Intel's Core processor, in the 4th to the 6th generation of the time to change the lithography style on the top cover, from that time on the Intel CPU top cover font has become what it is now, but also a small circle, to the 12th generation of Core processor is also like this, but netizens have found that the newly shipped 12th generation Core processor top cover has undergone some changes, the upper circle has become two squares, and the bottom also has a two-dimensional code.
In fact, Intel said on their product after-sales support page that from the first quarter of 2022, the trademark on the top of their desktop processor will change from a circle to a large circle and a small square, that is, the 12th generation Core box, its trademark is obviously designed to highlight the hybrid x86 architecture used by the 12th generation Core Alder Lake processor, it is the first large-scale consumer-grade hybrid x86 processor, which is only a small change. But it can also be seen that Intel attaches great importance to this hybrid architecture.
In addition, there is a second QR code on the processor, which corresponds to the QR code on the outer edge of the processor, and they all have the same full serial number.
The box of the 12th generation Core processor also has two squares on it, one large and one small
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