2022 has officially arrived, and looking back at the last week of 2021, there are still several big things happening in the PC field that are about to attract attention. First of all, the complete family members of Intel's 12th-generation Core desktop terminal have been exposed, which includes up to 20 models; AMD may launch two entry-level desktop graphics cards at CES 2022, models RX 6500 XT and RX 6400; NVIDIA has paid more than 40 billion yuan to TSMC to prepare for the mass production of RTX 40 series graphics cards; Lenovo has warmed up for the savior Y7000P 2022 model, portability and performance have made significant progress compared to the previous generation.
The complete family members of the 12th generation Core desktop terminal were exposed
Intel launched the first 12th generation Core desktop processors in October, but only the K/KF series, a total of 6 products were released. CES 2022 is coming, Intel will launch more 12th generation Core desktop processors, including i9, i7, i5, i3, Pentium, Celeron and other series.
Recently, some motherboard manufacturers announced the CPU support list, including 20 new 12th-generation Core products, and all of them adopt new processes and new architectures.
Like the first 12th Generation Core, the new products released in early January next year will also use the large and small core architecture and Intel 7 process, but the number of cores in different series is also different. Among them, the i9 series is 8 large cores and 8 small cores, the i7 series is 8 large cores and 4 small cores, the i5-12600 is 6 large cores and 4 small cores, the i5-12500 and 12400 are 6 large core designs, the i3 is 4 large core designs, the Pentium series is 2 large core designs, and the Celeron series is also 2 large core designs.
In terms of L3 cache, the i9 series is 30MB, the i7 series is 25MB, the i5-12600 is 20MB, the i5-12500, 12400 is 18MB, the i3 series is 12MB, the Pentium series is 6MB, and the Celeron series is 4MB.
At its core, the i9 and i7 series use UHD 770, the i5 series use UHD 730, and the Pentium and Celeron series use UHD 710.
In terms of design, the K/KF series is 125W, the T series is 35W, and the Pentium series is 46W; most of the standard version is 65W, the i3-12300, i3-12100 is 60W, and the i3-12300F is 58W.
Spicy cool review: Intel launched the first 12th generation of Core processors in October 2021, the first use of Intel 7 process and size core architecture, but also marks the official end of the desktop 14nm era, but the first batch of products only contain K series and KF series, product models are relatively small, only 6 models, power consumption set at 125W, the main audience is game enthusiasts. Therefore, many users are more looking forward to the arrival of more mainstream models of processors. With the CES 2022 show, Intel will bring more new products from the 12th generation of Core. From the current breaking news information, the entire family members of the twelfth generation Core desktop will include 20 models, involving from the flagship i9 series to the entry-level Pentium and Celeron series, which can basically meet the installed needs of various users. Thanks to the new architecture and process, the 12th Generation Core will also be more prominent in terms of performance and power consumption.
· AMD will release two entry-level desktop graphics cards
AMD will bring two entry-level new products early next year – the RX 6500 XT and the RX 6400. Both graphics cards use the RNDA2 architecture and the Navi 24 core, codenamed Navi 24 XT and Navi 24 XL respectively. But surprisingly, these two graphics cards use the 7nm process that the RX 6000 graphics card has always used, but are directly upgraded to the 6nm process. These two graphics cards also became the first graphics cards in the world to use the 6nm process.
The RX 6500 XT has 1024 stream processors, 16 optical chase units, 16MB of unlimited cache and 64-bit 4GB of GDDR6 video memory, equivalent frequency of 16GHz, bandwidth of 128GB/s, power consumption of 107W, using 6-pin auxiliary power supply and single fan cooling, using a full-height dual-slot short card, with DisplayPort, HDMI output interface.
The RX 6400 has 768 stream processors, 12 optical tracking units, retains a full 16MB of unlimited cache, reduces the video memory frequency to 14GHz, has a bandwidth of 112GB/s, consumes only 53W, does not require auxiliary power supply, and is a half-high single-slot graphics card.
Spicy cool review: Looking at AMD's current desktop graphics product line, models involve from RX 6600 to RX 6900 XT, which can basically meet the installation needs of mainstream players to game enthusiasts. However, due to the continuous tightness of chip production capacity in the past two years, the graphics card has been out of stock, so the price increase of RX 6000 series graphics cards is also very serious, so it raises the threshold for ordinary players to enter the graphics card. AMD may launch RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 graphics cards during CES 2022, which will also support ray tracing effects and FSR super-resolution sampling technology in addition to upgrading to the 6nm process, so that entry-level players can also enjoy a real and smooth gaming experience.
· NVIDIA has paved the way for mass production of RTX 40 series graphics cards
According to the two-year replacement cycle of the graphics card, the NVIDIA RTX 40 series graphics card will be released in the second half of 2022, code-named Ada Lovelace, which will switch to TSMC's 5nm process.
According to the news, NVIDIA prepaid $1.64 billion to TSMC in the third quarter of this year, and will pay another $1.79 billion in the first quarter of 2022, and the entire long-term order advance payment will reach $6.9 billion, or about 43.9 billion yuan.
NVIDIA's new graphics card prepayment has exceeded the same period in previous years, NVIDIA's purpose of this move is to ensure TSMC's supply of wafers, in the production of a certain priority, so the RTX 40 series graphics card in terms of product supply may be better than the RTX 30 series.
Spicy cool review: During CES 2022, NVIDIA continues to refine the RTX 30 graphics card on the basis of existing products. Therefore, the RTX 40 series graphics card will not officially arrive until the second half of 2022 at the earliest. The biggest change in the RTX 40 series graphics card is that it will officially use TSMC's 5nm process, and this time NVIDIA pays a lot of fees to TSMC, which also marks that the RTX 40 graphics card will officially enter the mass production stage. Combined with the previous revelations, the graphics processing power of the RTX40 series graphics cards will be doubled compared to the previous generation of products, and the power consumption performance will be more outstanding.
Lenovo Savior Y7000P 2022 game is coming soon
Lenovo Savior Y7000P 2022 recently released a new warm-up information, saying that the new product is stronger, lighter and thinner than the previous generation. And the official poster was released.
From the poster point of view, the Rescuer Y7000P 2022 model adopts a new design, which is more square than the previous generation, the thickness is 11.6% thinner than the previous generation, the weight is also lighter, and the A side of the fuselage is made of metal material.
The Rescuer Y7000P 2022 model has a screen size of 16:9, a refresh rate of 165Hz, and a screen resolution that has also risen to the 2K level, the same screen specifications as the previous generation R9000X.
It is reported that next year's Rescuer game is still divided into 4 series - Y9000P, Y7000P and R9000P, R7000P, covering Intel and AMD platforms respectively.
Spicy cool review: The Rescuer series is Lenovo's game product line, over the years, Lenovo Savior with its rich hardware configuration, cool design, excellent screen quality has won the favor of all kinds of gamers. The upcoming Rescuer Y7000P 2022 has made significant improvements in appearance and performance. First of all, its portability has been greatly improved, the thickness is about 11.6% thinner than the previous generation of products, and compared with the current mainstream game book, the thickness has changed with the naked eye. In addition, it is also equipped with a 2K high refresh rate e-sports screen, bringing a more smooth and realistic visual experience. The notebook, which could be released in early 2022, is expected to be powered by a 12th-generation Core processor using a large and small core architecture and Intel 7 process.