A purported photo of an Intel Core i9-14900KS processor has been shared by Twitter-based hardware hound HXL. On this occasion the source doesn’t want to stake their reputation on the authenticity of the image, discovered on Chinese social media platform QQ, admitting “I don't know if it's fake or not.”
Provided with the quite clear close-up of the alleged Core i9-14900KS chip, we immediately started to look closer for any telltale signs of digital sleight-of-hand, shenanigans, or skullduggery. Concentrating on the typography – variables like character shapes, kerning, baselines, and others - we aren’t very convinced by the etching on the integrated heat spreader (IHS).
