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These changes deliver a barrier to system builders or those looking for an upgrade, however, as the new chips are only compatible with Intel’s new Z370 chipset. The new processors offer an increased core count across the board, with even the lower-end Core i3 chips getting a full set of four physical CPU cores. Intel’s new chips are built on its Coffee Lake architecture, which features an improved manufacturing process on the 14nm node and the addition of more physical CPU cores.
