Intel has officially announced a renaming of its chip family, beginning with the upcoming 14th-Gen CPUs. Here’s a look at everything we’ve learned so far regarding Intel’s 14th-Gen Meteor Lake CPU family, which includes both leaked and officially confirmed information. Meteor Lake is being lauded as a watershed event in Intel’s manufacturing, architecture, and design processes, with the new-generation CPUs promising a slew of advantages. Even AMD, a direct competitor, changed the name format for its Ryzen mobile CPUs early this year. This post will go through Intel’s new Ultra and Core designations.
Intel’s Most Significant Brand Refresh in More Than a Decade
Intel’s brand is undergoing its most drastic transformation in 15 years. What is the goal? To simplify the brand’s naming practices across its desktop and laptop CPU lines. What is the most significant change? The iconic “i” in processor names is gradually being phased out. As a result, product names will now be classified into three categories: Core 3, Core 5, Core 7, and Core 9.
This new moniker will also appear on the processor’s badge, similar to how Intel stickers decorate laptops and desktop CPU packages. The generation and model number of the CPU will remain at the end of the title. Here’s a comparison of current branding vs new branding for a basic Core i7 processor:
Old Branding
Revised Branding
Intel Core i7 Processor ##### H/HX/U/P
Intel Core 7 Processor ##xx*
This name change will apply to other CPUs (such as the Core i3/i5/i7), with the “i” removed from their titles. Intel, too, is taking a two-pronged approach to product categorization. This allows businesses to differentiate their premium and mainstream product offerings.
The premium class will be known as Core Ultra, while the ordinary lineup will be known as Core. As a result, CPU names like “Intel Core Ultra 7 processor ##xx*” are likely. Along with these upgrades, Intel is refreshing its branding across the board (including the Evo and vPro Enterprise badges). The new aesthetic will look like this:
The Core Ultra variants of Intel’s 14th Generation CPUs will have badges in a deeper shade of blue, indicating an improvement from the base variant. This redesign marks a significant shift in Intel’s branding strategy. They intend to abandon the old practice of inserting the generation number before the ‘Intel Core’ brand name and will remove the “i” to emphasize the substantial transition to a new architecture to their consumers. Furthermore, Intel Arc graphics will work with both Intel Core and Intel Core Ultra processors.
Meteor Lake is a game changer in design, manufacturing, and architecture, according to Intel. To reflect the significant benefits Meteor Lake is expected to bring to both Intel and customers, the company is introducing a new naming scheme, moving away from the veteran “Core i” branding.
The first Intel Meteor Lake processors are expected to hit the market in the second half of 2023. As Intel has previously confirmed, at least the laptop processors will be far more efficient compared to the Raptor Lake, and will get a significantly faster integrated graphics chip and a dedicated AI accelerator.
This is made possible not least by the production from several tiles – the processor is manufactured using the modern Intel 4 process, the iGPU by TSMC. At Computex, we already discovered a first notebook based on Meteor Lake, which is equipped with a chip with six performance and eight efficiency cores. Intel has now officially confirmed that Meteor Lake will have a new naming scheme. The “i” is omitted, so Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 become Intel Core 3, Core 5 and Core 7.
This is followed by a number consisting of four to five digits and a letter that, as before, indicates the processor class, for example a “K” for processors that can be overclocked. What’s interesting is that Intel will offer both “Intel Core #” processors and “Intel Core Ultra #” CPUs. When asked, Intel did not want to confirm what the “Ultra” designation stands for.
It would be conceivable that “Ultra” denotes processors with a faster graphics chip or with additional features. The name “Intel Processor”, which was announced last year, will continue to be used for inexpensive chips that were previously marketed as Pentium and Celeron. More details on Meteor Lake’s technology are likely to be revealed over the next few months before the first notebooks based on the new chips are shipped in the fall.
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With the Alder Lake generation, Intel has changed its processors in a fundamental way, introducing the concept of asymmetric cores. Well known in the ARM world, its principle is to have more efficient cores and others more economical, to offer good performance without consuming too much.
This change implies numerous adaptations on the software side and in particular at the level of the operating system. Intel has worked with Microsoft to improve this in Windows 11, but nothing should be expected from Apple for macOS as Macs have ditched Intel-designed processors. Here is what could worry the amateurs of hackintosh, these PC on which one installs macOS, but good news: OpenCore1 started its support for Alder Lake CPUs.
It’s a start and there are still a few limitations and bugs to be taken into account. In addition, the developers of OpenCore have tested only one ASUS motherboard and there could be incompatibilities with other models. Either way, macOS can run without major issues, although you shouldn’t expect performance as good as on Windows at this time. The problem stems from the management of cores at different speeds, there are obviously optimizations to be done.
Although it is now possible to install macOS on a PC with Alder Lake, it is safer for now to stick to previous generations to achieve a more stable hackintosh.
An essential brick for hackintosh, it is he who simulates a Mac to allow macOS to start normally. ↩︎
CES 2022 – Intel Evo: What does the new Intel Evo 3.0 standard provide for Ultrabooks and gaming laptops?
With its new Alder Lake processors, Intel introduced Intel Evo 3.0 unveiled at CES 2022.
This certification is granted to laptops respecting a Specifications, a pledge especially for nomads.
To be Intel Evo 3rd Edition certified, a laptop computer must have a processor Alder Lake, in other words Intel Core 12th generation, associated with at least 8 GB of RAM, storage SSD M.2 NVMe PCIe of at least 256 GB, and offer a biometric authentication functionality like a Infrared webcam and / or a fingerprint reader.
In addition, it must offer a connection Wi-Fi 6E ax, Thunderbolt 4 and USB-C for the load as well as a minimum 720p webcam but Intel is pushing to offer a webcam Full HD, in any case with the functionality of ambient noise suppression.
An Intel Evo 3.0 Ultrabook must be able to run multiple software, including collaboration, in the foreground and background, without impacting responsiveness and autonomy.
In this regard, to obtain the Intel Evo 3.0 certification, a laptop must be able to provide battery life of at least 9 hours on battery in current use, and offer a screen adopting a Full HD definition at minimum.
In addition in 30 minutes, he must be able to charge at least 4 hours, but also power wake up instantly (in less than 1 second).
The finesse must of course be appropriate, with less than 15mm thick, and the format is established between 12 inches and 16 inches, with thin screen edges but also Backlit Keyboard. Of course, it could be classic models or 2-in-1 hybrids convertible into Tablet or even dual screen.
Unlike previous Intel Evo standards, Intel Evo 3.0 can also certify non-Ultrabook computers, including Gaming laptops and more generally powerful.
These PCs must integrate an Intel processor Alder Lake-H, a graphics card Intel Arc with Deep Link and a 15 or 16 inch “designer-oriented” screen.
If Intel is not more outspoken on the subject, we can bet that this implies at least one above-average color reproduction.
We should also remember that the Chromebooks, these laptops running on Google’s free Chrome OS system can be eligible for Intel Evo 3.0 certification.
Alder Lake: Intel DRM issues on some games have all been fixed
First announced as a mere possibility, the incompatibility between video games and Intel’s Alder Lake hybrid architecture was quickly confirmed, with nearly a hundred titles affected.
Windows Game Patches and Updates
The concern was obviously linked to a problem of recognition of the two types of cores present in the Alder Lake processors: the DRM of these games identified the thing as two separate machines.
“Was related”, because after having mentioned the nearly one hundred games concerned, Intel reduced the concern to three games a month after the official release of Alder Lake. The American founder is even now able to say that no game has any problems.
The last three games still involved, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Fernbus Simulator and Madden 22, have obviously benefited from life-saving updates. In its last official intervention to evoke the concern, the company explains:
“Intel has addressed the DRM issue on 12th Generation Intel Core processors causing games to crash or freeze when loading on Windows 11 and / or Windows 10 by working with game publishers and Microsoft. Currently, all games originally identified as having this DRM issue have been fixed through game patches or operating system updates. “
The founder adds, “If you are having problems on an older Windows operating system, run the latest version of Windows Update to resolve the problem. Besides gaming fixes, the most recent updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 fixed the majority of DRM issues. “
All games impacted by Alder Lake / DRM issues have now been fixed
Bottom Line: If you’re put off by upgrading to the 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake series by the prospect of not being able to play some of your favorite games, here’s the good news: Digital Rights Management (DRM) issues. ) which caused some of the titles to not run on the latest processors without some form of workaround have now been completely resolved.
In November, Intel released a list of games that wouldn’t work with its new Alder Lake chips. The issues arose out of conflicts with digital rights management software (Denuvo). It appears that the DRM software incorrectly recognized Alder Lake’s E-cores as another system. This would prevent games from launching, cause crashes during the game, or stop them unexpectedly.
Intel has placed 90 titles on the affected games list, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. There were ways around the problem, including enabling legacy gaming compatibility mode (if available) in a PC’s BIOS, putting electronic cores into sleep mode while playing games. And some motherboard manufacturers have released tools that allow users to easily turn electronic cores on and off through a utility’s user interface.
In December, Intel announced that the list of games impacted by the Alder Lake / DRM combo was reduced to just three – Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Fernbus Simulator, and Madden 22 – although this writer has never encountered any issues while playing Valhalla. on an Alder Lake PC. even without the workarounds.
However, Intel has confirmed that it has now resolved all DRM issues on its Alder Lake processors by working with game publishers and Microsoft; every title in the list has been fixed via patches or updates to the operating system. Intel is asking people who identify games that are still having problems operating on Alder Lake to contact the company.
The following guide introduces you all the steps to follow, step by step, to complete 100% the Lake Kovd map in the Kola Peninsula. This is the map added to Snowrunner in the update 6.0 and reserved for players who have the Season Pass de Snowrunner. Completing the map at 100% therefore means completing all missions, unlocking all achievements, and collecting all vehicles and upgrades. Of course, if you don’t want to spoil the game, I invite you not to read it.
Introduction
In the guide you will find suggestions for trucks to use. This choice is very subjective, everyone has their favorites. While this guide is quite effective, it is not a speedrun.There are more efficient ways to complete areas 100%.
On the Lake Kovd map, we will discover the following:
As the first map of the Kola Peninsula area, the Lake Kovd map obviously has a garage. We will, as usual, start by exploring this new map. Take your Tuz 420 Tatarin out of the garage and start by visiting the 3 watchtowers located all to the south of the map . Remember to activate all the missions you pass. The particularity of this new map is that most of the places are still not discovered once the 3 watchtowers have been visited.
To discover the rest of the map, you will have to use the mobile reconnaissance unit. To find it, activate the contract The forgotten prototype . Go to the station which is next to the 3rd Watchtower with your Tatarin and attach the trailer with your winch (to access it you must pass between the wagons and the wall of the first building). Then deliver it to the requested point. To complete the contract you will need to hitch the trailer to another scout who can do it (the Tatarin can only pull it with the winch).
Now take your scout equipped with the mobile reconnaissance unit (I personally took the Hummer H2 equipped for snow) and go to collect the 5 improvements of the area . To help you find them, you can use our guide dedicated to improvements to the Kola Peninsula. At the same time occasionally use the mobile reconnaissance unit to reveal the whole map. Activate the maximum number of missions.
Take advantage of your journey to activate and terminate the contract Sites of military glory which simply asks you to visit 3 crossing points that will be on your route.
Step 2: Complete the Lake Kovd card contracts
We will now focus on completing all contracts in the area. Go back to the garage, take a scout vehicle of your choice (eg the Tatarin) and activate the contract Tense situation that simply requires you to go through several crossing points. When finished, collect your vehicle from the garage and activate Almost afloat which again asks you to go to several waypoints on the ice in the center of the map. A scout vehicle is once again recommended.
Continue with the contract Rescue – Swamp then Rescue – The northern tributary which are on the same principle as the previous two. Nothing complicated, just watch out for the ice that breaks as your vehicle passes by, you can quickly get stuck.
Leave your scout at this location (this is important for the end of the area, it will save you some time) and take an all terrain truck (e.g. Azov 64131) equipped with a loading crane and a 4-slot trailer. Activate the contract Cottage fever and deliver both trailers to the requested location. If like me you encounter a bug to validate the objective, simply drop the 2 trailers in the delivery area and the contract should end on its own. Make the task on your way The life of the rail which asks you to visit a few points which will be right on your way.
Step 3: Complete Lake Kovd tasks (part 1/3)
Stay aboard your off-road truck and load the secure container that is right next to you and the oil barrel a little to the west onto your trailer. Take the opportunity to retrieve the Salt 16 « Actaeon » located next to the barrel in your garage, this will unlock the first vehicle in the area (see our guide to this vehicle). Deliver the container to the port to complete the task Army Reserve .
Now hang the oil barrel on the winch of your crane and load 2 units of metal beams onto your trailers (this will allow you to limit the number of round trips). Deliver a first beam south of the garage to complete Temporary measures . Head east of the map now in order to deliver the oil barrel and thus finish Abandoned convoy . A little further north, use your second metal beam to repair the bridge and thus finish Old intersection .
Leave your truck and trailer at this location and take a scout vehicle from your garage to complete Pit stop that asks you to deliver a trailer. Still aboard the scout, continue east to finish Factory panorama (you will have to squeeze through real mouse holes to succeed in reaching all the points, so take a small scout and go everywhere).
Then go with your scout to the south of the map in order to tow the Tuz 166 then deliver it to the requested point in order to finish Antiquity intact . Now go further east to tow and deliver DON 71 for On ice .
Step 4: Complete Lake Kovd tasks (part 2/3)
Now go back to the garage and take an all-terrain vehicle. Go north of the map to hitch up the repair trailer and use it to repair the ZIKZ 5368, deliver it and finish this way Like brothers . Go back to the garage, take out an all-terrain vehicle, and buy a repair trailer from the trailer store. Go to the far west of the map in order to repair the KHAN Lo4F, then deliver it in order to finish Up to the knees.
Equip your all-terrain truck with a 4-seater trailer and go load 2 units of wooden planks and 3 units of spare parts (place the 5th cargo on your crane) to the south of the map.Let’s go for a tour of the map with this heavy load in order to finish in order Dilapidated guard post, Losing number, Cloudy weather and finally Goods delivery (for the last delivery to the east, if your truck + trailer does not pass on the path surrounded by rocks, go through the mountains and the forest).Before delivering the last cargo, go through the point at the far north of the map to validate Flat calm.
Step 5: Complete Lake Kovd tasks (part 3/3)
Now go back to the garage and get the Spare Parts at the far south of the map then deliver them to the garage to finish Bad weather .
Take back your scout vehicle which is at the far northwest of the map (the one you left after the Rescue – The Northern Tributary contract). Then visit the 4 crossing points next to you to finishr Frozen in time . On board your scout, tow the Ford F 750 to the north camp to finish foreigner . This will allow you in passing to unlock the second vehicle on the map, the Ford F 750 (see our guide this vehicle).Always aboard your scout, all you have to do is visit a few crossing points to validate Rural speleologist , it is very likely that you have already validated a good part of it during your many journeys.
Step 6: Let’s go for the challenges of Lake Kovd
To fully complete the Lake Kovd map, you must now go through the two challenges in the area. On board a scout, head to the center of the map to validate Battle on the ice which will ask you to go through 6 waypoints in 4 minutes. Be careful with the thin ice, you may well find yourself stuck!
Still aboard your scout, go to the south of the map to validate Overturned wagons which asks you to go through 2 crossing points in 5 minutes. Nothing too complicated to note for this challenge.
Conclusion
You have just fully completed the Lake Kovd map added in Snowrunnner update 6.0. Congratulation ! We must now move on to the content added in update 7.0 which adds, among other things, the Imandra map.
The following guide introduces you all the steps to follow, step by step, to complete 100% the map of Island Lake in Michigan. So that means completing all missions, unlocking all achievements, and collecting all vehicles and upgrades. Of course, if you don’t want to spoil the game, I invite you not to read it.
Note that this guide is a translation of the excellent work done by -Stuart- on Reddit, whom I thank greatly for his work and for accepting that I translate it for the Francophone community of Snowrunner. You will find the original article at this address.
Introduction
In the guide you will find suggestions for trucks to use. This choice is very subjective, ceveryone has their favorites.In this guide, we only use two main vehicles.However, you will accumulate a lot of money as you progress, so feel free to experiment. As a reminder, you can buy and then resell vehicles and upgrades for the same price. So you don’t lose anything by trying different vehicles.
While this guide is quite effective, it is not a speedrun.There are more efficient ways to complete areas 100%.
On the Island Lake map, we will discover the following:
Island Lake is the first map we come across that doesn’t have a garage or gas station. So this will require a little more strategy, but nothing too complicated, don’t worry. Go to the Smithville Dam garage and take out the Azov equipped with the small loading crane and low hitch.
Also take out the Tatarin using which you will tow the Azov with the winch. Activate the contract The rebirth of the wood factory and head south to the location of the tarpaulin trailer. Attach the trailer to the Azov and let the Tartarin tow them to the waypoint to the Island Lake map.
You’ve arrived at Island Lake in style! Leave the trailer and the Azov at the entrance of the map and use the Tartarin to visit the 8 watchtowers and collect the 4 upgrades by helping you if necessary map in this article.
While there aren’t any garages or gas stations on the map, you’ll notice a few fuel trailers scattered all over the place. It is important to manage your fuel, using these trailers as benchmarks when you need them. Do not forget to fill up on the additional containers present on the Tatarin gallery. In addition, the trailer store will serve as a center to refuel and repair your vehicles for free. After all, you just have to buy the necessary trailers, use them and then sell them immediately.
Step 2: Validation of Island Lake tasks and challenges
Use the Tatarin to perform the first easy tasks: A little help for my friends , A signal from the mountains , The hunter and the car and A rusty legacy . At level 13, you unlock mud tires for the Azov. It’s probably not worth going back to the Smithville Dam Garage just for that optimization, but if you find yourself nearby for some reason, be sure to buy them.
You probably realized that there were a lot of wooden bridges to be repaired in the area. Take the Azov, go to the trailer store and buy a flatbed semi-trailer. Then go to the logging station and take 5 units of wooden planks. Automatically load the 5 units onto the trailer, move forward and then unpack the cargo. Then just attach your crane to 4 of the 5 timber units, you don’t even have to lift them, just connect to them. Finally, repack the cargo on the trailer, and this will unlock your fourteenth achievement:
Blood and sweat (Manually load at least 4 standard freight units in a row and store them in your truck)
Now start to deliver your wood planks to determine the following tasks: Bridging the gap , Difficult negotiations , Growing business and Bob the hunter bridge . Keep your trailer in order to finish Antenna overturned and the challenges Flaming cans . Then go back to the trailer store, sell it and then buy a maintenance trailer. Take it there and go to the task level Repair the bridge . Refuel and partially repair the truck. You won’t have enough to fix it completely all at once. So go back to the trailer store to resell / buy the same trailer and start over. This will unlock the Western Star 6900 TS . Collect it, keep it, and sell it. Leave the trailer at the repair location, it will serve as a refueling / repair point.
Depending on how often you’ve repaired your own vehicles, you should unlock your 15th achievement
Play as you like (Repair 2000 points of damage)
Step 3: Validation of Island Lake contracts
Collect, with your Azov, the trailer that you brought from the Smithville dam and deliver the cargo to validate the contract The rebirth of the wood factory . There is a semi-trailer near the trailer store that contains both the metal and concrete blocks you need to complete the contract. For the contract Power lines , there is another trailer in the next house with metal that you can deliver to the first point. Near the 3rd point you will find another trailer with all the metal needed to complete the contract.
For Development instruments , rather than going to three locations to collect the drilling equipment, go to the nearest location 3 times, this will allow you to complete the mission faster.
Finally, pour Port delivery , a container is located right next to you at the warehouse.With a little perseverance you can slide it onto your trailer using the loading crane or simply use the automatic loading area.With the container loaded, it’s time to head to the final Michigan map: Drummond Island.If you pass near the Tatarin, tow it behind your trailer.Otherwise, return to find it later to bring it to the last map.
Conclusion
At this point, you should have completed a total of 22 Watchtowers, 19 Upgrades, 8 Vehicles, and 71 Missions (19 Contracts + 45 Tasks + 7 Challenges) and be somewhere around level 14. Now let’s start the fourth and final map of the area, Drummond Island!
