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What is an Intel Confidential CPU Anyway?



Ever wondered what that ‘Intel Confidential’ means? It’s an engineering sample, or is it? In this video we cover the several stages of what it means to be an Intel Confidential CPU.

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0:00 Ebay Confidential
0:26 Today’s Sponsor Linode.com
0:44 Markings and S-Spec
1:45 Intel Can Recall Them
2:40 ES1, ES2, QS, Retail Timeline
4:08 BIOS Support
4:54 Not all QS are Retail Spec
5:22 Worried about Intel Recall?
5:50 Mobile Companies Do 2 Versions
6:10 AMD Zen A0/ES0 Silicon
7:24 Future CPUs?
8:16 Cat Tax

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Intel Core i7-11700K (8C/16T): https://geni.us/SreZM
Intel Core i5-11600K (6C/12T): https://geni.us/T4WG
Intel Core i5-11400F (6C/12T): https://geni.us/6UISblx

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (16C/32T): https://geni.us/5950X
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12C/24T): https://geni.us/5900X
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (8C/16T): https://geni.us/5800X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (6C/12T): https://geni.us/5600X

Intel Core i9-10900K (10C/20T): https://geni.us/Bench2020-10900k
Intel Core i7-10700K (8C/16T): https://geni.us/Bench2020-10700K

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (16C/32T): https://geni.us/Bench2020-3950x
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8C/16T): https://geni.us/Bench2020-3700x
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (6C/12T): https://geni.us/d08ThJ4

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