Intel's 7nm Meteor Lake CPUs Reached a Milestone

Intel has reached another milestone in its proprietary manufacturing technology for the Meteor Lake family of CPUs. The 14th generation of Core CPUs is expected to bring the long-awaited change in lithography to 7nm.

Regardless of the performance delivered with successive generations of Core processors, Intel often becomes the object of jokes because of its adherence to 14nm lithography (with lots of "+" added). This is about to change, however. Recently the copany released CPUs designed for laptops produced in 10nm process, and at the end of this year we should the launch of hybrid (using full-size and "small" cores) Alder Lake series. Yesterday, Intel's deputy CEO announcedthat the stage of tape-in production of processors from the Meteor Lake family has concluded, and they are to be the company's first units using 7 nm Enhanced SuperFin lithography. This means that all CPU components are ready. The only thing left to do is the tape-out - final assembly and tests on engineering samples.

Intel's plan for the coming years (source: VideoCardz)

The units designated as Meteor Lake are to use a hybrid design (similar to Alder Lake) and consist of large cores based on the Redmond Cove architecture and as yet unnamed small auxiliary cores. These processors will thus be built using Foveros (layered build) technology. According to leaks, these are also to be the last CPUs supporting the LGA 1700 socket, which is to debut this year. The launch is provisionally set for 2023.