Intel Meteor Lake CPUs may require new motherboards

Previous rumours have claimed that the LGA1700 socket would last for three generations, meaning Alder Lake users would be able to upgrade to Meteor Lake chips when they become available. However, new reports say otherwise, claiming Intel is now planning to introduce the LGA2551 socket with Meteor Lake, forcing Alder Lake users to buy a new motherboard if they want to upgrade.

According to the latest video from Moore's Law Is Dead, the LGA2551 socket allegedly coming with the Meteor Lake platform will be bigger than the LGA1700/1800 socket. Moreover, Meteor Lake could bring a 12-21% IPC increase in its P-cores, but clock speed reductions are expected to come with the new node (Intel 4).

Meteor Lake should also debut a new E-core architecture named Crestmont and bring Neural Engines/VPUs to Intel's desktop mainstream chips. The first chips to release will be aimed at laptops in Q2 or Q3 2023, and desktop processors should arrive before the end of next year. Looking further into the future, Intel Arrow Lake, Intel's 15th Gen Core processors, should feature up to eight P-Cores and up to 32 E-Cores, both based on the Intel 20A node. This is far future stuff though, so don't expect these processors before the second half of 2024.

As for Raptor Lake, the video claims that 13th Gen Core i3 processors will feature four P-Cores, and Core i5 CPUs will have six P-Cores and four E-Cores. Jumping up to the Core i7 line, these chips should have eight P-Cores and eight E-Cores, and Core i9 CPUs should step that up to eight P-Cores and up to 16 E-Cores.

Z790 motherboards should release alongside the first wave of Raptor Lake desktop enthusiast chips, expected in Q4 2022. The H770 and B760 chipsets may come a little later in early 2023, alongside 13th Gen Core non-K chips, and U-series and P-series processors.

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KitGuru says: Intel's roadmap is becoming quite interesting. If AMD can match them, the competition between these two will be fierce over the next few years. 

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