Intel rumoured to move from hybrid P-core and E-core design to unified core

Intel's recent processors use a hybrid arrangement of Performance and Efficient cores. The Core Ultra 9 285K, for example, is a 24-core chip with eight high-powered Performance cores and 16 Efficient cores; this segmentation dates back to Alder Lake, Intel's 12th generation.

Rumours are resurfacing that Intel could abandon that hybrid model in favour of a "unified core" architecture, replacing P-cores, E-cores and LP-E cores. Fudzilla has suggested Titan Lake might be the first family to make the change. Intel's Nova Lake chips are due later this year, followed by Razer Lake and then Titan Lake, so any shift to a unified design would still be some way off.

Even if development proceeds now, the architecture may not reach production until 2028 at the earliest, and possibly as late as 2030 or beyond.

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