Intel appeared at CES this year and previewed the next significant disk release, the 12th generation Alder Lake. The company did not give much detail about the upcoming slides, but it did give us a taste of what we could expect.
Like its predecessor, the 12th generation Alderr Lake chips will use something similar to ARM’s BIG.little technology, a hybrid of both core and high performance. Intel has said that these are computers and laptops, and that consumers will have to get their hands on them in the second half of this year (via Ars Technica).
The most striking aspect of this announcement is probably the timing of Apple’s new M1 CPUs that were just announced last year. This is probably not coincidental, but Intel is rather trying to compete directly with the M1, especially since the two are similar in design.
Alderr Lake will use an improved version of the 10Fm SuperFin process, which goes well with Apple’s ARM instruction set used in the M1. This, coupled with the BIG.little architecture, confirms Intel’s desire to compete with Apple’s chip.
Intel’s announcement also indicates that it intends to start scaling down its hybrid chips within the current range. Whether this supposed strategy shift will work for Intel will be announced in due course. It’s also worth noting that we do not expect Apple to use these new Alderr Lake chips in any of their products.
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