Intel Alder Lake S, P And M Configurations Leaked - 10nm Big And Small Cores With 14nm GPU

A photo released May 28, 2019, at Computex 2019 shows the tenth Gen Intel Core processor. tenth Gen Intel desktop processors unveiled at Computex enable fast, immersive experiences with up to 4 cores and 8 threads, up to 4.1 GHz max turbo frequency and up to 1.1 GHz graphics frequency. (Source: Intel Corporation)

It is open flavour on Intel Alder Lake leaks because new information on the possible terminal configurations has just serviced (PTT via Momomo_US, Videocardz). This leak is hot on the heels of our terminal article on Alder Lake detailing Intel's program to shift to big and modest cores with their twelfth generation processors. Intel is calling this philosophy, made popular by smartphone's large.LITTLE cores, the Intel Hybrid Technology. Information technology is a design that volition almost certainly improve efficiency profiles in the mobility infinite although nosotros are uncertain just how much of an impact this can have on the desktop segment.

Intel Alder Lake South to feature 8 big and 8 small cores in one package

The desktop side of Alder Lake, called Alder Lake S will have up to 125W TDP and upward to 8 big cores + viii minor cores. Depending on whether or not you can use all cores simultaneously, this is either an 8 cadre pattern or a 12-ish core equivalent design in terms of power. The presence of small, highly ability-efficient cores volition allow the visitor to reduce standby and idle power consumption too as menial loads (like light browsing etc).

According to the data posted by the source, Alder Lake series platforms would exist:

Alder Lake-Due south
- 8 Big Cores + 8 Minor Cores with a GT1 GPU
- vi Big Cores + 0 Small-scale Cores with a GT1 GPU
Alder Lake-P
- two Big Cores + 8 Pocket-sized Cores with a GT2 GPU
- vi Large Cores + eight Pocket-size Cores with a GT2 GPU
Alder Lake-M
- ii Big Cores + viii Small Cores with a GT2 GPU

There is too an Alder Lake P which could probably represent the Atom Server series if older Intel P series SKUs are any indication. Servers that have a highly dynamic workload (call up servers that can calibration client loads) would also benefit from this applied science as it would brand scaling between light and heavy workloads more power-efficient.

An Intel Alder Lake M is also in the works which is likely going to be the mobility serial. This is the one we are most excited about. The presence of light cores would allow the company to extend the battery lives of laptops significantly every bit they would no longer accept to engage the heavy cores for light tasks.

We might too see an interesting combination of process applied science being used here. Discussion on the vine is that the company is planning to apply both 10nm and 14nm process for this series. The CPU side will be made on the 10nm procedure while the GPU side (like Intel Xe) will be made on the 14nm process. This is something that would help Intel significantly lower the costs of its manufacturing and likewise allow it to scale much farther with volume. This is a philosophy that AMD pioneered (where the IO die was made on a larger node than the rest of the processor) and is one that has been highly successful in the by.

It would also be very interesting to meet how the efficiency numbers fare to AMD counterparts. While pocket-sized cores would about certainly be more power-efficient than any Zen-based 'big' cores, AMD does have a process advantage thank you to TSMC which could aid compete on the efficiency side. Intel's 10nm parts are already available in laptops and things are starting to rut up every bit both companies will have to start competing on value (toll/perf) in order to maintain/abound/accept market share from the other.

Which Alder Lake platform would yous be almost interested in?