Unveiling the Next Era of Computing Power and Performance
Intel's Arrow Lake architecture will be a major renovation that will bring about changes in both its mobile and desktop variants. Just recently, Chinese leaker on Internet shared new information about the Arrow Lake architecture, where it seems that the architectural line-up is going to ditch HyperThreading (HT), not have SoC E-cores and will be exclusive to DDR5 memory support.
Expect to see Arrow Lake CPUs with offer up to 24 cores and drop hyperthreading while supporting Thunderbolt 5 when they arrive later this year. These, and other details; include an expected release date, have been leaked from Chinese leakers, whose information should be taken with a grain of salt. ARK reports a Q4 release for this Chip. These processors will not use the traditional 15th-gen Core i chipset nomenclature that we are used to, but instead use “Core Ultra”.
The Arrow Lake CPU will lack Hyper threading and LP E-cores, contrary to previously rumored information. Additionally, the Arrow Lake CPU will only accept DDR5 memory, rather than both DDR4 and DDR5. It is surprising that the Arrow Lake CPU does not include LP E-cores because this was a characteristic that was expected to be different from the CPU’s predecessors.
Integrated graphics information is especially confusing. There have been reports that Arrow Lake H processor will only have four Xe cores while others suggest that the H processor will have the eight e core iGPU, the Xe LPG iGPU. The rumor mill still thinks that both the desktop Arrow Lake-S and the mobile HX still use the platform controller hub (PCH) chipset!
Intel's twelfth-generation Alder Lake chips will reportedly include parts built using external foundry processes, such as the 20A process for certain Arrow Lake chips, while sourcing advanced process tiles, potentially from TSMC's N3B 3nm process that already booted Intel in June, for laptop parts.
Overall, Arrow Lake appears to represent an evolution of Intel's CPUs. It encompasses numerous changes from core count, naming convention, memory support, and integrated graphics which should combine to make a compelling desktop and notebook lineup.