Intel's Aero Lake-S “Core Ultra 200” desktop CPUs will reportedly come in two configurations, an 8+16 and a 6+8 die.

Intel Arrow Lake-S “Core Ultra 200” desktop CPUs are coming in 8+16 and 6+8 tile flavors, with the Core Ultra 5 240F targeting the entry-level segment.

It looks like Intel's Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPU leaks and rumors are starting to heat up as leaks, Xinoassassin1has revealed the basic die configurations for the lineup and also reported the first desktop SKU under the Core Ultra 200 family.

Laker has reported that the Intel Arrow Lake-S “Core Ultra 200” CPUs will come in two flavors, One with 8 P-Cores (Lion Cove) and 16 E-Cores (Crestmont). and another with 6 P-Cores (Lion Cove) and 8 E-Cores (Crestmont). Intel will use two die configurations to come with different SKUs.

We also seem to have reports of a Core Ultra 5 variant known as the 240F which is going to be an entry-level product. Based on the naming scheme, the Intel Core Ultra 240F is going to be the successor to the Core i5-14400F with the “F” label referring to its iGPU being disabled. The Intel Core Ultra 200 “Arrow Lake-S” desktop CPUs will use the latest Alchemist Xe-LPG architecture that we can expect on non-F variants. Based on the name, we can expect the flagship Core Ultra 9 to be 290K or similar.

Now the exact core count of the Intel Core Ultra 5 240F “Arrow Lake-S” desktop CPU is not listed, but using two different die SKUs would not be a first for this class of chip. The current Core i5-14400F also comes in H0 and C0 die flavors so it's just a matter of using lower bound dies that just don't cut it for the top CPUs.

Also, on the matter of the process node, it looks like the Arrow Lake-S 6+8 configuration uses an Intel 20A process node. These chips are identified by the “C0662H” CPU ID and are currently in A0/A1 stepping. The 8+16 dies should be “H0” variants but we can't confirm if they use the same Intel 20A process node or go with TSMC's 3nm node. The iGPU tile is expected to be based on TSMC's process technology.

Intel's Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs will launch later this year with an official announcement at Computex 2024 in early June. There will be CPUs. Hitting the LGA 1851 sockett & will incorporate several next-generation technologies so expect desktop action from AMD and Intel in the second half of this year.

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