Following leaks is usually a recreation of cat and mouse – what is definitely authentic and what won’t be. Traditionally AnandTech shies away from leaks for that very purpose, and we favor to have a number of sources which can be saying the identical factor, reasonably than addressing each potential rumor on the blogosphere. Nonetheless, hints in direction of a brand new product from Intel, Alder Lake, have been cropping up over the previous few months, together with getting a small point out in Intel’s Q2 2020 earnings. The leaks have prompt that it might provide a combined Hybrid x86 atmosphere much like Intel’s present Lakefield product that makes use of high-performance cores paired with high-efficiency cores. As a part of Intel’s Architecture Day 2020, the corporate formally introduced Alder Lake as a hybrid x86 product on its roadmaps.
In the roadmap and as a part of the discussions, Intel’s Raja Koduri confirms that Alder Lake can be a mix of the Golden Cove excessive efficiency computing core and the Gracemont excessive effectivity core, and the objective of this chip is to supply a ‘Performance Hybrid’ choice into the portfolio. Raja defined to the viewers that the corporate has realized loads because of constructing Lakefield, its present hybrid x86 chip for skinny and light-weight notebooks, and whereas Lakefield was targeted on battery life, Alder Lake will focus as an alternative on efficiency.
Alder Lake will contain Intel’s subsequent technology {hardware} scheduler, which we’re informed will have the ability to leverage all cores for efficiency and make it seamless to any software program bundle. Intel claims that Alder Lake can be Intel’s greatest (ever? 2021?) performance-per-watt processor.
If leaks are to be believed, then Alder Lake seems to be set to supply an 8+Eight design, though that has not been confirmed. Intel didn’t go into element if Alder Lake will contain any subsequent technology packaging, similar to Foveros (which Lakefield does) – however within the Q2 2020 monetary disclosures, it was mentioned to be positioned for cell and desktops. We count on Intel to debate Golden Cove and Gracemont sooner or later subsequent 12 months, after which Alder Lake as an extension to these – we’ve already seen Intel paperwork concerning new directions for every of those cores. My prediction is to return again this time subsequent 12 months, the place we must always have extra to speak about.
