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I was thinking why the heck is this review submitted and even upvoted on HN. It is another Alder Lake CPU. So What?

But once you mentioned it is a $143 part and a cheaper version goes for $122 this suddenly is news worthy. You are getting the latest Intel uArch for only $122. This is looking like a very good chip for low end machine especially Office work. And suggest may be Raptor Lake could really deliver 10-15% IPC. Enough of differentiation for next gen.

Another important note is Intel doing it with Intel 7nm . Which suggest their 7nm node yield must be doing exceptionally well. And their 4nm must be on track to market at 2H 2022.

I only wish I have money to invest.

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Isn’t the latest Intel platform based on DDR5? I don’t know why someone who is budget-focused would opt for being an early adopter of a new platform with overpriced ram instead of going for the EOL socket where every component is well developed and priced sensibly?

From the article:

> "users are more likely from a cost perspective to build a system with one of the more affordable B660, H670, and H610 chipsets and pair that with DDR4 memory"

> And their 4nm must be on track to market at 2H 2022.

How does that follow from this?

If their 4nm aren't doing well ( or at least on schedule ), pushing your 7nm capacity towards lower end lower margin $122 chip doesn't make any sense. Of course, that is not ruling out the possibility of Intel being completely irrational.

They might just sell CPU dies where some cores aren't working. Also these chips are important for business customers where lower end designs are important and they make the money by selling huge amounts.

Then they should do it with their 14nm capacity, not on 10nm / 7nm.

>They might just sell CPU dies where some cores aren't working.

These chips aren't disabled die. They are quad core SKUs and Design.

Just out of curiosity, how do you know the die is designed with four cores? I would be interested to know which chips have cores disabled and which don't.

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