UltraMicro is ready to launch the W680 motherboard, which will be paired with the Intel Xeon W-14xx series

In August last year, the Internet broke out through the Intel chipset driver (10.1.18836.8283), you can see that the list includes a variety of PCH device IDs, of which there are 19 involved in the next generation of platforms. These chipsets include upcoming consumer desktop platforms, enterprise and embedded platforms, HEDT platforms, and more, including X699, Z690, W685, W680, Q670, Q670E, R680E, H670, B660, H610, and H610E, with the W680 positioned for mainstream workstations.

Paired with the W680 chipset is Alder Lake-S's Xeon W-14XX family of processors, which differ from the consumer desktop platform in that it uses some key commercial- and workstation-class technologies. Based on information leaked last year, the Xeon W-14XX series processors use LGA 1700 sockets and are currently known to be available in two configurations, including 8 P-Core + 8 E-Core and 6 P-Core. On the TDP configuration, there are 125W, 65W, and 35W with the "K" suffix, respectively.

According to the roadmap exposed at the time, the Xeon W-14XX series processor was originally scheduled to be launched in the third quarter of 2021, and it is clear that Intel changed the schedule later. In contrast, the Xeon W-13XX series processors that used Rocket Lake-S last year were more fateful, and the release was also postponed, but it existed for about half a year.