Intel's leaked roadmap indicates that the company is developing a new line of CPUs, with the goal of being able to develop products beyond the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips in late 2023 or early 2024 (that's nearly two years from now).
Intel's roadmap was very first leaked by Adored TV and added by Wccftech for more explanation, clearly stating that Intel wants to compete with Apple's 14-inch MacBook Pro (loaded with M1 Pro or M1 Max chips) with its Arrow Lake series.
According to the roadmap, Intel's 15th generation Arrow Lake processors could be delivered in late 2023 or early 2024, prioritizing little energy consumption to deliver high performance.
"It looks like Intel is prioritizing mobile over desktop systems, and while it will launch both the Arrow Lake-S and Arrow Lake-P series of CPUs, the company is aiming to produce its 15th generation mobile CPUs first in response to Apple's next-generation MacBook 14-inch laptops.
Based on the leaked roadmap, it looks like we'll see the first yi engineering samples in late 2022 and early 2023, with QS chips shipping in the third quarter of 2023 and very final production starting in the same quarter. Very later, the CPUs will be ready for RTS (ready to ship) in the fourth quarter of 2023. So that means we're looking at late 2023 or early 2024 for the next generation of the Arrow Lake mobile CPU family."
The roadmap also says that Intel will leverage TSMC's 3nm process. Apple currently uses a 5nm process in its very new chips and expects to use 3nm in 2023.
Currently, at least on the books, Intel scores have exceeded the "M1 Max" chip. Benchmark tests show that Intel's very new Core i9 processor scores higher than Apple's M1 Max chip in tests, but its power consumption ratio still lags behind, with a 4% performance boost offset by a significant reduction in battery life.
The test showed that video playback time on laptops equipped with Intel's very new i9 chip was just 6 hours. By comparison, Apple guanfang labeled the very new 16-inch MacBook Pro to provide up to 21 hours of battery life (playing offline video).
Of course, Apple's M series chips are successful because of the higher degree of technology and system integration than intel Windows, Intel may be able to solve the first yi question, but the system is still made by Microsoft, which is an inherent ecological flaw.
Since Apple announced in the summer of 2020 that it would switch to its own chips, so far, Apple has released four laptops with its own chips, as well as two desktop computers.
Apple is said to be releasing at least one new Mac with its own chips at its "spring event" in March, probably a new high-end Mac mini and a low-end 13-inch MacBook Pro.
