Details are emerging regarding the cores of the 11th generation CPU that Intel will introduce to the market during 2021.
Intel announced the first 11th generation in early September, with models intended for use in more compact portable systems. Lake-H family processors characterized by a TDP level of 45 Watts.
Characteristics of Tiger Lake-H
These are therefore the new generation processors installed in the most powerful and robust notebooks, including those intended for the world of mobile workstations as well as gaming notebooks. The Notebookcheck site has published preliminary information about these processors which is not officially confirmed by Intel, but can help to get a clear picture of what could happen in the coming months.
Tiger Lake-H CPUs , we will have versions with a TDP of 35 watts , which will be limited to the quadcore architecture, with variations with a TDP of 45 watts which will have up to 8 cores . For the latter, the number of execution units implemented in the integrated GPU will stop at 32. A choice which will optimize consumption and leave room for the calculation cores. This is a wise project because these CPUs will typically be associated with a dedicated GPU. The cores will be from the Willow Cove family, an evolution of the Sunny Cove adopted by Intel for the 10th generation Core processors of the Ice Lake family.
Characteristics of Alder Lake
Another piece of information concerns Alder Lake processors. It will therefore be a hybrid type architecture, similar in design to those adopted in ARM smartphones, with small and more efficient cores. Those of low power will be from the Gracemont family, an evolution of Tremont, while the most powerful will be from the Golden Cove series to replace the Willow Coves.
Alder Lake-P
There will be two versions of these solutions for Alder Lake-P with 10nm hybrid architecture. We will have configurations of up to a maximum of 6 low-power cores and 8 cores with higher processing power. Support for PCIe 5.0 will be introduced, with 8 PCIe 5.0 lanes and two 4x PCIe 4.0 lanes from the CPU, and 12 PCIe 3.0 lanes from the PCH. It will also support 4x Thunderbolt 4 , Wi-Fi 6E 802.11axR2 and include a Maple Ridge controller.
Alder Lake-S
For Alder Lake-S, on the other hand, the number of cores will be 8 for both types. TDP should reach a maximum of 125W, depending on the base configuration. Alder Lake-S will feature the Xe LP iGPU up to 32EU. It should also support up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 or 128 GB DDR5-4400 memory and PCIe 5.0, with 16 PCIe 5.0 and 4x PCIe 4.0 lanes from the CPU alongside 16 PCIe 4.0 and 12x PCIe 3.0 lanes from the PCH . Thunderbolt support wasn't mentioned, but it will come with support for Wi-Fi 6E 802.11axR2 and up to 2 Maple Ridge controllers. The security features are the same as the Alder Lake-P architecture.
