CPU has 16 cores
Intel at Computex for the first time demonstrated the operation of the processor generation Meteor Lake.
The demonstration was not dedicated to the entire CPU as a whole, but to the VPU block for working with artificial intelligence. The demo itself is not particularly interesting, since there is nothing to compare its results with yet, but the CPU is very curious.
Its configuration includes 16 cores that are capable of processing 22 threads. This means that we are talking about six large cores (maximum for Meteor Lake) and 10 small ones. However, there is a feature.
Intel showed off its unusual Meteor Lake CPU for the first time.
According to as yet unconfirmed data, the configuration of such a CPU actually has the formula 6 + 8 + 2, which is very strange for an x86-compatible processor. In this case, this means the presence of six large nuclei, eight small nuclei and two more small nuclei. At the same time, the configuration cannot be called 6 + 10, because the first eight small nuclei and the last two are on different crystals! Eight are included in the CPU chiplet along with six large ones, but the remaining two are on the SoC chiplet. Why Intel has implemented this approach is still completely unclear.
The CPU worked at frequencies of 0.37-3.1 GHz, but they are clearly not final. You can also allocate 18 MB L2 cache and 24 MB L3 cache.
It can be noted that Intel talks about Meteor Lake constantly and long before launch. This could mean the company is betting big on the next generation.
