^^Going by previous intel history,No.As for availability(& assuming reasonable pricing),expect at least 1-2 months after US launch(so practically next year only for India).
But will these chips be backward compatible with existing 8th/9th gen motherboards?
Intel 10th Generation Core "Comet Lake" Lineup DetailedIntel's 10th gen i5 cpus allegedly feature 6 cores and 12 threads - this sounds really good. But will these chips be backward compatible with existing 8th/9th gen motherboards?
Are they expected to launch them this year or the next?
Intel's short-term reaction to AMD's 3rd generation Ryzen processor family is the 10th generation Core "Comet Lake." These processors are based on existing "Skylake" cores, but have core-counts increased at the top-end, and HyperThreading enabled across the entire lineup. The Core i3 series are now 4-core/8-thread; the Core i5 series a 6-core/12-thread, the Core i7 series are 8-core/16-thread, and the new Core i9 series are 10-core/20-thread. Besides core-counts, Intel has given its 14 nanometer node one last step of refinement to come up with the new 14 nm+++ nodelet. This enables Intel to significantly dial up clock speeds across the board. These processors come in the new LGA1159 package, and are not backwards-compatible with LGA1151 motherboards. These chips also appear to feature an on-package PCH, instead of chipset on the motherboard.
Nope
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It's not! It is gigabyte implementation of dual bios where a 2nd bios acts as backup in case 1st bios is corrupted due to any reason.PS: I am not sure if 2 x 128Mb is same as 256Mb chip.
AMD's listed support for PBO : AmdGoing by this page, MSI B450M Pro VDH does support PBO. But I don't see that option in BIOS.
Does this board have PBO?
As far as I'm aware, Precision Boost Overdrive is available on 400 series AM4 boards for Ryzen 2000 series X SKU CPUs. This is distinct from PB2 which is available to all Ryzen 2000 series CPUs.
AMD's official support for PBO is for Threadripper processors only. Many motherboard manufacturers have enabled PBO for ryzen 2000x series processors as well but it's not officially supported by AMD
Don't take chances with Ryzen 3xxx & a 450/470 series mobo.MSI has recently launched "MAX" version of their B450 Mortar/Tomahawk with out of box Ryzen 3xxx compatibility & with a larger size bios chip(main issue for most 450/470 mobos having issues with ryzen 3xxx) so either wait for them to arrive in India or buy X570(current cheapest good one is asus tuf gaming X570 for 17k).Do cheaper gigabyte motherboards,like the b450 ds3h,exhibit any compatibility issues with the ryzen 3600?
i've heard that the 3600 runs at higher volts and temps as compared to its 1st and 2nd gen counterparts-is it due to some flaw in the cpu itself or does it indicate some compatibility issues with the motherboard?