The desktop version of the range of processors Meteor Lake could then completely fall by the wayside.
While Intel’s roadmap seemed very clear, several rumors came to upset our certainties. The latest takes stock of the situation to insist on a major release in early 2024.
Meteor Lake-S well and truly cancelled?
Officially, nothing has changed. Intel still has the idea of marketing a new generation of processors each year, in the spring, as it has accustomed us to since 2021.
Alder Lake, the 12th generation, was released in fall 2021 when Raptor Lake (the 13th generation) followed late last year. We were then to discover Meteor Lake (14th) and Arrow Lake (15th) respectively during the next fall and at the end of 2024.
First rumors began to emerge a few weeks ago to discuss the replacement of Meteor Lake-S (for desktop machines) by an upgrade of the Raptor Lake-S. Quoted by Tom’s Hardware and Videocardz, the Benchlife site comes back to this.
Arrow Lake-S advanced one semester?
If Intel has not yet said anything about it, it seems that Meteor Lake-S will be canceled. But we are no longer talking about refreshing Raptor Lake-S. Benchlife indicates that Intel would favor an early release of Arrow Lake-S, the 15th generation.
In fact, while Meteor Lake-S had to settle for a maximum of 6 high-performance cores + 16 efficient cores, Intel would start with the maximum of 8 high-performance cores + 16 efficient cores of Arrow Lake-S. It would also advance the release of this generation which would tumble in the first half of 2024 rather than waiting for the end of the year.
Arrow Lake-S would exploit new chipsets – the Intel 800 series – and would be able to work with DDR5-6400. There remains the question of the socket. It was clear that Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake would share LGA1851. But while Intel is used to keeping a socket over two generations, this LGA1851 would only be used by Arrow Lake?
Finally, it seemed clear that Arrow Lake-S would be based on the Intel 20A burning process. Is the early release of this 15th generation linked to real progress from Intel in this area? Many questions and few answers…
Source : Tom’s Hardware, Videocardz
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