Intel CEO: First 6GHz CPU establishes ‘unquestioned leadership’

On Tuesday, Intel’s chief government positioned a 6GHz chip as simply one other milestone — and likewise one his firm has promised, however has but to attain.

In a keynote handle on the firm’s Intel Innovation convention in San Jose, chief government Pat Gelsinger mentioned that when its Thirteenth-gen Core (Raptor Lake) achieves 6GHz, it gained’t essentially be something to have fun, although it helps set the tone for Intel’s ambitions.

“It was like once we crossed the 1GHz boundary,” Gelsinger mentioned. “It was once we had a 950MHz [version] and we mentioned, it was simply one other 50MHz, proper?”

Which will have been true, if Intel was first to cross the 1GHz milestone. Sadly, rival AMD was first to interrupt that mark, saying an overclocked Athlon. (Intel, nevertheless, counterclaimed that it was the primary to ship a 1GHz Pentium III, a dispute that roiled the 2000 launches of each chips.)

In any occasion, Intel doesn’t have a 6GHz chip, but, although it was enjoying it up only a few months in the past. The unlocked Core i9-13900K tops out at a lift pace of 5.8GHz, and Intel promised Tuesday {that a} 6GHz chip would ship subsequent 12 months in “restricted volumes.” Intel didn’t specify whether or not that chip can be half of the present Raptor Lake-Ok collection, or a brand new, enthusiast-level half that the corporate has but to announce.

However for Gelsinger, attaining the 6GHz mark is just one piece of the puzzle. “And for us, , as we rebuild the corporate, rebuild the product line, it’s unquestioned management,” Gelsinger mentioned.

“E cores and P cores,” Gelsinger mentioned, referring to the structure’s effectivity cores and efficiency cores. “Heterogeneity, processing at scale throughout our hybrid structure. It’s being the chief in Wi-Fi efficiency, reminiscence efficiency, being the chief in USB and Thunderbolt efficiency that we provide and being the chief in CPU — gigahertz is simply a kind of items going ahead.”

We’ll should see if Intel takes the identical stance if and when it may beat rival AMD to the punch.