Intel Arrow Lake-S Details Leaked, Same 8P+16E Core Layout
Intel Arrow Lake-S Details Leaked, Same 8P+16E Core Layout
The successor to Intel’s 14th Gen “Raptor Lake Refresh” lineup of processors, codenamed Arrow Lake, has been leaked courtesy of hardware leaker @YuuKi_AnS (the post has been removed since). Videocardz retained those info in their article, which contains portions of the internal documents outlining the specifics of the new chip.
One of the most significant pieces of information from this leak is the core configuration – the document has confirmed that the Arrow Lake lineup, presumably named Core Ultra, will feature the same 8P+16E core layout (despite earlier rumors claiming 8P+32E), which has been unchanged since the introduction of 13th Gen “Raptor Lake” processors. It’s also unclear if the LPE-cores seen in Meteor Lake chips may make their way here, for either energy efficiency or performance reasons.
The architecture will also spawn three variants of silicon, with the biggest one sporting an 8P+16E core layout, followed by a rather unconventional 6P+16E layout, and the 6P+8E layout. The leaked document also confirms the new LGA-1851 socket, accompanied by the new Intel 800 Series motherboard chipset. Official memory support is also increased to DDR5-6400 (while dropping DDR4 support), with PCIe lanes expanded to accommodate 4 more PCIe 5.0 lanes from the CPU, and the chipset fully supporting PCIe 4.0 in all 24 lanes (replacing 20x PCIe4 + 8x PCIe3).
It’s worth noting that none of this information has been officially confirmed by Intel, so things may change down the line – especially in the document, there were mentions of “Meteor Lake” (which was confirmed to not be available for desktops) and the extremely early iteration of the chip as denoted, suggesting this could be a very early version of the document dated way before this was leaked to the public.
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