Intel Releasing Avengers Edition 10th Gen Core Processors

[Tsing]

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Cue the Marvel fanfare. According to one of Guru of 3D’s sources, Intel is prepping Avengers-branded editions of its unlocked 10th Gen Core processors (i.e., the i9-10900KA, i9-109850KA, i7-10700KA, and i5-10600KA). Rumors of these “KA” variants had actually surfaced last month, but would any of you have guessed that the “A” was in reference to Marvel’s all-star superhero team?



“The KA editions are a Special promo edition of K cpu’s for the Marvel’s Avengers game launch in September,” wrote Hagedoorn. “The A would stand for Avengers. Packaging of a possible KA CPU has surfaced at a Vietnamese webshop, where it is listed as ‘Intel Core i9-10900K Avengers Edition’. Although the chip is not called ‘10900KA’, it...

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[Grimlakin]

MY GOD THE HORRID MARKETING SCHEMES!!! PLEASE SOMEONE STOP THEM BEFORE WE GET HELLO KITTY COMPUTERS!!

*whispering off screen*

"What you mean that's already happened?"

*more whispering*

"Geezus pokeymon too?"

*sad sigh off screen*

"I can't live in this world"

*gunshot*

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Minus Spider-Man of course...

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

This is pathetic truly pathetic.

 

[Armenius]

Only other time I can think of this kind of promotion happening directly from the chip manufacturer was the Star Wars Titan X. Were there any others?

 

[Paul_Johnson]

 

[Dan_D]

This is stupid.