{"id":17078,"date":"2022-02-26T19:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/26\/intel-could-bring-16-core-alder-lake-designs-to-laptops\/"},"modified":"2022-02-26T19:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T19:39:06","slug":"intel-could-bring-16-core-alder-lake-designs-to-laptops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/26\/intel-could-bring-16-core-alder-lake-designs-to-laptops\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel could bring 16-core Alder Lake designs to laptops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a nutshell:<\/strong> A new leak has brought back the possibility of Intel bringing full-fledged desktop processors to the mobile market. It will be the first time a manufacturer has ever marketed a 16-core processor for laptops if it proves valid. <\/p>\n

It’s not impossible to find a laptop with a 16-core processor, but in such cases, the processor is a desktop part that’s been squished into a notebook without the proper adjustments being made. It will run too hot and be too hungry.<\/p>\n

According to a slide first leaked in mid-2021, Intel plans<\/a> to bring the i9-12900 to the mobile market in a 55W TDP package. It’ll consume much more power while it turbos, but the system will have usable battery life during light workloads.<\/p>\n

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In 2021, the leaked slide wasn’t wholly believed amid a barrage of false information, but it’s since proven mostly correct. It describes a bracket of mobile Alder Lake processors with eight performance and eight efficiency cores that target the “muscle” market segment.<\/p>\n

On Friday, The credible leaker Komachi Ensaka tweeted that Intel recently began distributing test systems equipped with these processors. They’re codenamed Alder Lake-HX. One of them might come to market as the i9-12980HX<\/a>, for example. For context, Intel’s current flagship, the i9-12900HK, has 14 cores\u2014six performance and eight efficiency. It also has a 45W TDP.<\/p>\n

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Komachi Notes that the HX series will use a BGA (ball grid array) socket. It will allow the CPUs to use more power and fit into a smaller package than a regular socket. Intel’s socket manufacturer even publicly lists<\/a> the Alder Lake BGA in question.<\/p>\n

Another distinguishing feature of this series is its GPUs with 32 EUs. Intel’s current high-end mobile processors come equipped with 96 EUs, but the HX series can’t because the desktop silicon that it’s based on has only 32 built-in.<\/p>\n

If these processors are coming, it’ll likely be soon, given that the rest of the Alder Lake lineup has already launched.<\/p>\n

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