Intel processors continue to use 14nm lithography, except for Ice Lake-U which are based on 10nm. Well, during the second half of 2021 it has been confirmed that Intel will launch the Alder Lake-S processors under the 10nm SuperFin lithography. Now an image of the Intel Alder Lake-S processors has been leaked.
These Intel Alder Lake-S processors could hit the market in the fourth quarter of 2021, although it is not clear. Before, during the first quarter of 2021 the Intel Rocket Lake-S will be launched, the last ones based on the 14nm lithography. Also, with the Alder Lake-S processors will come a lot of changes in the way Intel makes its processors.
[amazon box=»B0883NPQSZ» title=»Intel Core i5-10500″ star_rating=»none» template=»table»]A leaked image of an Intel Alder Lake-S @ 10nm SuperFin
Intel confirmed this past summer that Alder Lake-S will be based on a combination of Golden Cove and Gracemont cores. The company's idea is to replicate the ARM big.LITTLE architecture on x86 processors. This hybrid design also involves a next-generation hardware programmer, so the software runs smoothly. As long as not much computing power is required, the single cores will work and when performance is required, the power cores will enter.
In addition, the Alder Lake-S processors will already integrate support for DDR5 RAM and the PCIe 5.0 interface. This will allow Intel to once again be the leading manufacturer of processors and an early adopter of new technologies. For these new processors, the LGA1200 socket will be left aside and the LGA1700 socket will be implemented.
Rumors indicate that Intel wants to keep the LGA1700 socket for three generations. The LGA1200 socket for example, has been developed for Comet Lake-S and Rocket Lake-S processors.
Through the filtered image we can see the dimensions of the new Intel Alder Lake-S processors. This new processor will go from the 37.5 × 37.5mm of the Comet Lake-S to the 37.5 × 45.0mm of the Alder Lake-S. We can see that the new Intel processors are noticeably longer. To our knowledge, it is the first image of one of these processors and is an engineering sample, and may finally change when the commercial version is released.
[irp]Source: VZ
