Leaked slides detail Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake-S processors

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Leaked slides detail Intel'southward upcoming Alder Lake-S CPUs.
The CPUs offer twenty% better single-thread functioning and double multi-thread performance over their predecessors.
The Alder Lake-Southward processors should launch in the second half of this year.

Details near Intel'southward upcoming Alder Lake-S processors take leaked online. A report by VideoCardz shares slides detailing Intel'south twelfth Gen CPUs.

According to the report, Intel claims xx% single-thread operation improvement on its Gold Cove core design. The Alder Lake processors volition too allegedly be twice equally fast in multi-threaded workloads. The slide mentions Intel'due south new Gracemont cores alongside the improved multi-thread improvements. VideoCardz points out that it's not known if these improvements are in comparison to Intel'due south Rocket Lake or Tiger Lake processors.

The Alder Lake CPUs feature Intel Hybrid Technology with small-scale loftier-efficiency cores and large high-performance cores.

Intel Alder Lake S Specifications Videocardz Source: VideoCardz

The Alder Lake CPUs will support PCIe Gen 5 and Gen iv as well every bit DDR5 and DDR4. On the mobile CPU side of things, the Alder Lake processors support LPDDR4 and LPDDR5. A split up study from VideoCardz reveals that the Alder Lake chips will back up LPDDR5X.

VideoCardz also shared details well-nigh the Intel 600 series chipset. The desktop CPUs will support dual-aqueduct DDR5-4800 memory. Motherboards that are DDR-four capable will support up to 3200 MHz modules, while loftier-end Z690 motherboards will offer DDR5 support, according to the report.

The CPU will support PCI Gen 5 and have xvi PCI Gen5 capable lanes. It volition likewise have iv PCI Gen4 lanes.

Intel 600 Chipset Specifications Videocardz Source: VideoCardz

When Intel appear delays to its 7nm fries, the company too stated that its 10nm Alder Lake desktop CPUs were on the way. The new Alder Lake chips should arrive in the 2d one-half of this year, though we don't have an exact engagement. VideoCardz lists the launch engagement of the Alder Lake-South CPUs as Q4 2022.

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