<s>
Rocket	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
is	O
Intel	O
's	O
codename	B-Architecture
for	O
its	O
11th	O
generation	O
Core	B-Device
microprocessors	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
Cypress	O
Cove	O
microarchitecture	O
,	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
Sunny	B-Device
Cove	I-Device
(	O
used	O
by	O
Intel	O
's	O
Ice	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
mobile	O
processors	O
)	O
backported	O
to	O
Intel	O
's	O
14nm	B-Algorithm
process	O
node	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocket	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
cores	B-Architecture
contain	O
significantly	O
more	O
transistors	B-Application
than	O
Skylake-derived	O
Comet	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
cores	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocket	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
features	O
the	O
same	O
LGA	B-Device
1200	I-Device
socket	O
and	O
400-series	O
chipset	O
compatibility	O
as	O
Comet	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
,	O
except	O
H410	O
and	O
B460	O
chipsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocket	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
has	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
cores	B-Architecture
,	O
down	O
from	O
10	O
cores	B-Architecture
for	O
Comet	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Xe	I-General_Concept
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
PCIe	O
4.0	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
a	O
single	O
M.2	B-Protocol
drive	O
is	O
supported	O
in	O
PCIe	O
4.0	O
mode	O
,	O
while	O
all	O
the	O
rest	O
are	O
wired	O
via	O
PCIe	O
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
officially	O
launched	O
the	O
Rocket	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
desktop	O
family	O
on	O
March	O
16	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
commencing	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
11th	O
generation	O
Core	B-Device
i3	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Rocket	O
Lake-based	O
Pentium	O
Gold	O
and	O
Celeron	O
CPUs	O
were	O
not	O
included	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
higher-end	O
models	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
Intel	O
launched	O
refreshed	O
models	O
for	O
Comet	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
Core	B-Device
i3	O
and	O
Pentium	O
Gold	O
CPUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
also	O
released	O
Tiger	O
Lake	O
processors	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
11th	O
generation	O
lineup	O
in	O
the	O
desktop/NUC	O
and	O
tablet	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Core	B-Device
i9	I-Device
K/KF	O
processors	O
enable	O
a	O
1:1	O
ratio	O
of	O
DRAM	O
to	O
memory	O
controller	O
by	O
default	O
at	O
DDR4-3200	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
Core	B-Device
i9	I-Device
non	O
K/KF	O
and	O
all	O
other	O
CPUs	O
listed	O
below	O
enable	O
a	O
2:1	O
ratio	O
of	O
DRAM	O
to	O
memory	O
controller	O
by	O
default	O
at	O
DDR4-3200	O
and	O
a	O
1:1	O
ratio	O
by	O
default	O
at	O
DDR4-2933	O
.	O
</s>
