In late January, we reported that Intel had acquired a leading “cloud, edge, and data center solution provider” using Intel 3 nodes. Intel is stepping up its efforts to sign a lucrative contract for its Intel Foundry Services division. It’s the cornerstone of CEO Pat Gelsinger’s focus on increasing revenue.
But while Intel makes most of the chips (and chips for other vendors), it’s working with competitors such as Taiwan Semiconductor Corporation (TSMC) to make chips for the Arc discrete GPU family. I also have a contract to for that, Digi Times report The collaboration between Intel and TSMC on products using TSMC’s 3nm node is facing a slight problem.
A previous report indicated that Intel’s 15th generation fragmented multi-tile/multi-chiplet Arrow Lake processors, which are said to use TSMC 3nm for GPU tiles, will launch in Q3 2024. was So, if this report is accurate, the first Arrow Lake processors will gradually appear in late Q4 2024 to Q1 2025.
However, Arrow Lake is about two years away, so we’ve been having issues with products two generations back in about two months. Ahead of Arrow Lake, Intel is said to launch its performance-boosted Raptor Lake-S desktop processors for the enthusiast and workstation markets later this year. Raptor Lake-S will be followed by the 14th generation Meteor Lake family later this year. During Intel’s Q4 2022 earnings call, Gelsinger said, “With Intel 4, we are ready for production today and look forward to MTL (Meteor Lake) increases later this year.
Meteor Lake will be our first collaboration with TSMC on the CPU side. It consists of Intel 4 (7nm) compute tiles and his TSMC made GPU (5nm) and SoC (6nm) tiles using Foveros 3D technology first seen in the almost forgotten Lakefield processors. Additionally, meteor Lake will also be Intel’s first CPU family to incorporate extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.
DigiTimes claims that Meteor Lake laptop processors will launch ahead of their desktop counterparts in a change from Intel’s Raptor Lake and Alder Lake cadence. Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake are also believed to share a common platform like Alder Lake and Raptor Lake. So you’re getting a new socket and chipset.
