Intel Confirms New Branding For Meteor Lake CPU, "Core Ultra" Replaces "Core i"
Intel has confirmed that it will be using new branding for its Meteor Lake "Core" CPUs & beyond and will be providing details soon.
Intel Confirms New Branding For Meteor Lake CPUs & Beyond: "Core Ultra" To Replace "Core i" Series?
Yesterday, an Intel Meteor Lake CPU codenamed Core Ultra 5 1003H was spotted within the Ashes of The Singularity benchmark database. This was presumed to be a 14th Gen Meteor Lake CPU and can now be confirmed that this is indeed the case. The naming confirms that Intel will be dropping the "Core i" series in favor of a new "Core Ultra" branding. The same chip would be known as Core i5-1003H if the previous branding is used.
The confirmation of the new branding for Meteor Lake CPUs comes in a tweet from Intel's Director of Global Communications, Bernard Fernandes:
Yes, we are making brand changes as we’re at an inflection point in our client roadmap in preparation for the upcoming launch of our #MeteorLake processors. We will provide more details regarding these exciting changes in the coming weeks! #Intel — Bernard Fernandes (@Bernard_P) May 1, 2023
Based on the numbering scheme, it looks like Intel is going to start from scratch and while Meteor Lake CPUs are the 14th Gen Core family, there's no identifier that states so. For example, the 13th Gen CPUs start with the "13" numbering scheme whereas the Meteor Lake CPU starts at "10" which would imply it's part of the 10th Gen family. Intel's 13th Gen family is made up of a mix of Raptor & Alder Lake CPUs so it makes sense to follow a unified and new approach similar to what AMD did in its Ryzen 7000 series but that made things a lot more confusing for consumers.
The "Ultra" moniker is also one of the many that Intel is going to use to differentiate between various SKUs and segments. We can think of Core Extreme, Core Max, Core Pro, and more but we'll see what Intel comes up with as its final choice. Some SKUs may not even feature such identifiers.
Old Branding: Intel Core i5-13420H (13th Gen Raptor Lake)
Intel Core i5-13420H (13th Gen Raptor Lake) New Branding: Intel Core Ultra 5 1003H (14th Gen Meteor Lake)
It is likely that this could be an engineering sample that has yet to be finalized but it will definitely be interesting to see the kind of naming scheme Intel uses for its next-gen CPUs. The Core Ultra 5 1003H features 18 cores and 18 threads though you cannot say for sure what the real count will be considering AOTS has had issues detecting the actual core count for ES chips in the past and this is a multi-chiplet architecture.
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According to Intel, the 14th Gen Meteor Lake CPUs will feature a brand new tiled architecture, and what this basically means is that the company has decided to go full-on chiplet. There are 4 main tiles on the Meteor Lake CPUs.
There's the IO Tile, the SOC Tile, the GFX Tile & the Compute Tile. The Compute Tile comprises the CPU Tile and GFX Tile. The CPU Tile will be making use of a new hybrid core design consisting of Redwood Cove P-Cores and Crestmont E-Cores, delivering higher-performance throughput at lower power. The GPU tile will consist of a brand new Xe-LPG graphics core based on the Alchemist architecture.
Intel Meteor Lake Mobility CPU Lineup Expected Features:
Triple-Hybrid CPU Architecture (P/E/LP-E Cores)
Brand New Redwood Cove (P-Cores)
Brand New Crestmont (E-Cores)
Up To 14 Cores (6+8) For H/P Series & Up To 12 Cores (4+8) For U Series CPUs
Intel 4 Process Node For CPU, TSMC For tGPU
Intel 'Xe-MTL' GPU With Up To 192/128 EUs
Up To LPDDR5X-7467 & DDR5-5200 Support
Up To 96 GB DDR5 & 64 GB LPDDR5X Capacities
Intel VPU For AI Inferencing With Atom Cores
x8 Gen 5 Lanes For Discrete GPU (Only H-Series)
Triple x4 M.2 Gen 4 SSD Support
Four Thunderbolt 4 Ports
Intel reaffirmed during its recent earnings call that the company will ramp up the production of its Meteor Lake CPUs in 2H 2023 so expect more news later this year.
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News Source: Benchleaks
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