They were the first generation of CPUs to use Intel's new big.LITTLE hybrid core layout, similar to Arm chips ... some of which can also support 13th and 14th generation processors.

However with the advent of 12th gen Alder lake and 13th Gen i9-12900k and 13900K CPUs respectively, Intel took something AWAY, and that was they moved the I/O driver directly off the CPU (that's ...