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So Kaby Lake refresh will join Coffee Lake on the Z370 platform. They'll both be on 1151, but Kaby Lake refresh and Coffee Lake will not be supported by Z270. Or maybe Coffee Lake won't be supported by Z270 but Kaby Lake refresh will.
Then there will be another chipset, Z390, that will support both Coffee Lake and Cannon Lake, but not Kaby Lake refresh.
Is that right?
There is no KBL CPU refresh; they're referring to the Platform Controller Hub (PCH):
From Videocardz: Coffee vs Cannon
"It’s also worth noting that Coffee Lake-S architecture will be split available on Kabylake Refresh PCH (Z370) and Cannon Lake platforms (300-series PCH). The latter is to offer programmable quad-core audio DSP, Gen 2 of USB 3.1, Wifi-AC, SDXC 3.0 and Thunderbolt with DisplayPort 1.4."
https://videocardz.com/71660/intel-coffee-lake-architecture-brings-6-core-at-95w-tdp
Also, there does not seem to be a Z390 chipset coming:

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