During the Hot Chips 34 conference, Intel shared fresh details regarding the 3D chip packaging technology that will be used in Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake processors, and will allow you to combine several crystals produced according to different technological processes on one substrate at once. At the same time, the manufacturer dispelled several earlier rumors regarding the Meteor Lake chip series.
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The integrated graphics of the Meteor Lake processors will not be manufactured using the 3nm process, as some rumors have claimed. According to Intel, the graphics of these processors were designed using the 5nm process technology. Meteor Lake processors will consist of several crystals (tiles) connected using the Foveros bus.
Intel has shared a block diagram (image above) of a consumer Meteor Lake with six performance and eight energy-efficient cores. These cores will be part of a computing chiplet, which will be produced according to the Intel 4 (7 nm) process technology. The company did not specify this, but the block diagram shown most likely belongs to the processor of the upcoming Meteor Lake-P mobile series for compact gaming and fairly productive work laptops.
Formerly Intel showed another Meteor Lake computing chiplet, believed to be from one of the Meteor Lake-U mobile processor models, which has two high-performance and up to eight power-efficient cores and is likely to feature lower-end integrated graphics.
Intel has specified that Meteor Lake SoC and I/O (IO) tiles will be manufactured using TSMC N6 (6nm) process technology, while the integrated graphics die will use TSMC N5 (5nm) technology. In this case, all chiplets will be combined by a Foveros crystal on the Intel 22 nm process technology.
Intel Meteor Lake SoC with crystals on different technical processes. Image Source: PCwatch
Intel also confirmed that the Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake processor series are expected to launch in 2023 and 2024, respectively. The chips of these series will be presented in both mobile and desktop segments.
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The company added that the Lunar Lake series of processors that will come following Arrow Lake are power efficient solutions with a TDP rating of 15W, which is very likely a sign of their mobile nature. The company has not yet announced whether it plans to release Lunar Lake models with an increased TDP.
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