CPU rumor mill: new information about Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm's roadmaps

Rumor mill: Major CPU producers are continually engaged in developing new chip architectures and merchandise. The rumor mill is ceaseless, and a latest Chinese supply has now divulged targeted enterprise plans for 3 of the world's biggest chipmakers.

A Chinese content material author has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap for destiny CPUs from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. The roadmap provides details about upcoming chip architectures, some of which have been already recognized, and further data, in all likelihood from unofficial however nicely-informed assets.

Starting with Intel, the video from "Golden Pig Upgrade Pack" outlines Intel's CPU lines and architectures planned for 2024 and 2025. These plans encompass a Raptor Lake refresh for slightly faster computer CPUs, and laptops that'll characteristic Meteor Lake.

Intel-based totally portable systems may even get hold of up to date Raptor Lake (Core Gen 13th) processors, despite the fact that the inclusion of Meteor Lake CPUs in gaming laptops may be an exception. In 2025, Intel will introduce the new Arrow Lake structure to replace Raptor Lake-H and HX transportable chip fashions. A refreshed "U-series" alternative could be retained for low-quit structures.

The Chinese leaker has also supplied an up to date roadmap for AMD. Lisa Su's business enterprise is currently developing two new APU chips, informally known as Strix Halo and Strix Point. Strix Halo is built on the new Zen five microarchitecture and will feature traditional ("Classic") Zen cores on the brand new "FP11" socket.

Strix Point seems to have a extra complicated layout, with two extraordinary kinds of Zen five cores: "Classic" and "Dense." Support for DDR5 and LPDDR5X memory is unique to the Halo chip, whilst both Strix Point and Strix Halo contain AMD's RDNA3.5 GPU architecture with 16 Compute Units (Point) and forty CUs (Halo). AMD may also offer refreshed Zen four APU options (Hawk Point, Phoenix) and the "Zen3 " based chip Rembrandt-R for the low-stop market.

Finally, we have a few up to date data approximately "Hamoa," the primary Snapdragon X mobile SoC created by Qualcomm. Hamoa will function either 10 or 12 CPU cores and an Adreno 740 GPU with help for a further discrete GPU for photographs processing through a PCIe Gen4 x8 interface.

The Hamoa SoC also offers capabilities for high-speed garage (UFS4, PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe), LPDDR5X reminiscence help with hurries up to 8533 MT/s, and fast video encoding competencies (4K60). Qualcomm appears to be developing a cellular chip that would perform efficiently in each subsequent-gen smartphones and ARM laptops.

Now, it's as much as OEM producers to seize the possibility and create computing gadgets based totally in this technology.