Intel would have started to produce a first series of Meteor Lake processors. These will use the Intel 4 manufacturing process, a marketing name to position itself in front of the 4 and 5nm of TSMC while we talk about an engraving in 7nm.
Meteor Lake already in test?
The folks at Cnet were lucky enough to get access to the Fab 42 that Intel owns in Arizona. The Fab 42 is located at Intel’s new Ocotillo campus in Chandler. In addition to Intel’s old campus in the city, Intel has 12,000 employees in Chandler, but the chipmaker is hiring 3,000 more as it builds the Fab 52 and Fab 62 at the same site.
In this one, not only were the first Meteor Lake processors seen to begin testing, but they also saw the Sapphire Rapids processors for servers, or the Ponte Vecchio graphics chips . 
Going back to the CPUs, the highlight of Meteor Lake is its Intel 4 manufacturing process, which is complemented by the use of brand new high-performance cores called Redwood Cove . These will continue to be accompanied by Gracemont cores to maintain the hybrid design inaugurated with Alder Lake. Thanks to this design, future CPUs will be able to have powerful cores and low-power cores for different tasks in the same package.
Intel: Moore’s Law is back
Meteor Lake is a PC CPU that will be released in 2023. It uses the second generation of Intel’s Foveros technology to stack chips into a complete processor. The fact that Intel is already testing it confirms that the company is back on track and seems determined to keep to its roadmaps and catch up. New CEO Pat Gelsinger is rolling out his technology-focused recovery plan. He has pledged to accelerate manufacturing upgrades to match TSMC and Samsung technology by 2024 and surpass them by 2025. And he seems determined to shake up all his employees…
