Intel accidentally shows off 34-core Raptor Lake-S wafers
Today, Intel just released the 13th-generation Core processor, and the new Raptor Lake replaced Alder Lake and continues on the development path of the x86 high-performance hybrid architecture. It has more E-Cores, increased the capacity of the L2 cache, and adopts the improved Intel 7 process, which greatly improves the processor frequency. The highest-end Core i9-13900KS will be equipped with 8 P-Cores and 16 E-Cores, for a total of 24 cores, which can provide a frequency of up to 6GHz.
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According to TomsHardware, at Intel’s “Intel Innovation” summit, it was unexpectedly discovered that one of the wafers displayed was very special. The core layout of the above chip is not the same as that of the 13th generation Core processor. It has 34 cores of the same size and adopts a Mesh layout. Based on past experience, this means that all 34 cores are P-Cores. In addition, it can be vaguely discerned that the chip has eight DDR5 memory controllers, as well as modules such as the UPI bus, which are not configurations of ordinary desktop processors.
Intel held an event in Israel that showed a 12-inch wafer full of Raptor Lake-S chips, which is obviously different from this wafer. In addition, there are labels on this wafer that read “Raptor Lake-S, 34 Cores” and “RPLS-34C”, which confirms the relevant conjectures. At first, the on-site staff did not realize that the chip on this wafer was an unreleased processor, but confirmed the authenticity of the wafer, but did not disclose more information.
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It is speculated that this may be a derivative of Sapphire Rapids, which is classified as Raptor Lake and is larger in size than the LGA 1700 socket chip, but is used for HEDT platforms or Xeon W series workstations.
