According to common leaker Raichu (@OneRaichu on Twitter), a processor that was initially supposed to function a mainstream desktop CPU based mostly on Meteor Lake, often called “MTL-S”, was canceled. However, there are apparently nonetheless “MTL-S” merchandise—that’s, 45-65W Meteor Lake CPUs—on the way in which. Rather than utilizing specialised silicon meant for mainstream desktop CPUs, they’re as a substitute supposedly based mostly on the Meteor Lake “P” silicon meant for skinny & gentle laptops.
If you are not acquainted with the “P” designation for Intel chips, it refers to processors that sit between the full-power “H” laptop computer elements and the ultra-low-voltage “U” fashions. They usually have TDPs of 25 to 35 watts and are supposed for laptops that straddle the road between excessive efficiency and excessive mobility.
A wafer of Meteor Lake cube supposed for check packages.
So, the rumor claims that Intel will ship some Meteor Lake elements as desktop CPUs alongside a refresh of its extant Raptor Lake processors relatively than being cancelled on the desktop altogether. These Meteor Lake desktop CPUs probably will not present up as socketed fashions given their laptop computer silicon origins and can as a substitute in all probability be BGA elements aimed toward small kind issue programs.
