For those who still do not understand the new Intel core design very well, we will summarize it. The cores E-Cores Named by the company, they are low consumption and are active if there is no load. When there is a load, such as games or Photoshop, the cores P-Coreswhich would be the nuclei “of all life”.
Intel aims to reach 32 cores in its processors
Currently, the processors Intel Core 12th Gen they have 8 E-Cores and 8 P-Cores, at most. For the Intel 13th Gen, which should arrive by the end of the year, are expected to have 8 E-Cores and 16 P-Cores, at most. The Intel 14th Gen should not increase in the number of cores, but there will be a change in lithography.
According to rumours, for Intel Core 15th Gen, it should reach the 8 E-Cores and the 32 P-Cores. This assumes a pool of 40 cores and 48 processing threads. We must remember that E-Cores lack support for HyperThreading, so they do not have processing threads.
The code name of the Core 15th Gen will be called Arrow Lake and should reach the market in 2024. According to information, they should arrive in the 20A process, although there is also talk of TSMC’s N3 process. It seems that TSMC would be who would make the iGPU of these new processors.
For these Arrow Lake, the use of the 20A process is expected, which will be the company’s most advanced. These processors will add new solutions, such as type transistors RibbonFET and the tracks PowerVia. Both elements should provide about a 15% performance improvement per watt.
We do not know much about this family of processors. A little while ago Moore Law’s is Dead gave some added information. The IPC improvement is expected to be 10%. Also, they should arrive with the new socket LGA2551which will debut in 2023 with the arrival of Meteor Lake processors (Intel Core 14th Gen)
Excessive and perhaps unnecessary increase in nuclei
We must bear in mind that by 2024, not only the Intel Arrow Lake will arrive, but also the AMD Zen6. As you well know, both companies are fighting very hard to be leaders in the processor market. By 2024 both companies would struggle in the market with 32 core processors. It is true that Intel has some advantage by offering 8 additional cores.
The truth is that the increase in the number of cores is beginning to be a bit absurd. For gaming, the important thing is not the number of cores, the important thing is the frequency. Few games, at the moment, are adapted to run on multiple cores, but even so, frequency is still important.
Realistically, for most cases, 4-core processors are more than enough for everything. Those who are going to edit photography and/or video, or want to stream, the number of cores is important. But of course, they are rather particular cases.
