Intel unveils a Meteor Lake die along with a process roadmap up to 2024
pcinvasion.comIntel unveiled a Meteor Lake die earlier today at the 2022 IEEE VLSI Symposium, as reported via Tom’s Hardware. The reveal was accompanied by details regarding the 14th gen Meteor Lake CPU architecture and Intel’s new “Intel 4” 7nm node which promises big technical improvements to performance and efficiency. Alongside this, the company also revealed a roadmap that illustrates when we can expect to see future generations of process technologies and CPUs.
It’s clear that Intel is trying to compete against AMD in a big way with this announcement. Just last week, AMD revealed its own roadmap for Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs, along with some teases for what we can expect in the future. Regardless of whether you prefer Intel or AMD, it’s clear that both companies have plans for consistent, large performance gains gen-over-gen for the next few years. Meteor Lake will mark the next big stride for Intel.
With Meteor Lake, Intel will use the new denser node to replace the previous generation’s “Intel 7” 10nm node. The company claims that its Intel 4 node is capable of 21.5% higher frequencies at the same amount of power as Intel 7. An alternative configuration would be a 40% power reduction for equivalent performance. The Intel 4 node also has double the transistor density.
If we look at Alder Lake as a direct example, this suggests an Intel 4 version of the i9-12900KS could reach a blistering 6.6GHz boost clock, up from 5.5GHz on Intel 10. However, this is simply a mathematical translation of Intel’s claim and does not represent any future products. Meteor Lake will also be a different CPU architecture, so it’s important to remember that IPC, cache, frequency, and many other factors contribute to overall performance.
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