A document from Intel confirms this data.
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At Intel, the twelfth generation of desktop processors is called Alder Lake-S. This will succeed the Rocket Lake-S range, itself successor of the current Comet Lake-S series. And like the tenth generation with the LGA1200 socket, this generation will also be entitled to its socket: the LGA1700.
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According to Intel’s nomenclature, this means that this LGA1700 socket has 500 more pins than the LGA1200, an increase of 41.7%. These additional pins can provide several advancements, such as providing more processor power, supporting new features, or expanding I / O capabilities. In the case of Alder Lake, it could be all of the above.
PCIe 4.0 and DDR5
Engraved in 10 nm, the Alder Lake-S chips should bring several innovations. Like the Lakefields, they would have a big.LITTLE hybrid design which combines low consumption hearts with more powerful hearts. They are called Tremont and Sunny Cove respectively for Lakefield. In the case of Alder Lake-S, some sources mention processors carrying up to 16 cores: 8 “small” cores, Tremont or Gracemont, and 8 “big” cores, baptized Willow Cove or Golden Cove. In addition, Alder Lake-S processors would benefit from PCIe 4.0 interface launched by the Rocket Lake-S family more would also support DDR5.
Finally, we do not yet know which range designates the mention Alder Lake-P in the document provided by momomo_us.
