Intel’s leaked roadmap indicated that the company is developing a new CPU product line, with the goal of developing chips beyond the M1 Pro and M1 Max in late 2023 or early 2024 (that is, nearly two years later). The product.
Intel’s roadmap, originally leaked by Adored TV and joined by Wccftech for more explanation, makes it clear that Intel wants to compete with Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro (loaded with M1 Pro or M1 Max chips) with its Arrow Lake lineup.
According to the roadmap, Intel’s 15th-generation Arrow Lake processors could be delivered in late 2023 or early 2024, prioritizing high performance with minimal power consumption.
It looks like Intel is prioritizing mobile over desktop systems, and while there will be both the Arrow Lake-S and Arrow Lake-P series of CPUs, the company is aiming to produce its 15th-generation mobile CPUs first, in response to Apple’s next-generation MacBooks. 14-inch laptop.
Based on the leaked roadmap, it looks like we’ll see the first engineering samples in late 2022 and early 2023, with QS chips shipping in the third quarter of 2023, with final production starting in the same quarter. Finally, the CPU will be ready for RTS (ready to ship) in Q4 2023. So that means we’re looking at launching the next-generation Arrow Lake mobile CPU series in late 2023 or early 2024.
The roadmap also states that Intel will utilize TSMC’s 3nm process. Apple is currently using a 5nm process in its latest chips, with 3nm expected in 2023.
At present, at least in book data, Intel has surpassed the “M1 Max” chip. Benchmarks showed Intel’s latest Core i9 processor scoring higher than Apple’s M1 Max chip in the test, but it still lags behind, with a 4 percent performance boost offset by a significant reduction in battery life.
Tests show that the video playback time of a laptop with Intel’s latest i9 chip is only 6 hours. In comparison, Apple officially states that the latest 16-inch MacBook Pro offers up to 21 hours of battery life (for offline video playback).
Of course, Apple’s M-series chips are successful because they are more technically and systematically integrated than Intel+Windows. Intel may be able to solve the first problem, but the system is still made by Microsoft, which is a natural ecological defect.
Since Apple announced in the summer of 2020 that it would switch to self-developed chips, Apple has so far released four laptops with self-developed chips, as well as two desktop computers.
It is said that at its “spring launch” in March, Apple will release at least one new Mac with self-developed chips, possibly a new high-end Mac mini and a low-end 13-inch MacBook Pro.