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Intel's next-gen flagship Core Ultra 9 185H mobile processor offers 16 cores and 22 threads of Meteor Lake CPU power, with frequencies hitting 5.1GHz... perfect for next-gen gaming laptops. But, it'll arrive later than the Core Ultra 5 and Core Ultra 7 mobile processors.

Intel will be launching its next-gen Meteor Lake CPUs later this year, with the rebranding to take place with this family of CPUs that will be starting out as the new Core Ultra 100 series processors. The start of this rebranding is coinciding with the release of Meteor Lake, with the Core Ultra 5 125H and Core Ultra 7 155H mobile processors rumored for a December 14 launch.

In total, we should see Intel announce 4 new Meteor Lake-H processors, with the Core Ultra 5 and Core Ultra 7 laptop processors launching first -- in December -- while the flagship Core Ultra 9 185H mobile processor boosting up to 5.1GHz will be launching in January. If that happens, it looks like Intel will have something very new to show off at CES 2024 which kicks off in Las Vegas on January 9 and runs through to January 12.

Intel has been in the semiconductor chip manufacturing game for a while. Recently, it's been looking to expand its foundries and production to the point where it could make cutting-edge chips for other companies, a territory we normally associate with TSMC and Samsung.

Currently, Intel is building and ramping up manufacturing in North America, Mexico, and Germany - and these foundries will be doing a lot more than simply creating chips for the latest generation of Core processors. Earlier this year, Intel and Arm announced a partnership to build mobile SoCs on Intel's 18A process node, and we've even heard from the likes of NVIDIA stating that it's open to working with Intel to produce its hardware.

All of this makes the recent statement from Darren Grasby, the executive vice president for strategic partnerships and president of AMD EMEA, a little shocking. His words were harsh when asked if Intel would succeed in its ambitious plans to build global foundries and develop and create chips for multiple companies. To say the least!

It seems like it's the week for information on Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake platform, which will arrive after the 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" family of processors that are only a few days away now. Today, we're hearing about alleged power limits on Arrow Lake, so let's dive right in, shall we?

Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake-S processors with 8 P-Cores are based on the Lion Cove CPU architecture, while the 16 E-Cores are based on the new Crestmont CPU architecture: a grand total of 24 cores and 32 threads. This is no change to the current-gen Core i9-13900K and upcoming Core i9-14900K, by the way.

Onto the power limits: 125W baseline power seems to be the standard for Intel's upcoming unlocked CPUs, while the unlocked "K" series processors have a PL1 rating of 125W, while the specific SKU in question on these charts has a PL2 rating of 177W.

One of the best gaming CPUs money can buy just got cheaper, with Newegg discounting the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D from its $449 MSRP down to $399, and with the promo code available, down to just $349.

AMD's kick-ass Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture, with 96MB of L3 cache and its snazzy second-generation 3D V-Cache technology from AMD. There's also the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X processor for $25 less, but I don't know why you'd buy that when the Ryzen 7 7800XD is available for just $25 more. It's a no-brainer for AM5 motherboard owners.

If you decide on the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, there are multiple benefits here: it's cheap, it goes into any AM5 motherboard, and just works. There's no need to overclock it, as you're going to be loving the performance squeezed out of it at stock... and you won't need some huge, expensive AIO liquid cooler. The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor will run on an air-cooler, which makes it an even better proposition for the best value for money gaming CPU money can buy... and now, it's available for $349.

Intel's new 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" family of processors is only a few days away now, but now a Spanish retailer has listed both the Core i9-14900K and Core i5-14600K with some EU pricing for us to gander at.

Spanish CoolMod has listed 4 out of 6 new Raptor Lake Refresh processors on their website, and while the pricing isn't final -- we really should pay attention to this pricing as it's much closer to reality. Starting with the new flagship Core i9-14900K processor, which is listed at €799.96, which is €160 more expensive than the current-gen Core i9-13900K processor.

Moving onto the Core i5-14600K which is priced at €429.95, which is €88 more expensive than the Core i5-13600K processor. If you're looking at no integrated graphics, than the KF models are €190 and €70 more expensive for the Core i9-14900KF and Core i5-14600KF processors, respectively.

Intel is days away from launching its 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" family of CPUs, and Moore's Law is Dead is leaking out details on not just the next-gen Arrow Lake CPU platform, but the Arrow Lake Refresh CPU platform... oh boy, check it out:

Intel's next-next-gen Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs will be named differently to the CPUs that Intel has on the market today, as the branding is changing completely. We will see Intel's new Arrow Lake Refresh family of processors debut as the Core Ultra 300 series, while the Core Ultra 200 series will be the original Arrow Lake processors.

What's different about the Arrow Lake Refresh and Arrow Lake? Well, according to the leaks we should see the first-gen Arrow Lake CPUs arriving with up to 32 cores in tow, while the Arrow Lake Refresh CPus will feature up to 40 cores. This is split between P-Cores and E-Cores as usual, with both Arrow Lake and Arrow Lake Refresh featuring Lion Cove P-Cores, and Skymont E-Cores. We have no idea about clock speeds, but Moore's Law is Dead is predicting for around 6.4GHz to 6.5GHz, which is going to be mighty awesome to see running (and how much power they'll use, too).

Intel is just days away from finally releasing its 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" family of processors, and now we've got Tom from Moore's Law is Dead (MLID) leaking out some details on the next-gen Arrow Lake CPU family.

The next-gen Intel Arrow Lake CPUs will be launching in Q4 2024 -- or "very late 2024" as Tom adds in his video -- which should make up the first Core Ultra 200 series of Intel CPUs. We should expect to see 24 or 26 cores (depending on how you count them) with 8 x Lion Cove P-Cores and up to 16 x Skymont E-Cores, while we'll also see 2 x Skymont E-Cores within the SoC die itself. This is where the core-count gets a bit tricky, if you don't count them then it's a 24-core CPU, if you do count those two additional Skymont-based E-Cores, then it brings the total core count up to 26 cores.

What should we expect in terms of performance from Arrow Lake? Moore's Law is Dead teases that Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake should beat Raptor Lake "by at least" 25% in single-threaded performance, but he adds that this number could be closer to 30-35% while underlining that none of his sources think it will be above 40%.

Intel has shown off an incredible feat for integrated GPU technology, with its upcoming Meteor Lake iGPU and its low-power E-Cores running some mighty impressive 8K 60FPS video playback. Check it out:

The next-gen Intel Meteor Lake CPUs will be the 1st Gen Core Ultra CPUs through its new rebranding process, packing a bunch of IPs and architectures into Meteor Lake. The tiled architecture approach boasts a wide range of technologies inside, with Intel showing it off the advantages that Meteor Lake will deliver. The company showcased its new Meteor Lake iGPU and its low-power E-Cores running high-bitrate 8K 60FPS video.

8K 60FPS video isn't easy on anything really, even your internet connection needs to be 100Mbps+ to not have to buffer on YouTube pumping out 8K 60FPS. Intel is using an upgraded Alchemist GPU architecture to get this running, with the beefed-up Alchemist GPU tile on the Meteor Lake CPU handling high-bitrate 8K 60FPS video playback with ease. Intel showed off a demo using a high-bitrate 8K 60FPS stream at 120Mbps using the HEVC codec.

Intel is about to launch its new 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs and like the rumor mill does each time, we get news of future generation processors in the lead-up to the latest ones launching. Now we're hearing about Intel's next-gen client CPU in the form of "Lunar Lake", after years of persistent rumors on the new processors.

The next-gen Intel "Lunar Lake" processors won't be a high-end gaming CPU architecture but instead will lean towards new low-power devices. The new Lunar Lake CPUs will most likely be released either alongside, or after Intel's new Arrow Lake CPUs, which will be the replacement for Meteor Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs from the company.

We've got some more news on the next-gen Lunar Lake CPUs courtesy of them being spotted on the SiSoftware Sandra database, where the work-in-progress CPUs are referred to as "Intel 0000", while the platform name is Lunar Lake (LNL-M LPP RVP1). This identifies it as a Lunar Lake CPU that supports LPDDR5 memory.

Intel is only days away from unveiling its next-gen 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" family of processors, where we've got some new details from marketing materials leaked by VideoCardz.

There are details on Intel's upcoming Core i9, Core i7, and Core i5 models -- without providing their exact names, of course -- with the materials confirming that Intel will indeed have reached the lofty peaks of 6.0GHz frequencies on its flagship Core i9-14900KF processor. Intel will have 24 cores (8 Performance, 16 Efficiency) and 32 threads of CPU power at up to 6.0GHz, which is damn high.

You might be thinking... but, TweakTown, Intel already HAS a processor on the market clocked at 6.0GHz, and you'd be right. Intel has the Intel Core i9-13900KS processor that has clock speeds that burst up to 6.0GHz, but the new Intel Core i9-14900KF (and possibly other 14th Gen Core i9 processors) have a lower 125W default TDP, compared to the higher 150W of the Core i9-13900KS. Intel's upcoming Core i9-14900KF will also hit 6.0GHz without being a special edition (hence the "S" on the 13900KS) processor.