INTEL UNWRAPS ALDER LAKE

Before we dive into the details, let us share some key highlights like the fact that you’ll need a new motherboard as the desktop Alder Lake chips will require a new LGA 1700 socket, which Gigabyte leaked much earlier. Secondly, Alder Lake supports DDR5 memory, an industry first, and with its design requirements to have the memory voltage regulation on the DIMM, this is radically different from earlier memory modules.

Thirdly, Alder Lake will be the first in the industry to transition to PCIe 5.0 connectivity, one-upping AMD’s progress. These are big changes to Alder Lake’s overall platform capability and it’s inevitable that a new motherboard and accompanying hardware are needed to complete its performance story.

Using a brand new platform also means you’ll undoubtedly get Wi-Fi 6E and Thunderbolt 4 support too, as long as the motherboard chipset