After months of leaks and rumours, Intel has finally unveiled their 12th generation Intel Core Desktop processors, codenamed Alder Lake. This new generation of CPUs will make use of Intel’s performance hybrid architecture and will be built on the Intel 7 process.

The entire 12th generation family will consist of a total of 60 processors, and to start with, Intel will be launching 6 six new unlocked desktop processors on November 4th, 2021. These chips will be the first from Intel to use their hybrid architecture, which uses a combination of Performance-cores (P-cores) and Efficient-cores (E-cores).

A feature of the 12th Gen Core processors is the Intel Thread Director technology, which enables the two new core microarchitectures to work seamlessly together by guiding the operating system to place the right thread on the right core at the right time.

They are built on the Intel 7 process, and will support…