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These are specialized solutions for network infrastructure In just a few weeks, Intel will release Meteor Lake processors, which, among other things, will be the company’s first-born, produced using the Intel 4 technical process. However, another company beat Intel itself and was the first to present its chips created using the same technical process. They were Ericsson RAN Compute. [caption id="attachment_84939" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel 4 process[/caption] Ericsson announced new RAN Compute These, of course, are not classic CPUs, but specialized solutions for network infrastructure, but the very fact that Ericsson has surpassed Intel is quite interesting. However, for Intel’s IDM 2.0 strategy, within which the processor giant also wants to become a semiconductor manufacturing giant, this is rather a plus. It doesn’t make much sense to say anything about RAN Compute chips from a technical point of view, but it’s still worth noting that, according to the company itself, the high-performance RAN Processor 6672 and Radio Processor 6372 processors provide four times greater performance compared to the previous generation and can support up to six 4G and 5G modes in one device. In addition, the new chips consume 30–60% less energy, which is likely due in large part to the new technical process.

It has 80 Arm cores While Chinese video cards are very far from modern solutions from AMD, Nvidia, and Intel, Chinese processors are developing at a very impressive pace. Phytium has shown off its new processor, which is capable of competing with AMD CPUs based on the Zen 3 architecture. [caption id="attachment_71250" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD Epyc on Zen 3[/caption] Chinese Arm processor capable of competing with 24-core AMD Epyc on Zen 3. More precisely, the company compares its FTC870 with the server AMD Epyc 7443. Let us recall that the latter has 24 cores, a TDP of 200 W, and operates at frequencies up to 4 GHz. The FTC870, in turn, is based on the Arm architecture and operates at a frequency of only 3 GHz. The new product has 80 cores and 64 MB of third-level cache. There is also an eight-channel DDR5-4800 controller and 64 PCIe 5.0 lanes. [caption id="attachment_71251" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD Epyc on Zen 3[/caption] Interestingly, the company planned to release such a CPU back in 2021, but due to US sanctions the process has slowed down, so such CPUs will only be released now.

There are few details yet It looks like the new generation of smartwatches with Wear OS will become much more autonomous. Qualcomm announced that it is jointly developing the Snapdragon Wear platform based on the RISC-V architecture with Google. [caption id="attachment_71231" align="aligncenter" width="600"] RISC-V[/caption] Qualcomm is moving from Arm to RISC-V. The press release says that the new platform will be aimed generally at devices in the wearable electronics segment with Wear OS, but for now, this is only smartwatches. Perhaps with the release of such a platform the range of devices will expand. Qualcomm says the development will help pave the way for more products in the ecosystem that can take advantage of dedicated processors with low power consumption and high performance. It is not yet clear when the first such SoC will appear, but Qualcomm promises to talk about it later.

Led by a 96-core CPU The announcement of the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000WX processors should take place on October 19, but today the characteristics of all models have hit the Internet. A total of six models are expected with several cores from 12 to 96. As you can see, the frequency of the new CPUs is more than impressive for their characteristics. The 96-core monster Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX will operate at frequencies up to 5.15 GHz, and younger models will even reach 5.35 GHz. [caption id="attachment_65744" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000WX[/caption] All Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000WX processor models have been declassified Yes, the TDP will be no less impressive than 350 W, but if you remember that the previous generation had 280 W and offered only up to 64 cores, the figure for the new CPUs no longer seems so huge. Let us remind you that the new CPUs will be based on the Zen 4 architecture and produced using a 5 nm process technology.

And we will see Core Ultra 5/7 on December 14 Intel Meteor Lake processors will be presented this year but at the very end. According to recent data, not all at once. [caption id="attachment_64479" align="aligncenter" width="780"] new Core Ultra processors[/caption] The announcement of new CPUs is expected on December 14, but the Golden Pig Upgrade Pack insider says that not all models will be shown to us on this day. We are talking about the announcement of the Core Ultra 5 and Core Ultra 7 models. But Core Ultra 9 will be released in 2024, and it is not yet clear when exactly. Intel can't or won't announce all the new Core Ultra processors at the same time. Why such a division would occur is unclear. At the same time, if a conditional month passes between announcements, then this in itself is not scary, since the younger Meteor Lake will appear in laptops as early as 2024. But at the same time, Core Ultra 9 can linger much more. However, taking into account all the existing leaks, we know that Core Ultra 7 will still have the same six large and eight small cores as Core Ultra 9, so there probably won’t be much point in chasing older CPUs. Insider Golden Pig Upgrade Pack once shared performance leaks of Intel CPUs of different generations and published Intel slides describing the Meteor Lake CPU.

The largest price increase is for the Core i5-14600K, but even that is only 7% The Canadian retailer has published the cost of Intel Raptor Lake Refresh processors, released on September 16. If in reality, the prices remain the same as they are now, then we can say that the 14th generation Intel Core processors will hardly become more expensive than the 13th generation Intel Core processors. Intel Raptor Lake Refresh processors will hardly rise in price. [caption id="attachment_62451" align="alignnone" width="550"] Intel Raptor Lake Refresh processors[/caption] Thus, the Core i9-14900KF is priced at 779 Canadian dollars, and this is 5% more than the Core i9-13900KF in the same store. Cost Core i7-14700K – 589 CAD (plus 2%), Core i7-14700KF – 549 CAD (plus 4%), Core i5-14600K – 449 CAD (plus 7%), Core i5-14600KF – 399 CAD dollars (here the price has not changed at all relative to the Core i5-13600KF). In general, we can say that the cost of processors will increase by approximately the same amount as performance.

But it's synthetic It looks like faster memory could significantly speed up upcoming Intel processors. The Core i9-14900KF with DDR5-7000 memory performed much better in the Geekbench test than the Core i9-14900K with DDR5-4800. [caption id="attachment_56054" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel processors[/caption] The new result was 3347 and 23,051 points in single-threaded and multi-threaded modes, respectively. Result with slower memory: 3140 and 19,134 points.  Of course, in all cases, allowance must be made for the fact that non-serial samples can pass the tests, but in any case, this is a good increase relative to the Core i9-13900K, which is technically no different from the new product.   With Intel processors, it's time to buy fast DDR5. [caption id="attachment_56055" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel processors[/caption] It is also worth remembering that Geekbench is still a synthetic benchmark, and in real applications, the gain may be significantly lower. Especially where the software is insensitive to memory frequency.  

Frequency reaches 6GHz The Core i9-14900K processor lit up in the CPU-Z test, which confirms its characteristics, and at the same time allows you to compare the new product with its predecessor. [caption id="attachment_51251" align="aligncenter" width="780"] new Intel CPU[/caption] The new CPU will indeed be an almost complete copy of the Core i9-13900K. The same 24 cores, the same amount of cache memory, but the frequency will increase to 6 GHz, that is, by 200 MHz.  Not 3%, but as much as 8-10% of the increase in the new Intel CPU. In the benchmark, the CPU scores 978 and 18,118 points in single-threaded and multi-threaded modes, respectively. Thus, the new product is 8-10% faster than its predecessor. This is not bad, considering the almost identical parameters, but you need to understand that in real applications the gain may be less. But relative to the Core i9-12900K, the increase reaches a much more impressive 19% and 59%, depending on the mode. Let us remind you that the Raptor Lake Refresh line is expected in October.   [caption id="attachment_51254" align="aligncenter" width="780"] new Intel CPU[/caption]