In recent years, Intel has repeatedly revolutionized the x86 architecture of its CPUs and starting from the 12th generation, the company has abandoned “monolithic” designs to move to hybrid designs with the introduction of P-cores and E-cores. The 15th generation instead inaugurated the era of chiplet design with the arrival of Meteor Lake processors.
The Lunar Lake, Arrow Lake and Panther Lake chips will see the debut of the Royal Cove architecture, which will most likely see its peak expression with the Nova Lake range scheduled for 2026/2027.
Apparently, however, Intel is already laying the foundations for a “next-gen” architecture that should lead to the development of the so-called Cobra Core and that focuses on increasing performance and CPU efficiency. Here’s what we know
Cobra Core and the architecture of the future
The leak comes from gamma0burst and is based on the information contained in the Linkedin profiles of the American giant’s employees and on some rumors. According to what has emerged, the future Intel’s x86 CPU architecture to adopt “Cobra” code name and will focus on increasing energy efficiency and improving performance versus the competition.
At the moment it is not possible to predict which families of processors will be equipped with Cobra Cores, but it is very likely that they will arrive not before the Nova Lake range debuts.
Gamma0burst has released a roadmap showing the next evolution of Intel’s CPUs: the Panther Lake range will use the Cougar Cove P-core and Darkmont E-Core architectures, while Nova Lake will rely on the Phanter Cove P-core and Artic Wolf E-core.
In short, the “Cobra” architecture – assuming it actually exists – is still very, very far away and we will most likely have to wait several years before seeing it in action. In the meantime, it seems that Intel has lost the race to develop the chip for the next PlayStation 6, which, once again, will be entrusted to AMD.
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