Gaming: More Details Of An Extra Big Intel Nova Lake 'bllc' CPU Die With...

The 'bLLC' CPU die is allegedly 36% bigger than the regular high-performance die.

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The Intel Nova Lake leaks are coming thick and fast today. Earlier, Nick reported on the apparently outsized power requirements of the dual-CPU-die variant of Nova Lake with 52 cores. Now come claimed details about the equally outsized proportions of the widely rumoured "bLLC" version of the Nova Lake CPU die with added cache memory.

In this context, "bLLC" stands for 'big last level cache' and indicates Intel's response to AMD's X3D V-cache CPUs, such as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The difference with Intel's approach is that instead of adding a separate slice of cache memory to the CPU die, as AMD does, Intel is reportedly planning to build the extra cache memory into the die itself.

Source: PC Gamer