Intel Meteor Lake-S will be the generation that succeeds Intel Raptor Lake-S, and its launch is scheduled for the end of 2023. This new family of processors from the chip giant will bring to life the Core Gen14, and according to the information that Intel itself has been providing, it will use a tile chiplet design that is, it will combine different chiplet blocks that will integrate the elements of the SoC, the CPU and the GPU.
Internally, the CPU will maintain a high-performance core splitting and high-efficiency core, which means that Intel is not going to change its strategy in this regard. The design that debuted with Alder Lake-S still has a long way to go, although this time it seems that the Santa Clara company is preparing an important change, and that is that Intel Meteor Lake-S will not use a high-speed 8-core configuration. performance in their most powerful models, but will be limited to a total of 6 high performance cores.
It is something very curious, so much so that it is a bit difficult for me to assimilate, especially since it makes no sense to think about a regression of a high-performance 8-core configuration like Raptor Lake-S. However, if we take into account that Intel Meteor Lake-S will introduce a new architecture in high-efficiency coresand also in high-performance cores, things change, since both could take up more space at the silicon level and this would explain that change.
In theory, this new generation of high-performance processors will be a Comprehensive overhaul of the chip giant’s hybrid architectureand an IPC increase will occur on both the P cores (high performance) and the E cores (high efficiency).
The P cores will use the Redwood Cove architecture, and the E cores will be based on the Crestmont architecture. In theory, the most powerful chip of this new generation will have 6 P cores and 16 E cores, which adds up to a total of 22 cores and 28 threads. Starting from that configuration, Intel will gradually reduce the number of E cores and maintain the number of P cores, so that the immediately lower configuration will have 6 P cores and 8 E cores, that is, 14 cores and 20 threads.
All Intel Meteor Lake-S will have a Integrated Intel Xe GPU with 4 graphics core blocks, except for the “F” series models, which as many of our readers will know come with the GPU disabled. The “K” models will have the multiplier unlocked and allow overclocking, and their TDP will be 125 watts. As usual, we will also see versions with a locked multiplier and a low consumption “T” variant, whose base TDP will be 35 watts.
Intel Meteor Lake-S processors will be manufactured in the intel node 4successor to the Intel 7 node, which is equivalent to 7nm process, although it outperforms TSMC’s 7nm node in transistor density. It is said that Intel could manufacture a part of these new processors also in TSMC’s 5nm node.
After these, the chips will hit the market. Arrow Lake-Swhich will maintain the “chiplet tile” design, and which will make the leap to Intel 20A node, although again it is said that the chip giant will manufacture a part of them in the TSMC facilities, and that they will use the 3nm node of the Taiwanese company. The information is scarce, but according to the source this generation will arrive in 2024 and will be configured with 8 P cores and 16 E cores, which leaves us with a total of 24 cores and 32 threads. Both Meteor Lake-S and Arrow Lake-S will use a new socket, the LGA1851.
