Functionality for AVX-512 is once more missing.
Arrow Lake, the next-generation replacement for Raptor Lake, is anticipated to be released by Intel in the latter half of the year 2024. With this move, the corporation will make a significant transition from using monolithic chips to a new architecture that is built on tiles. These new central processing units appear to be undergoing testing, as an Arrow Lake chip with intriguing specifications has been discovered on the internet. It is being reported that the processor has 24 threads, that it is operating at 3GHz, and that it does not make use of the AVX-512 instruction set (once again).
Given that the chip bears the name “Arrow Lake Client Platform,” there is no need for any speculation in this regard. All of the information regarding the chip was published on X by @InstLatX64, and the boot log can be obtained on this page. In light of the fact that Raptor Lake i9 processors only have 32 threads, it appears that the central processing unit (CPU) only has 24 threads. The new speculation, on the other hand, suggests that Intel may abandon Hyper-Threading for its next-generation CPUs, which would be comparable to Apple’s Arm chips. This could indicate that the processor will have 24 cores. The amount of cores that Intel provides for its current i9 chips is the same, and they are split between P-cores (16+8) and E-cores.
I spotted a new #ArrowLake-S (CPUID C0660, 24 threads, 3GHz, w/o #AVX512) among the #Intel test machines:https://t.co/xiSjhpEcPP https://t.co/X7iBnRq9gW pic.twitter.com/Dasjo0L6Fp
— InstLatX64 (@InstLatX64) February 1, 2024
Additionally, it appears that Intel is still withholding AVX-512 capabilities, which had previously caused its customers to be dissatisfied because the company had fused it off in the silicon when Alder Lake was released. Tom’s Hardware, on the other hand, mentions that the business might bring it back in a future E-core design, which means that it might be there within the chip but unavailable to the user. Considering that Intel used to provide this capability in its earlier non-hybrid central processing units (CPUs), and that AMD provides it with its Zen processors, it is not clear why Intel continues to refuse to provide it on its more recent CPUs. These days, Intel does integrate AVX-512 instructions with its workstation central processing units (CPUs), thus it is possible that the company just considers this feature to be something that client consumers do not require or desire.
On the other hand, we can see that the Arrow Lake CPU is operating at only 3GHz, which makes it quite evident that this is early hardware that is being utilized for testing purposes. Because the stepping of the central processing unit (CPU) is identified as 0, the boot log indicates that it is most likely pre-alpha or anything along those lines. Due to the fact that we are still at least nine months away from the launch of Arrow Lake, we are left to pore over boot logs such as this one in order to derive very minor data. This is because we do not know much about the core configuration, clock speeds, or feature set of Arrow Lake at this moment.
Arrow Lake is a real next-generation central processing unit (CPU) from Intel. It is the first tile-based desktop CPU that the firm has ever produced, and it will be constructed on Intel 20A, the company’s first “Angstrom era” node. Considering that it will utilize RibbonFET gate-all-around transistors and will also integrate backside power delivery, this indicates that it will be Intel’s first non-FinFET central processing unit (CPU) in more than a decade. In light of the extensive redesign that was required, there is a great deal of optimism around Arrow Lake, as it will serve as the basis for the company’s desktop processors for a considerable amount of time.