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Frequent supply 188号 (@momomo_us on Twitter) factors out a brand new BIOS replace for the ASRock B760M Phantom Gaming Sonic WiFi that updates the Intel Management Engine and UEFI GOP firmware together with enhancing reminiscence compatibility, including assist for non-power-of-two DDR5 DIMMs, and new assist for “next-generation processors.”
Meanwhile, HXL (@9550pro on Twitter)—one other common supply—factors us to the patch notes of the newest firmware replace for the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX. Besides including assist for the next-gen processors, this one additionally consists of an replace to the Intel Management Engine.
So what are these next-gen processors? Almost assuredly the rumored Raptor Lake Refresh. These CPUs are anticipated to be essentially the identical silicon because the extant Raptor Lake processors, maybe with a tiny bump in clock charges and core configs on lower-end fashions. It’s additionally doubtless that the precise Raptor Lake silicon will penetrate additional into the product stack. Currently, solely the Core i9 and Core i7 chips (in addition to the Core i5-13600K) truly use the newer design; lower-end chips are primarily based on Alder Lake silicon.
Why is Intel doing a refresh of Raptor Lake on desktop when the discharge of Meteor Lake is imminent? Most doubtless as a result of the Meteor Lake processors do not scale with energy the way in which Raptor Lake does. Put one other method, releasing Meteor Lake processors for desktop would imply a efficiency regression on the high-end. That’s prone to be the case in laptops, too, so we’ll in all probability nonetheless see “14th-gen” laptop computer processors utilizing Raptor Lake silicon, significantly within the “HX” collection that’s primarily based on desktop CPU components.
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If we have coated the what and the why, the following query is “when.” Regular leaker ECSM, previously often called “Enthusiastic Citizens Stroke Monster,” could have the reply to that query. Posting as he does over on Bilibili, ECSM says that the following CPU launch we’ll see from Intel would be the “Okay” collection Raptor Lake Refresh components in October of this 12 months adopted alongside by the non-Okay processors in late November or early December.
In roughly that very same time-frame, based on the leaker, Intel will even launch Meteor Lake processors focused on the skinny & mild laptop computer market. The rumored high-power variant of Meteor Lake is properly and actually canceled, and as we talked about above, it is unlikely Meteor Lake will probably be aggressive when it comes to absolute efficiency with the quickest Raptor Lake CPUs. Given that, Meteor Lake will in all probability exploit its excessive effectivity and goal markets the place battery life and environment friendly efficiency are most essential.
Given that Meteor Lake is not coming to desktop, we apparently will not see a correct replace to Intel’s shopper desktop portfolio till Arrow Lake-S on the earliest. That means we cannot see the results of Intel’s newest branding replace on desktop till the tip of subsequent 12 months, or probably even after that.
ECSM additionally says that the Raptor Lake Refresh components will embody an odd “8P+12e” core configuration, and that every one Intel 600 collection motherboards ought to assist the brand new Raptor Lake processors. Of course, you will want a kind of previously-discussed BIOS updates. A “14600K” may make a killer improve for a Twelfth-gen system, however ensure that your cooling is as much as par, particularly if Intel bumps the clock charges.
