Intel's 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs rumored to use LGA 1700 socket, replacing LGA 1200

mood · May 4, 2020

Intel's 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs rumored to use LGA 1700 socket, replacing LGA 1200 after just two generations
Those set to buy a 400-series mobo won't be happy
May 4, 2020
https://www.techspot.com/news/85081-intel-alder-lake-12th-gen-cpus-rumored-use.html

Rumor mill: Are you considering buying one of Intel’s newly revealed 10th-gen Comet Lake desktop processors? If so, you’ll need a new Z490 motherboard that comes with the LGA 1200 socket, but if rumors are to be believed, these will only support a couple of generations of processor families, with 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs switching to the LGA 1700 socket.

Soon after the new Core i9-10900K CPU was officially revealed last week, we heard that the 400-series motherboards it requires would also support 11th-gen Rocket Lake processors, which is when Intel will finally catch up with AMD by offering PCIe 4.0 support.
According to recent reports, lit-tech, a Taiwanese company that provides voltage regulation test tools to Intel in the Asia-Pacific market, has confirmed the LGA 1200 socket will only be used for two generations of processors.
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The LGA 1200 socket has a lot in common with its predecessor
With LGA 1700, however, there are rumored to be some big changes, including the chip shape changing from a square to a rectangle (45.00mm x 37.5mm), meaning no support from existing boards or coolers.

The CPUs are said to mark Intel finally moving away from the 14nm process node and onto 10nm++.
It’s also rumored to use a mix of big and little cores, with eight high-powered cores, eight energy-efficient ones, and integrated graphics (8+8+1), and later versions might support PCI 5.0 and DDR5 RAM.
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mood · Jun 27, 2020

Next-gen Intel Alder Lake-S desktop processors to use LGA 1700 socket
June 27, 2020
https://www.neowin.net/news/next-gen-intel-alder-lake-s-desktop-processors-to-use-lga-1700-socket

Intel's next-gen Alder Lake-S desktop CPUs will require a new LGA 1700 socket according to a leak from the company's official development resource website which lists the various projects that the firm is working on. Good ol' leakster momomo_us was able to grab a snap of the information there about the future Alder Lake platform(s).

The leak confirms that Intel is testing, or close to testing, power delivery and voltage regulation (VR) of the new LGA 1700 socket using the Gen5 VR Test Tool kit.
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Rocket Lake-S, the immediate successor to Comet Lake-S, could be the first Intel platform to debut PCIe 4.0 support according to a leaked features slide (via Videocardz). Hence, the recent inclusion of PCIe 4.0 support on Gigabyte Z490 motherboards makes sense as it could be in anticipation of Rocket Lake-S and sort of confirms the existence of PCIe 4.0 compatibility on the next-gen Intel desktop lineup.

There is also the mention of Alder Lake P but currently, no concrete information exists about it.
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mood · Jul 17, 2020

Intel Alder Lake CPUs To Get 33% More Execution Units Than Current Generation Flagship
July 17, 2020
https://wccftech.com/intel-alder-la...ution-units-than-current-generation-flagship/

The iGPU design plans for Intel's upcoming Alder Lake have leaked out (Sisoft via TumApisak) and show a 33% increase in EU count as compared to the existing flagship. Interestingly, it looks like Intel has not decided to double down on integrated graphics (compared to TigerLake) for example based on this data.
Intel Alder Lake CPUs will feature 32 EUs likely based on next-gen Xe Graphics
This might be disappointing news for some (I know it is for me) since it means that the GPU will be less powerful than the Tiger Lake iGPU expected to launch next month but there is a silver lining (as always).

It actually does make sense from a business perspective because anyone buying a high-end S-class core from Intel will be equipping that with a discrete GPU and a high-end onboard GPU will only increase costs for the customer.
To put this in perspective, this is a strategy utilized by AMD processors that don't ship with an iGPU at all.
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Of course, the most interesting thing about the Alder Lake processors isn't going to be the iGPU or even the 10nm process - it's going to be the new big and small architectural design. This design coupled will allow the company to increase power efficiency significantly without trading away raw performance and will be the perfect architecture for mobility.

Alder Lake's big and small cores coupled with Tiger Lake's successor's iGPU is where the real battle for integrated graphics is going to be fought.
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mood · Aug 7, 2020

Intel's 12th-generation Alder Lake-S chips to reportedly support DDR5 memory
August 7, 2020
https://www.neowin.net/news/intels-...ake-s-chips-to-reportedly-support-ddr5-memory

Intel's 12th-gen desktop processors, codenamed Alder Lake-S, will reportedly bring support for DDR5 memory. The company could supposedly move to support the next-generation platform in the same timeframe as AMD, which is expected to happen sometime in late 2021 or early 2022.

The report, courtesy of information sent to Videocardz by an unnamed source, suggests that the Alder Lake-S desktop line up will support dual-channel DDR5 memory that is expected to double bandwidth while consuming less power. The publication also corroborates earlier reporting that with the 12th-gen chips, Intel will also debut a new LGA1700 socket, adding that it will probably be accompanied by new 600 series chipset sporting motherboards.
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Alder Lake-S will most likely be based on the 10nm++ node, with the first desktop generation to support the 10nm processes being the 11th-gen processors, codenamed Rocket Lake-S.
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mood · Dec 30, 2020

Intel 10nm Alder Lake-S CPU engineering sample spotted in Geekbench database
Production could be less than a year away
December 29, 2020
https://www.techspot.com/news/88110-intel-10nm-alder-lake-s-cpu-engineering-sample.html

In brief: Geekbench 5 scores for Intel's upcoming Alder Lake-S CPU have turned up online. The benchmarks are sub-stellar but not unexpected from an early engineering sample (ES). Mostly the sighting confirms what we already suspected and firms up the possibility for a Q4 2021 release.

There has been another sighting of Intel's elusive 12th-gen Alder Lake-S CPU. Notable hardware leaker @Tum_Apisak spotted the silicon's benchmark scores uploaded to the Geekbench database Monday evening.
The Geekbench 5 results list it with 16 cores/24 threads running at 1.4GHz, consistent with a previous sighting on the SiSoft Sandra benchmarking database back in October.
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We still have no official word on a possible timeframe for production and release, but as we are starting to see ES versions popping up, we suspect Intel is shooting for a late 2021 launch.
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mood · Jan 12, 2021

Intel unveils new 12th-generation Alder Lake chips as it plays catch up to Apple’s M1
January 12, 2021
https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/12/intel-unveils-12th-gen-adler-lake/

Intel made an appearance at CES this year and brought a preview of its next substantial chip release, the 12th-generation Alder Lake. The company didn’t go into many details on the upcoming chips, but it did give us a taste of what to expect.

Like its predecessor, the 12th-generation Alderr Lake chips will utilize something similar to ARM’s BIG.little technology, a hybrid of both high-performance and high-efficiency cores. Intel has stated that these are laptop and desktop CPUs and that consumers should expect to get their hands on them in the second half of this year (via Ars Technica).
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Alderr Lake will use an improved version of the 10nm SuperFin process, which will go head-to-head with Apple’s ARM instruction set used in the M1. That, paired with the BIG.little architecture, reaffirms Intel’s desire to compete with Apple’s chip.
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mood · Jul 18, 2021

Intel's Alder Lake may not be arriving until next year, according to leaked roadmap
July 18, 2021
https://www.neowin.net/news/intels-...-until-next-year-according-to-leaked-roadmap/

Back in April, an alleged Intel roadmap had leaked, according to which the company appeared to be planning the upcoming 12th gen Alder Lake-S desktop launch for mid-Q3 or Q4 of this year. This may still be true, but a new roadmap has leaked today that's dated back to January, containing information on Alder Lake vPro parts. According to it, Intel's Alder Lake platforms - both the desktop-based Alder Lake-S as well as the mobile Alder Lake-P -, might not be arriving before Q1 of 2022.

Lastly, there is a slide relating to the Windows support for Alder Lake platforms, according to which the 12th gen Intel processors are supported by Windows 10 version 20H2 and newer.
Source and images: VideoCardz
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mood · Jul 31, 2021

The first 12th-gen Intel "Alder Lake" CPUs to hit the market will target enthusiasts
Power users may be the first to get a taste of Intel's big.LITTLE CPUs
July 29, 2021
https://www.techspot.com/news/90590-first-12th-gen-intel-alder-lake-cpus-hit.html

Highly anticipated: Intel is scrambling to get Alder Lake ready, but the company may only reveal the enthusiast grade CPUs in the new lineup at its upcoming event. The rest of the Alder Lake family will make an appearance at CES 2022, which isn't surprising when you consider that most people wouldn't have a reason to upgrade to the new platform with the current lack of DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 devices.

Gelsinger said the next big announcements will be made at an upcoming event in October 27. This is where Alder Lake is expected to be unveiled, but according to a report from Igor's Lab this could be focused on the high end, K and KF processors as well as Z690 motherboards. Other CPUs in the Alder Lake lineup are expected to make an appearance later, at CES 2022, along with H670, B660, and H610 chipsets.
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The Intel Z690 chipset is expected to support both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, and there are rumors suggesting Alder Lake will be the first platform to support PCIe 5.0. That said, SSD and graphics card manufacturers have yet to come up with hardware that can take advantage of the new spec.

Alder Lake will be Intel's first processors to arrive using a big.LITLE design similar to Arm's, which combines high-powered cores with energy-efficient ones. Intel pretty much confirmed that the new CPUs will be built on an enhanced 10nm SuperFin process node called Intel 7, which is supposed to offer 10 to 15 percent more performance-per-watt compared to the previous generation.
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mood · Aug 6, 2021

Intel’s Upcoming Alder Lake CPUs Are More Power Hungry Than Rocket Lake & Comet Lake Chips
August 5, 2021
https://wccftech.com/intel-alder-la...wer-hungry-than-rocket-lake-comet-lake-chips/

Power requirements for Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs have been revealed and from the look of things, the upcoming lineup is going to be more power-hungry compared to existing 10th and 11th Generation processors.
Intel Alder Lake CPU Power Requirements Unveiled - 12th Gen CPUs More Power Hungry Than 10th & 11th Gen Processors
The 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake CPUs will be featuring the brand new 'Intel 7' process node (formerly 10nm Enhanced SuperFin). This will be a major departure from the existing 14nm process that has been in use since Skylake. Based on the latest numbers from FCPOWERUP, Intel has disclosed the power requirements of its Alder Lake Desktop CPUs and it looks like the power requirements have gone up.
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According to the power requirement (PSU 12V2) requirements table, Intel Alder Lake-S CPUs will be coming in four TDP segments:

165W (Enthusiast)

125W (Unlocked)

65W (Mainstream)

35W (Low-TDP)

All segments retain the same continuous current ratings but the peak current rating has gone up by an average of 20%. More detailed numbers are provided below by Harukaze:
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mood · Aug 19, 2021

Intel unveils Alder Lake hybrid architecture with efficient and performance cores
August 19, 2021
https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel...tecture-with-efficient-and-performance-cores/

Intel has taken the wraps off its Alder Lake system-on-a-chip, which is the company's first processor to incorporate its efficient and performance cores.

With the new Intel 7 process, previously known as 10nm Enhanced Super Fin, Intel is able to fit four cores on the same die space of a Skylake core.
Intel is boasting that the core will have more accurate branch prediction thanks to its 5,000 entry branch target cache, a 64KB instruction cache to "keep useful instructions close".
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To get the efficient and performance cores working together with operating systems, Intel has created a new scheduler it is calling Thread Director, and has been working with Microsoft to optimise it for Windows 11.

"Built directly into the hardware, Thread Director provides low-level telemetry on the state of the core and the instruction mix of the thread, empowering the operating system to place the right thread on the right core at the right time," Intel states.
Alder Lake will support DDR5-4800, LP5-5200, DDR4-3200, and LP4x-4266 memory, as well as 16 lanes of PCIe Gen 5. Intel said the compute fabric of Alder Lake can handle 1000GBps, I/O fabric can do 64GBps, and memory fabric can hit 204GBps.
The new architecture will power chips that draw nine watts up to 125 watts of power.
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mood · Aug 22, 2021

Alder Lake-S Core i9-12900K leak suggests performance might be underwhelming
August 22, 2021
https://www.neowin.net/news/alder-l...-suggests-performance-might-be-underwhelming/

A few days ago at its Architecture Day 2021 event, Intel, among other things, discussed its upcoming Alder Lake CPU architecture that will feature a big.LITTLE core design similar to Arm processors.

In terms of performance, Intel is promising instructions per cycle (IPC) improvement of around 19% over the previous-gen Rocket Lake-S processors across a wide variety of benchmarks.
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Today, a real-world application test in the form of Adobe After Effects was spotted by Twitter leakster Benchleaks in Puget Systems' PugetBench database.

Among the three test results of the Core i9-12900K mentioned earlier, the best Render Score is around 11.5% faster than the 11900K's result. (click on the result images below to enlarge)
However, previous rumors have suggested that Alder Lake-S is also able to clock just as high as Rocket Lake-S; and in that case, the results may be somewhat disappointing, at least for AE users, if these were being run at the potential final retail speeds suggested by such rumors.
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mood · Sep 15, 2021

Alder Lake-S pricing revealed by US retailer Provantage
September 15, 2021
https://www.neowin.net/news/alder-lake-s-pricing-revealed-by-us-retailer-provantage/

US retailer Provantage has revealed the prices of Intel's 12th-gen processors and is also now taking orders. The retailer has accepted pre-orders for some Alder Lake CPUs even though they haven't been officially launched yet. The pricing list of the vendor reveals that the new CPUs are not significantly more expensive than their predecessors.

Here's a look at the pricing.
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mood · Oct 24, 2021

Intel’s Alder Lake Mobile processor gets benchmarked, handily beats the Apple M1 Max
October 24, 2021
https://mspoweruser.com/intels-alde...s-benchmarked-handily-beats-the-apple-m1-max/

The spectacular performance of Apple’s M1 Max has hit morale in the x86 world, where it was always guaranteed that you can buy a Windows laptop with more power than whatever Apple could produce, especially after it transitioned to ARM.

With the M1 Max this was clearly no longer the case, which may explain why Intel appears to have leaked its upcoming Alder Lake Mobile processor to hardware site wccftech, who promptly benchmarked it.
The Intel 12900HK Alder Lake Mobility processor’s p-cores helps it to an 1851 single-core score, topping the 1,785 of the 5 nm-based Apple M1 Max chip. It is also 14.5% faster than the older Core i9 11980HK’s 1,616 single-core score.
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Intel Core i9 12900HK mobility CPU also unexpectedly beat the Apple M1 Max when it comes to the Geekbench multi-core benchmark, scoring 13,256 vs 12,753 for the Apple processor. It is also 45% faster than the Intel 11980HK which only scored 9,149 points.

The Alder Lake processor was tested on Windows 11, which of course has new optimizations for the Alder Lake chip architecture with a big.SMALL and highly efficient “e-cores” and support for Intel’s new Thread Director technology.
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mood · Oct 27, 2021

Leaked slide shows Core i9-12900K is allegedly up to 30% faster than Ryzen 9 5950X in gaming
October 27, 2021
https://www.neowin.net/news/leaked-...up-to-30-faster-than-ryzen-9-5950x-in-gaming/

Intel is expected to talk about Alder Lake in more detail at its Innovation event tomorrow with a full reveal coming next month on November 4.

With the launch so close, it seems fellow outlet VideoCardz was able to get its hands on purported slides that showcase the performance and prices of Alder Lake-S early. The first of the two slides shows the gaming performance of the flagship Alder Lake-S SKU, the Core i9-12900K. The processor will be a 16 core, 24 thread (16C/24T) part and it is easily able to beat the 16C/32T Ryzen 9 5950X with margins of up to 30%. The slide also features the last-gen Rocket Lake-S flagship Core i9-11900K.
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Moving on from the performance aspect, alleged pricing details for the Alder Lake-S lineup are also out. Apparently, the flagship Core i9-12900K will come in at an MSRP of $589 which is $50 higher than what Intel launched the previous-gen Rocket Lake-S at. Likewise, the other lower SKUs also receive corresponding price bumps.

Source and images: VideoCardz
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mood · Oct 28, 2021

Intel announces 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs: Our long 14 nm nightmare is over
New desktop CPUs include DDR5 RAM support, PCI Express 5.0, and more cores.
October 28, 2021
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...ill-try-to-make-up-for-rocket-lakes-stumbles/

Intel's 11th-generation desktop processors, codenamed Rocket Lake, didn't impress us much. They were Intel's sixth processor architecture based on some version of Intel's 14 nm manufacturing process and the first not to use an iteration of the venerable Skylake core from 2015.

Now, Intel is attempting a course correction in the form of its 12th-generation core CPUs, codenamed Alder Lake. The first six processors in the lineup are available for preorder now and will be available starting November 4.
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The new chips are Intel's first desktop processors (outside of servers) to be manufactured on some version of the company's 10 nm manufacturing, but you won't see "10 nm" in any of Intel's marketing materials or product pages.
The process formerly known as "10 nm Enhanced SuperFin" is now called "Intel 7" because the company says that its transistor density will be comparable to 7 nm processes from competing foundries like TSMC and Samsung. Intel announced its updated manufacturing process naming scheme earlier this year.
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A new chapter for Intel's desktop CPUs
Alder Lake signals a significant shift in the composition of Intel's processors. The 12th-generation Core chips being announced today all come with a combination of "performance" and "efficient" CPU cores, also called P-cores and E-cores.
New socket, new chipset
The new processors come with a brand-new LGA 1700 socket and chipsets. To help preserve compatibility with some existing coolers, Intel has made the processors more rectangular, so it can insert more pins without increasing the width of the socket.

The Z690 chipset will be the new flagship, and it has plenty of connectivity: as many as 12 PCIe 4.0 lanes in the chipset itself and up to 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes.
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mood · Nov 4, 2021

Intel’s 12th Gen Core i9 doesn’t need Windows 11 for AMD beating boosts
Intel’s latest chips fight back against AMD
November 4, 2021
https://www.theverge.com/22763042/intel-core-i9-12900k-review

Intel’s 12th Gen arrives today and with it the flagship Core i9-12900K. It’s a new era of x86 processors that are designed similar to Apple’s ARM silicon in offering both performance and efficiency cores. This allows Windows to offload background tasks and keep the performance cores for the more demanding workloads. Intel is promising the usual “world’s best gaming processor” and a 19 percent performance improvement over its widely panned 11th Gen chips.

This new generation of Alder Lake chips also relies heavily on Windows 11. Microsoft has optimized its new OS for Intel’s Thread Director, supposedly allowing it to better manage tasks across these new CPU cores.
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Intel promises better performance with Windows 11, but what does that actually mean in reality? Not much. I’ve spent the past week with the Core i9-12900K running on both Windows 10 and Windows 11, and there’s barely a difference between the two for gaming.

Intel’s new Core i9-12900K has a total of 16 cores, but they’re not the cores you’re used to. Intel has split them into eight performance P-cores and eight efficient E-cores. These performance cores are similar to Intel’s Core-class processors, with the efficiency ones more like its Atom-class cores. [...]
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mood · Nov 4, 2021

Intel Core i9-12900K review: Intel finally has an answer for AMD Ryzen 9
Striking back at AMD and Apple with a single deadly Alder Lake swing.
November 4, 2021
https://www.windowscentral.com/intel-core-i9-12900k-review

Intel has been stuck on what it used to refer to as 14nm with the recent 11th Gen CPUs on what Intel called its refined 14nm process using a 10nm design.
But that's all changed with Intel's latest 12th Gen processors. This latest generation of CPUs is based on the "Intel 7" process, previously referred to as Intel 10nm Enhanced SuperFin (10ESF) — you can simply think of it as on a roughly equal sitting with TMSC's 7nm process used by AMD.

Is this new generation of Intel processors enough to entice those who may have departed the company for AMD Ryzen? We've got Intel's new flagship, the Core i9-12900K right here to find out!
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Intel Core i9-12900K Review: Alder Lake Arrives
P-Cores and E-Cores
https://www.techspot.com/review/2351-intel-core-i9-12900k/

Starting with the top-of-the-line Core i9-12900K CPU, we can finally show you how Intel’s new 12th generation Alder Lake processor architecture performs. The chip is priced at $650, which means Intel has positioned their new flagship desktop CPU squarely between the Ryzen 9 5900X and 5950X, which will currently set you back $520 and $750, respectively.

The Core i9-12900K is an interesting beast, packing 8 performance cores along with 8 efficient cores for a total of 24 threads, which seems like a strange number and that’s because those efficient or "E-cores" don’t support Hyper-Threading. [...]
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Intel Core i9-12900K review — This will begin to make things right
https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/04/intel-core-i9-12900k-review-this-will-begin-to-make-things-right/

The new Intel Core i9-12900K is a fun chip to review. It has a lot going on for $600 price tag. And that makes it fun to compare to what AMD is doing with its $530 Ryzen 9 5900X and its $800 Ryzen 9 5950X.

This is a blazing quick CPU — especially in gaming. That’s thanks to Intel’s incredible single-core performance. But, for once, I think Intel has also delivered a chip that can compete with AMD in many multi-threaded tasks. And that makes it the most compelling offering from processor manufacturer in years. [...]
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mood · Nov 5, 2021

DRM breaks games on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs, but there's a workaround available now
November 5, 2021
https://www.neowin.net/news/drm-bre...ke-pcs-but-theres-a-workaround-available-now/

Intel released its 12th gen Alder Lake-S desktop processors last week and although the micro-architecture has been optimized to work well on Windows 11, the company noted in its Alder Lake developer guide that existing Digital Rights Management software (DRMs) in games would require updates for them to properly support Alder Lake's Performance Hybrid architecture, which Intel calls Big-Bigger.

Addressing the developers, the company said:

If your existing or upcoming game uses a DRM middleware, you might want to contact the middleware provider and confirm that it supports hybrid architectures in general, and the upcoming Intel ADL platform in particular. Due to the nature of modern DRM algorithms, it might use CPU detection, and should be aware of the upcoming hybrid platforms.
Here's how Intel describes the problem:

Certain third-party gaming Digital Rights Management (DRM) software may incorrectly recognize 12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors efficient-cores (E-cores) as another system. This prevents games implementing that DRM software from running successfully. Games may crash during launch or gameplay, or unexpectedly shut down.
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Today, the company published a full list of affected games, mostly Denuvo-based titles, and also stated that a software fix is being rolled out by the DRM vendor.

A workaround has also been posted that enables Legacy Game Compatibility Mode for several titles on Windows 10. For such games, Intel recommends that you either update to Windows 11 to resolve the issue or use this Intel-provided workaround called Scroll Lock workaround.
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Intel publishes full list of games affected by DRM on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs
https://www.neowin.net/news/intel-p...d-by-drm-on-windows-10-and-11-alder-lake-pcs/

Today the company has posted a full list of titles that are affected by DRM and most if not all seem to be Denuvo-based. The games below in bold are the ones affected in Windows 11 while the rest are facing problems on Windows 10.

Intel has reiterated that it is working with Denuvo to fix the issue. In fact, a software fix has been identified and is being rolled out.
Meanwhile, a workaround for some of the other titles has been identified that are affected on Windows 10 only.
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hawki · Nov 8, 2021

mood said: ↑

DRM breaks games on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs, but there's a workaround available now
November 5, 2021
https://www.neowin.net/news/drm-bre...ke-pcs-but-theres-a-workaround-available-now/
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"Intel: These 50+ PC Games Are Incompatible With 'Alder Lake' CPUs Due to DRM

The chip giant has outlined workarounds, but some require going into your PC's BIOS settings. We tried it, but failed to find the necessary function..."

https://www.pcmag.com/news/intel-these-50-plus-pc-games-are-incompatible-with-alder-lake-cpus-due

mood · Nov 8, 2021

Leaked Alder Lake Core i3 would be first interesting budget CPU in almost 2 years
April 2020 was the last time Intel or AMD released a new $100-ish desktop CPU.
November 8, 2021
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...rst-interesting-budget-cpu-in-almost-2-years/

But it has been particularly tough if you're trying to put together a PC on a budget, both because "budget graphics cards" have essentially ceased to exist and because neither Intel nor AMD has released a compelling CPU for under $150 since early 2020.
That streak may end soon, according to a retail leak spotted by Tom's Hardware.

The most interesting of those chips for budget builders is the i3-12100F, a quad-core, 8-thread processor that was listed for around $120. Entry-level quad-core desktop CPUs are an excellent choice for budget desktops—fast enough for all kinds of basic browsing and productivity apps but also able to handle games and heavier apps like Photoshop or Lightroom in a pinch. It was just a few years ago that quad-core processors were the best that most people could get, and most software still runs well on them.
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With four of Alder Lake's performance cores (or P-cores), the i3-12100F should provide a substantial single- and multithreaded performance bump over the 10th-generation Core i3 chips, though most likely at the cost of higher power consumption.
These cheaper desktop chips won't include any of Intel's efficiency cores (or E-cores), which provide a nice multithreaded performance boost to the top-tier Core i9 and Core i7 Alder Lake chips.

Whether you'll actually be able to find and buy the i3-12100F once it's released is anyone's guess, though.
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mood · Nov 22, 2021

Gigabyte releases tool to fix Alder Lake's DRM issues
A quick and easy way of disabling those E-cores
November 22, 2021
https://www.techspot.com/news/92327-gigabyte-releases-tool-fix-alder-lake-drm-issues.html

In brief: After Intel revealed a list of games that don’t work with its new Alder Lake CPUs due to DRM conflicts, owners of Gigabyte’s Z690 motherboards can now address the issue by using the company’s Gigabyte DRM Fix Tool.

At the start of November, Intel confirmed that certain games don’t work with Alder Lake. Chipzilla said more games run into problems when Alder Lake is used with Windows 10—as opposed to Windows 11—and while most of these are older titles, some newer ones such as Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order are also affected.
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The problem stems from Digital Rights Management (DRM) software incorrectly recognizing Alder Lake’s efficient-cores (E-cores) as another system. This can prevent games from launching, cause crashes during gameplay, or shut them down unexpectedly.
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But the Gigabyte DRM Fix Tool (download here) allows anyone to switch the E-cores on and off easily through the utility's UI. The only requirement is that users' motherboards have the latest firmware installed.

While the tool only works with Gigabyte Z690 mobos, don’t be surprised to see other manufacturers follow suit by releasing their own versions of the utility.
Gigabyte provided a list of all its Z690 motherboards and the latest BIOS version for each product.
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mood · Nov 23, 2021

Intel has started shipping Alder Lake-P to laptop manufacturers
November 23, 2021
https://www.neowin.net/news/intel-has-started-shipping-alder-lake-p-to-laptop-manufacturers/

Intel has been killing it, at least on the specs sheet, with the launch of Alder Lake-S desktop processors. With support for DDR5 and PCI Express 5.0, team blue has played its cards right. Today, Intel's Executive Vice President Gregory Bryant tweeted that Intel is shipping the upcoming Alder Lake-P mobile processors to OEMs to integrate them into upcoming laptops.

Another incredible 12th Gen @intel Core milestone: today, we began shipping our high-performance mobile processors to customers! Congratulations to our Intel teams around the globe for their hard work & commitment in delivering this product. #IntelCore pic.twitter.com/72Glbo4qZo
— Gregory M Bryant (@gregorymbryant) November 22, 2021
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Alder Lake-P will allegedly be available in two primary core configurations. Out of the two, a lower-end SKU might feature two Golden Cove Performance (P) cores and eight Gracemonth Efficiency (E) cores. The higher-end one might feature six performance cores along with eight efficiency cores.
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mood · Jan 3, 2022

Intel Reportedly Kills AVX-512 on Alder Lake CPUs
The end is near for AVX-512 on Alder Lake
January 1, 2022

As reported by Igorslab, Intel is reportedly killing off AVX-512 enablement on Alder Lake CPUs for good. To do this, the chipmaker will likely release a new microcode update to all Alder Lake-supported motherboards that prevent any AVX-512 enablement workarounds from being successful. Additionally, the company focused hard on bringing AVX-512 to mainstream consumers with Rocket Lake; however, that won't be the case with Alder Lake.
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What's even more bizarre is that performance from the AVX-512 instruction set, in specific workloads, is very effective and efficient.
IgorLabs also tested the strengths of AVX-512 on Alder Lake and found it to be excellent.

Ultimately, Intel didn't fuse off the AVX-512 instruction set on Alder Lake's silicon, and the chipmaker is doing its best to decisively kill off AVX-512 functionality for good in the near future.
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We can speculate why Intel is doing this, but ultimately, it's best to prepare yourself for this change.

You can of course stick with an existing motherboard BIOS, but at some point most boards will incorporated the updated microcode that disables AVX-512 support.
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mood · Jan 5, 2022

Intel announces 28 new 12th Gen Intel Core processors for laptops
January 4, 2022

At CES 2022, Intel today announced 28 new 12th Gen Intel Core processors for laptops including the new U-series mobile processors, P-series mobile processors and the all-new H-series mobile processors led by the Intel Core i9-12900HK.

Up to 5 GHz frequencies, 14 cores (6 P-cores and 8 E-cores) and 20 threads that give the 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900HK the crown as the fastest mobile processor. It delivers performance leadership over Intel’s previous generation and the competition.

The new 12th Gen Intel Core H-series is the world’s best mobile gaming platform, delivering up to 28% faster gaming than the previous mobile gaming leader in the market: the Intel Core i9-11980HK. 12th Gen Intel Core H-series is more than up to the task for content creators. For example, users may see up to 43% higher performance in 3D rendering gen-over-gen.

Broad memory support for DDR5/LPDDR5 and DDR4/LPDDR4 modules up to 4800 MT/s – a first in the industry for H-series mobile processors.

Nearly three times faster connectivity on exclusive high-speed channels without legacy Wi-Fi interference using integrated Intel Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+).

Thunderbolt 4 support that delivers transfer speeds up to 40Gbps and PC connectivity to multiple 4K monitors and accessories.

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Laptops powered by the new 12th Gen Intel Core H-series mobile processors will be available in February 2022.
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Intel: CES: Intel Engineers Fastest Mobile Processor Ever with 12th Gen Intel Core Mobile

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Intel announces the 12th Gen Intel® Core™ family of mobile processors led by the launch of new H-series mobile processors featuring the flagship Intel® Core™ i9-12900HK – the fastest mobile processor ever1 and the world’s best mobile gaming platform2 – built on the Intel 7 process.

Intel introduces the new 65- and 35-watt 12th Gen Intel Core desktop processors with ultimate scalable power and performance for gaming, creation and productivity. The processors are available now.

Intel discloses specifications for the forthcoming 12th Gen Intel Core U- and P-series mobile processors that will power the latest ultra-thin-and-light laptop designs.

Intel shares updates to the Intel® Evo™ platform that incorporate new specification technologies and key experience indicators (KEI), including intelligent collaboration.

Intel announces new Intel vPro® platform offerings – Intel vPro® Essentials and Intel vPro® Enterprise – for expanded commercial support ranging from small businesses to large-scale enterprises.

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mood · Jan 5, 2022

12th-gen Intel Core laptop CPUs bring up to 14 cores to high-end portables
January 4, 2022

In addition to announcing new desktop chips, Intel is also expanding its Alder Lake architecture to laptops. Intel has announced 12th-generation Core chips for everything from high-end gaming laptops to thin-and-light ultrabooks, with low-end Pentiums and Celerons thrown in for good measure.

These laptop chips use Intel's new hybrid processor architecture, which combines larger, faster performance cores with smaller, more efficient cores (P-cores and E-cores, respectively). How many P-cores and E-cores you get depends on the processor you're buying, and you'll need an operating system that supports Intel's "Thread Director" technology to get the most performance out of the chips. Windows 11 supports it now, Linux support is in the works, and Windows 10 doesn't have it and won't be getting it.
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Intel's H-series processors are its top-performing laptop GPUs, and 12th-generation H-series chips will begin shipping in laptops starting in February. We've provided the tables with all of the core counts and clock speeds above, but to quickly summarize the differences between the eight different H-series CPUs:

The Core i9 models include six P-cores and eight E-cores, plus an integrated GPU with 96 execution units (EUs). The i9-12900HK is the sole overclockable laptop processor across Intel's entire 12th-gen lineup.

The Core i7 chips also use six P-cores and eight E-cores, but with somewhat lower clock speeds. Their GPUs also include 96 EUs, but the lowest-end i7-12650H only uses 65 EUs.

The Core i5 chips use four P-cores and eight E-cores, which lowers the maximum turbo power from 115 W to 95 W. Their GPUs include 80 EUs, except for the 48 EU i5-12450H.

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