One of the big unknowns until there is an official pronunciation is whether Intel is going to release the odd Meteor Lake desktop model. This CPO architecture is designed to be energy efficient, something that could be useful in some low-end models for sensitive pockets even after purchase. Now, possible leaks indicate that Intel has canceled a promising configuration of its next-generation Meteor Lake processors for desktops.
It all comes from a slide presumably from Intel's roadmap posted by leaker @OneRaichu. If the information is correct, Intel would no longer have plans to offer the 6P + 8E configuration of its Meteor Lake CPUs.
Meteor Lake would lose one of its possible models for desktop computers
The alleged slide is said to represent Intel's plans for entry-level workstations, desktops, high-end gaming laptops, mainstream laptops, and budget laptops, through 2026 starting in early May 2023. An uncensored snippet would claim that Intel intends to “eliminate productization» of the MTL-S 6P + 8E configuration. This nomenclature would point to desktop pieces with socket.
In recent years, Intel has been offering CPUs with high-performance six cores and low-power eight cores for high-end notebooks. But it has not reached desktop computers. Not surprisingly, but it was rumored that Intel yes I wanted to offer something with that configuration, but for some reason decided against it with their Meteor Lake-S line.
Intel's Meteor Lake, which will be released sometime in the second half of 2023, will be Intel's first multi-touch design for client PCss, and will be powered by high-performance Redwood Cove and energy-efficient Crestmont CPU cores. Desktop and laptop CPUs will have different configurations and use slightly different pieces of silicon. this would mean that it would make sense to cancel some desktop-oriented CPU models based on laptop CPUs, thus reducing the testing that Intel has to perform to ensure that these processors perform properly in the desktop environment.
A 6P + 8E design, when combined with suitable power and cooling circuits, could offer superior overclockability for high-performance cores. Although this idea will not be able to be demonstrated, since Intel has supposedly canceled this 6P + 8E product for desktop computers.
Source: Tom's Hardware
