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Intel 20A and Arrow Lake mobile and desktop CPUs

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Thought we could do with a new thread to clear up the mess that is Intel's desktop CPU schedule.

So firstly, nothing has been confirmed yet for a new desktop CPU architecture. Probably safe to assume there's no new desktop motherboard socket/chipset in 2023. The issue with the 'Intel 4' process seems to be that it is not considered to be a 'full node' (apparently applies to the 'Intel 3' instead, which is only planned for use in server chips). Another factor, is that socket LGA1700 is still a relatively recent socket type.

What we do know is that Intel is planning a new process and new architecture. The process is 20A (roughly equivalent to 2nm) and the architecture is called Arrow Lake.

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20A chips have been tested in 2022, but they haven't yet reached the manufacturing stage (due H1 2024). These chips will be a significant development, because of their new 'RibbonFet' transistor design.

There's a possibility these chips could be ready for volume production in mid 2024, if all goes to plan...

It's safe to say that Intel is 'gonna have a bad time' if they don't have these chips ready to go up against AMD's Zen 5 desktop CPUs (TSMC 4nm process), due in late 2024.
 
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Looking at AMD's roadmap for Zen 5, they plan to use 4nm and 3nm. Guess which will be used for the server grade products?
 
Seems unlikely, they've already reserved 'Intel 3' for new server chips which should arrive in 2024.

This slide suggests 20A + Arrow Lake is planned for client CPUs:

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g67575 said:
It's safe to say that Intel is 'gonna have a bad time' if they don't have these chips ready to go up against AMD's Zen 5 desktop CPUs (TSMC 4nm process), due in late 2024.
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Will upgrade from my 13700k if these are a decent uplift as rumoured, if they begin with Arrow Lake on a new platform then we'll get another chip out of it.

Meteor Lake seems like it's going nowhere rumour wise for desktop. But we'll have to wait for official word.
 
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