What simply occurred? At Innovation 2023, Intel introduced plans to launch its Meteor Lake processor lineup on December 14 and revealed a number of key particulars concerning the upcoming sequence. Other than all of the Meteor Lake bulletins, the occasion additionally noticed the corporate teasing future generations of merchandise, together with Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake, and Panther Lake.
Beginning off with Arrow Lake, it is anticipated to launch within the second half of 2024 with improved efficiency and energy effectivity in comparison with Meteor Lake. It makes use of the 20A course of node, which would be the first to incorporate PowerVia, Intel’s bottom energy supply expertise, and the brand new gate-all-around transistor design known as RibbonFET. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger additionally took the chance to indicate off a 20A wafer with the primary Arrow Lake take a look at chips.
Earlier leaks had revealed that Arrow Lake would solely be appropriate with DDR5 RAM, with no assist for DDR4 reminiscence. Additionally it is stated to require the next-gen LGA 1851 socket on Intel’s 800-series motherboards, which might embody the Z890, B860 and H810 chipsets. That stated, these are all early leaks and but to be formally confirmed by Intel, so it is best to take them with a pinch of salt for now.
Gelsinger additionally confirmed off a demo laptop computer powered by an unidentified Fifteenth-gen Core ‘Lunar Lake’ CPU. The laptop computer with the brand new chip powered on effortlessly throughout the demo, and even booted into the working system, suggesting that the product is in a complicated state of growth. One other notable factor concerning the new lineup is that the built-in graphics in these chips will use the next-gen Xe2 ‘Battlemage’ structure as a substitute of Alchemist, thereby providing improved efficiency and effectivity.
The Lunar Lake lineup will likely be aimed on the 15W low-power cellular phase and is predicted to be launched in 2024-25. In accordance with Tom’s {Hardware}, these chips will make the most of Intel’s 18A course of node (1.8nm-class) and will embody the most recent packaging expertise like Foveros. Lunar Lake CPUs are anticipated to come back with a hybrid core configuration that would embody Lion Cove efficiency cores and Skymont environment friendly cores, though the precise particulars about these architectures are unavailable as of now.
Lastly, there’s Panther Lake, which is able to ship in 2025 for each desktops and laptops. In accordance with rumors, they may function Cougar Cove efficiency cores and use the Xe3 ‘Celestial’ GPU structure, which might mix to supply improved CPU and graphics efficiency. Studies counsel that Panther Lake might go into fabrication early subsequent yr, so Intel may have sufficient time to kind out the gremlins earlier than mass manufacturing begins in time for a 2025 launch.