Two small generations of processors and then goes away: (bad) habits die hard at Intel.
Introduced with the Alder Lake architecture, the LGA1700 processor support was renewed this fall on Raptor Lake. Alas, we have almost official confirmation that he will then bow out.
LGA1851 socket is coming late 2023/early 2024
At the very time of announcing the generation of Alder Lake processors, Intel had implied that the new support – LGA1700 – would be in place for two generations. With Raptor Lake released a few weeks ago, the account is therefore good for Intel… a little less for users.
Indeed, as for quite some time already, the American founder will therefore launch a new socket for the next architectural evolution of its processors. We would have liked Intel to change pace, but it won’t be this time around.
Remember that if Intel is used to “all two generations”, AMD has not adopted the same technique and its AM4, for example, has been in place since 2017, which has allowed it to know all generations of Ryzen Zen … especially since his career does not seem to be over.
Meteor Lake-S and Arrow-Lake S
At Intel, the replacement for the LGA1700 will therefore be the LGA1851, as rumors had already announced a few months ago. It is intended to support the release of the Meteor Lake-S generation, but it is precisely at this level that a certain vagueness exists.
Until recently, Intel had the idea of releasing Meteor Lake a year after Raptor Lake, at the end of 2023. However, it seems that plans have changed and 2023 will be a rather quiet year with a simple refresh Raptor Lakes.
In this case, Meteor Lake could wait until early 2024. The 14e generation of Intel processors could then be represented by the refresh Raptor Lake and the 15e generation by Meteor Lake. Then the LGA1851 socket would be retained on the next architecture, Arrow Lake, not expected before 2025.
Source : VideoCardz
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