Following the lead of CEO Pat Gelsinger and the tentative dates Intel has been providing, Intel will hold its Intel Innovation event on October 27 and 28, according to a press release. Everything points to the announcement of Alder Lake at this event.
As well as being the first desktop processors to use Intel's new 7-nanometer manufacturing process, they will also be the first to use a hybrid architecture that combines high-performance cores with cores with high efficiency, similar to ARM's BIG.little. In addition, this new generation will be the first to support DDR5 and PCI-Express 5.0 memory.
Intel confirmed that Alder Lake-S will feature 8 Golden Cove cores and 8 Gracemont cores
Alder Lake-S will feature 8 Golden Cove high-performance cores and 8 Gracemont high-efficiency cores, Intel confirmed this in a new render. Due to the fact that Gracemont cores do not support Hyper-Threading (HT), Alder Lake-S can only offer 16 cores and 24 threads, which is what the i9-12900K will have.
Rocket Lake-S | Alder Lake-S | Raptor Lake-S | Meteor Lake-S | Lunar Lake-S | |
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Launch Date | March 30, 2021 | Q4 2021 | Q4 2022 | 2023 (?) | 2024 (?) |
Fabrication Node | 14nm | Intel 7 | Intel 7 | Intel 4 | TBC |
Core µArch | Cypress Cove | Golden Cove + Gracemont | Raptor Cove + Gracemont | Redwood Cove + Gracemont (?) | TBC |
Graphics µArch | Gen12.1 | Gen12.2 | Gen12.2 | Gen 12.7 | Gen 13 |
Max Core Count | up to 8 cores | up to 16 (8C+8c) | up to 24 (8C+16c) | TBC | TBC |
Socket | LGA1200 | LGA1700 | LGA1700 | TBC | TBC |
Memory Support | DDR4 | DDR4/DDR5 | DDR5 | DDR5 | DDR5 |
PCIe Gen | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
Intel Core Series | 11th Gen Core-S | 12th Gen Core-S | 13th Gen Core-S | 14th Gen Core-S | 14th Gen Core-S |
Motherboard Chipsets | Intel 500 (Z590) | Intel 600 (eg. Z690) | Intel 700 (eg. Z790) | TBC | TBC |
Alder Lake will be announced on October 27 during the “Intel Innovation” event