• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Intel "Meteor Lake-P" SoC with 6P+8E Compute Tile Pictured

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
47,233 (7.55/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
Intel's next-generation "Meteor Lake-P" mobile processor with a 6P+8E Compute Tile was shown off at the 2022 IEEE VLSI Symposium on Tech and Circuits (6 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores). We now have annotations for all four tiles, as well as a close-up die-shot of the Compute Tile. Intel also confirmed that the Compute Tile will be built on its homebrew Intel 4 silicon fabrication process, which offers over 20% iso-power performance increase versus the Intel 7 node, through extensive use of EUV lithography.

We had earlier seen a 2P+8E version of the "Meteor Lake" Compute Tile, probably from the "Meteor Lake-U" package. The larger 6P+8E Compute tile features six "Redwood Cove" performance cores, and two "Crestmont" efficiency core clusters, each with four E-cores. Assuming the L3 cache slice per P-core or E-core cluster is 2.5 MB, there has to be 20 MB of L3 cache on the compute tile. Each P-core has 2 MB of dedicated L2 cache, while each of the two E-core clusters shares 4 MB of L2 cache among four E-cores.



Elsewhere in the SoC, we see the three other tiles—the iGPU Tile (dubbed GFX Tile), the SoC Tile, and the I/O tile. The GFX Tile packs the iGPU, which is possibly a more power-dense component than even a P-core, and so this tile very likely gets the most advanced silicon fabrication node on the package, which is very likely the TSMC N3 (3 nm). The SoC Tile packs uncore and high-bandwidth I/O components, including the memory controllers, PCI-Express 5.0 root complex, Management Engine, etc.

The I/O Tile is essentially an integrated PCH that handles platform I/O that isn't as bandwidth heavy has the main PEG interface, or the main Gen 5 NVMe interface. This tile could be built on the least advanced fabrication process. All four tiles are placed on a silicon interposer through 3D Foveros technology. The interposer is a silicon die that facilitates high-density microscopic wiring between dies in a multi-chip module; and appears like a single contiguous die to the fiberglass substrate.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site
 
Joined
Feb 15, 2019
Messages
1,658 (0.79/day)
System Name Personal Gaming Rig
Processor Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard MSI X670E Carbon
Cooling MO-RA 3 420
Memory 32GB 6000MHz
Video Card(s) RTX 4090 ICHILL FROSTBITE ULTRA
Storage 4x 2TB Nvme
Display(s) Samsung G8 OLED
Case Silverstone FT04
May I ask what is 'iso-power performance' mean?
 
Joined
Dec 5, 2017
Messages
157 (0.06/day)
What on earth is that image? One view shows the compute in the middle, the other shows SOC in the middle. And what the hell is there a separate IO die from the "SOC" for?
 
Joined
Feb 15, 2019
Messages
1,658 (0.79/day)
System Name Personal Gaming Rig
Processor Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard MSI X670E Carbon
Cooling MO-RA 3 420
Memory 32GB 6000MHz
Video Card(s) RTX 4090 ICHILL FROSTBITE ULTRA
Storage 4x 2TB Nvme
Display(s) Samsung G8 OLED
Case Silverstone FT04
Joined
May 3, 2018
Messages
2,881 (1.20/day)
What on earth is that image? One view shows the compute in the middle, the other shows SOC in the middle. And what the hell is there a separate IO die from the "SOC" for?
Huh, the last image is just the close up image of the compute unit. The image was taken with a camera at an Intel event where the press were invited
 
Joined
Feb 25, 2016
Messages
396 (0.12/day)
System Name 06/2023
Processor R7 7800X3D
Motherboard ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI
Cooling Custom 240mm cooling (for CPU) with noctua nfa12x25 and Phantek T30
Memory 32gb Gskill 6000 CL30
Video Card(s) RTX 4070 dual asus deshrouded with 120mm NF-A12x25
Storage 2tb samsung 990 pro + 4tb samsung 870 evo
Display(s) Asus 27" Oled PG27AQDM + Asus 27" IPS PG279QM
Case Ncase M1 v6.1
Audio Device(s) Steelseries arctis pro wireless + Shure SM7b with Steinberg UR
Power Supply Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse Corsair scimitar pro (this mouse need an overall guys pls) + Logitech G Pro wireless with powerplay
Keyboard Sharkoon purewriter
Software windows 11
Benchmark Scores Over 9000 !
What on earth is that image? One view shows the compute in the middle, the other shows SOC in the middle. And what the hell is there a separate IO die from the "SOC" for?

Probably just to have smaller silicon pieces, to reduce cost.
 
Joined
May 2, 2017
Messages
7,762 (2.81/day)
Location
Back in Norway
System Name Hotbox
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory 32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s) PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage 2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s) Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s) Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse Logitech G603
Keyboard Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software Windows 10 Pro
May I ask what is 'iso-power performance' mean?
"Iso" used in this way means (roughly) "the same", so 'iso-power performance' means 'performance at the same level of power draw'.

20% increased performance at the same power and 2x area scaling is pretty impressive - but then this should also be more than a full node improvement, considering most competitors have several steps in between 7 and 4 (not that the numbers are anything more than marketing, but they are meant to be roughly indicative of general characteristics at least). It'll definitely be interesting to see how this plays out in real life.
 
Joined
Jul 16, 2014
Messages
8,198 (2.17/day)
Location
SE Michigan
System Name Dumbass
Processor AMD Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard ASUS TUF gaming B650
Cooling Artic Liquid Freezer 2 - 420mm
Memory G.Skill Sniper 32gb DDR5 6000
Video Card(s) GreenTeam 4070 ti super 16gb
Storage Samsung EVO 500gb & 1Tb, 2tb HDD, 500gb WD Black
Display(s) 1x Nixeus NX_EDG27, 2x Dell S2440L (16:9)
Case Phanteks Enthoo Primo w/8 140mm SP Fans
Audio Device(s) onboard (realtek?) - SPKRS:Logitech Z623 200w 2.1
Power Supply Corsair HX1000i
Mouse Steeseries Esports Wireless
Keyboard Corsair K100
Software windows 10 H
Benchmark Scores https://i.imgur.com/aoz3vWY.jpg?2
"Iso" used in this way means (roughly) "the same", so 'iso-power performance' means 'performance at the same level of power draw'.

20% increased performance at the same power and 2x area scaling is pretty impressive - but then this should also be more than a full node improvement, considering most competitors have several steps in between 7 and 4 (not that the numbers are anything more than marketing, but they are meant to be roughly indicative of general characteristics at least). It'll definitely be interesting to see how this plays out in real life.
TBF, Intel has a habit of overestimating performance improvements. It will be interesting indeed, but dont hold your breath.
 
Joined
Dec 5, 2017
Messages
157 (0.06/day)
Huh, the last image is just the close up image of the compute unit. The image was taken with a camera at an Intel event where the press were invited
I mean the diagram vs the "package photo". Not the close up of the CPU die. Compare the arrangement of the chiplets, it's contradictory. I really wonder how Intel screws up a slide like that.
Probably just to have smaller silicon pieces, to reduce cost.
Sure, but the "SOC" itself is mostly just I/O to begin with... so what specifically goes on the I/O die? Maybe they want to put the IMC on a more performant node than the slower I/O.
 
Joined
Apr 12, 2022
Messages
23 (0.02/day)
Man all these cores, cores and more cores. Intel should have stuck with Netburst. We’d be up to 100 Ghz by now with an 80 stage pipeline on one core.
 
Joined
May 2, 2017
Messages
7,762 (2.81/day)
Location
Back in Norway
System Name Hotbox
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory 32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s) PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage 2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s) Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s) Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse Logitech G603
Keyboard Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software Windows 10 Pro
Man all these cores, cores and more cores. Intel should have stuck with Netburst. We’d be up to 100 Ghz by now with an 80 stage pipeline on one core.
And each PC would come with a portable nuclear reactor to put in your garage!
 
Joined
Apr 12, 2022
Messages
23 (0.02/day)
And each PC would come with a portable nuclear reactor to put in your garage!
See Netburst would have ushered in a new era of nuclear reactor use as well. And it also would have heated my whole house. It really was a jack of all trades.
 
Top