/

cannonlake is supposed to get a 10nm die shrink let's hope single threaded sees a increases. or they could start soldering their cpu's so no need to delid for lower temperatures.

The ryzen refresh next spring is rumored to be almost double-digit performance increase clock for clock and clock rates that are going to be about 10 to 12% higher

An 8-core ryzen 2 at 4.4ghz for $250-300 is going to be a complete steal. Upgraded ryzen six cores for under 200 is gonna be solid as well

It makes 100% sense that Intel would make there i7s octo to compete. Will be interesting to see if the price gap is going to shrink as a result

Maybe they can add another 4 to 8 PCIe-lanes as well. That will help loads too.

they definitely need to stop being cheap with pci-e lanes on the -X series as those are aimed for professional use, while on the consumer cpu's I don't think the number of pci-e lanes is that big of a deal considering SLI is pretty much dead and with one GPU you should have enough lanes for other stuff

I want 16 for my GPU, and another 4 to 8 for other things. For that I need X299 with 7800X/7820X. M.2 PCIE based SSD needs 4 lanes. Is increasing it to 20 for the CPU so difficult? I wish AMD had 20 in their Ryzen line-up. Actually the 1800X at least could have 32 lanes. As the 1900X has, which is the same chip on another PCB. I think it is at least.

16 on the cpu, 24 on the chipset or do you require faster lanes than the chipsets(they only have x1,x2 and x4)?

Don't they all lead back to the CPU?

yes and no, they do not communicate with the cpu's pci-e lanes, but pci-e - northbridge - cpu

edit: maybe this helps a bit: