Intel claims its 3nm CPUs are not delayed, will land in 2024

Date:
Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:21:43 +0000

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Arrow Lake is still on track for its 2024 launch, says Intel CEO - rumors stating otherwise are patently false.

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Following the circulation of rumors claiming that Intels upcoming 3nm CPU products would be hit with delays, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has fired back
with confirmation that the new chips are in fact on track for their planned 2024 releases.

The in-development CPUs, which will be built on either the Intel 3 or TSMC N3 - both new 3nm processes - include product lines codenamed Arrow Lake,
Granite Rapids, and Sierra Forest. Arrow Lake is ostensibly the one were most interested in here; thats the current codename for Intels 15th-gen consumer desktop processors.

Well try not to get ahead of ourselves here, since were currently only on Intels 13th generation of Core CPUs (headlined by the mighty Intel Core i9-13900K ), but the 3nm process is intriguing. Intels incoming 14th-gen Meteor Lake chips will still be built on the current 4nm process.

In Intels Capital Allocation Update conference call , Gelsinger described the rumors as patently false and offered reassurance that the 3nm programs are on track, both that with TSMC as well as our internal Intel 3 programs. The Granite Rapids program, which will be server-grade CPUs for commercial use, could prove worrying for Google - the search engine giant has its own plans
to start producing chips for datacenters. Analysis: Meteor Lake might be lackluster, but Arrow Lake wont be

Last year, we learned that Intel did actually delay the 14th-gen Meteor Lake chips, which were set to be produced on TSMCs 3nm process. Despite the Raptor Lake 13th generation producing some of the best processors weve ever seen, there are concerns that Meteor Lake will see smaller generational improvements.

That certainly shouldnt be the case for Arrow Lake in 2024, though - since Intel isnt using its own Intel 3 process to produce these consumer CPUs, TSMC will have plenty of time to refine its N3 process. The Taiwanese manufacturer will be very experienced with 3nm by the time it comes to put Arrow Lake into production, so we should be getting the optimal version of Intels 3nm
designs.

Meteor Lake is still expected to launch this year, though we likely have a
few more 13th-gen chips to go before a new flagship arrives. Intel has been keeping up a seriously fast release cadence for its CPUs, something we dont entirely support - the speed at which these new chips arrives means that
while some immediately outclass their predecessors, others are a bit harder
to justify.

Naturally, all of this will probably be quite troubling for AMDs execs, who were most likely hoping the rumors of an Arrow Lake delay were true. While Team Red has had some success in measuring up against Intels current-gen offerings (and is often still the better-value option ), Intel is
steamrolling ahead with increasingly powerful CPUs and threatening to leave its competitors in the dust.



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