Intel's 12th Gen Core Alder Lake-S processors should drop in September

Intel could reveal its next-gen 12th Gen Core CPU -- the Alder Lake-S family -- in September 2021, alongside 600-series chipset.

Anthony Garreffa

TweakTown

Published Jan 24, 2021 7:42 PM CST
Updated Feb 28, 2021 8:29 PM CST

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Intel teased its next-next-gen 12th Gen Core CPUs at the all-virtual CES 2021 not too many days ago now, but it seems the 12th Gen Alder Lake platform could be coming much sooner than anticipated. September 2021, soon.

Intel's 12th Gen Core Alder Lake-S processors should drop in September 03

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In a new tweet, Uniko's Hardware said that Intel would be launching its 12th Gen Core CPUs and new 600-series chipset motherboards in September 2021. As to what we should expect here: LGA 1700-based motherboards and the new Intel 600-series chipset that should support DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 support.

As for the 12th Gen Core CPUs themselves, the new Alder Lake platform will be built on an "enhanced" 10nm SuperFin architecture, and will tap Intel's Hybrid Technology which will see the pairing of high-efficiency and high-performance cores under a single chip.