120F only supports DDR5 according to Intel slide. Why wouldn't Intel want people with DDR4 mobos to upgrade to this CPU (like from Core i3) unless it's a reworked die with only a DDR5 memory controller? So if they went to the trouble of creating a whole new die for this budget chip, why not create a larger chip too?
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Yeah agree. Though cannot find any information on it.
And is this really a new die the Core 5 120F.
Its 6 P cores no e-cores and Intel has had this with Alder Lake the Core i5 12400 and 12500 which is a 6 + 0 Alder Lake die Many of the lower end 13 and 14th Gen parts are rebranded Alder Lake better binned parts and not new dies.
I think Intel only has 3 LGA 1700 CPU dies. The Raptor Lake 8 + 16 die, the Alder Lake 8+8 die and the Alder Lake 6 + 0 die.
I think Bartlett Lake existing stuff just uses the existing dies. Or maybe they created new stepping of the same 8 +16 die and 6 + 0 dies which is easier than creating a whole new die that is different??
Wouldn't surprise me if Intel has a new 8 + 16 unlocked stepping just looking the same to fix the degradation and stability issues and just not tell anyone as its the same and fix degradation and stability problems in addition to microcode update.
Correct me if I am worn but its significantly easier and faster to create a new stepping f the same exact die layout than a new die layout that is different right???
AMD seemed to do it pretty easily with Ryzen 5000 parts with 0 change to the 6-8 core chiplets and dual CCD 12-16 core parts.