Samsung says its study explored over 4,000 material combinations, narrowing them down to 18 promising candidates using Ab-initio-based computer modeling (see the diagram at the top of the page).

Even more intriguing is the diagram for the Z690 chipset, which is the highest-end model that will be... Intel Z690 chipset diagram shows PCIe 5.0 x16, DDR4 or DDR5 memory, and DMI 4.0 x8.

The diagram also states "DDR5 2CH/2DPC" implying that Team Blue will officially drop the older and slower DDR4 RAM with the Arrow Lake platform, which will be DDR5 only. Connectivity seems to have ...