AL will be based on 10 nm, so I will be happy of they can get 5.0.I saw the Moore's Law is Dead episode of the Redwood Cove leak/rumor but the Alder Lake SKU's dont make sense to me.
Personally I'm thinking in each segments (i9/i7/i5/i3) there will be a distinction between k and non-k not just in clocks and overclocking but in secondary cores to further bifurcate the product line-up.
So the product line-up could look like this:
i9K 8HT+8 (24T) 5.5 GHz*
i9 8HT+6 (22T) 5.4 Ghz
i7K 8HT+4 (20T) 5.3 Ghz
i7 8HT+2 (18T) 5.2 Ghz
i5K 6HT+4 (16T) 5.1 Ghz
i5 6HT(12T) 5.0 Ghz
[i3K 5HT (10T) 4.9 GHz]* *
i3 4HT (8T) 4.8 GHz
PT 4ST (4T) 4.6 Ghz
* 5.5 GHz is based on the yearly cadence of the last 3/4 years where they bumped the max. speed with 0.1 GHz each year. Obviously if it turns out lower everything will be bumped down accordingly.
**i3K doesn't exist anymore with Comet Lake but I think it would be a great value product for low-budget enthusiasts/gamers. 5 core is unusual but would be a good filler in what otherwise would be a pretty big gap between i5 and i3.
Edit: Just an aside, for desktop, I just dont get the Big/Little concept. Maybe it will allow them to save money with smaller dies, but it seems they are just ceding the multithreaded lead to AMD indefinitely.