When designing the Rocket Lake processors, which will appear in the desktop segment next year, Intel will have to take into account conflicting factors. As a result, a 10-nm crystal with graphics will be adjacent to a 14-nm crystal, on which computing cores will be located.
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Rocket Lake processors began to use increased attention after it became clear that they would become a kind of “step back” compared to not only Tiger Lake, but also Comet Lake. In the first case, the analogy is appropriate due to the use of the similar Willow Cove architecture, but in the implementation on the 14-nm process technology, which Intel is doomed to use for a long time in the desktop segment. In the second case, a comparison with Comet Lake-S is appropriate because of the reduction in the number of computing cores from ten to eight.
At CES 2020, Intel representatives hinted that Kaby Lake-G processors with a separate chip for on-board graphics will have ideological successors that will find application in compact gaming systems. Given Intel’s desire to unify its graphics solutions within the X familye (Gen 12), you can count on the use of graphics of this particular class. Resource AdoredTV shared new details about Intel’s plans in this area.
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As expected, Intel Rocket Lake processors will combine two separate crystals on one substrate. According to 14-nm technology, a crystal with eight computing cores of the Willow Cove generation will be produced, and in the neighborhood there will be a 10-nm crystal with Intel X graphicsepossessing 32 executive blocks. Typically, Intel will release 10-nm crystals with graphics on its own, and not attract contractors for this, as some sources suggested earlier.
Two questions remain open so far. First of all, this is the need to use an EMIB substrate, which has not yet been confirmed in the case of Rocket Lake processors. Secondly, the status of support for PCI Express 4.0 by these processors is not defined. The debut of Rocket Lake is scheduled for next year, it will have to symbolize the “creative longevity” of 14-nm technology in the desktop segment.
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