Intel “Lunar Lake-MX” options 4P-Cores & 4 E-Cores, 8 Xe2 “Battlemage” GPU cores and helps 8W fanless mode
Intel’s next-generation low-power structure known as Lunar Lake has witnessed a big leak immediately.
YuuKi-AnS shared the slides on Twitter, however they have been rapidly eliminated. A replica of all the data is out there because of the Anandtech discussion board member Geddagod. The slides cowl all of the essential particulars of the brand new CPU collection designed for low-power techniques, between 8W to 30W. This isn’t a high-end gaming structure that might exchange Meteor Lake-H, on a opposite, it’s a successor to Meteor Lake-U, which has not formally been launched but.
Intel claims that the Lunar Lake structure was co-developed with Microsoft for the power-efficient software program/{hardware} integration. It incorporates a next-gen built-in NPU 4.0 (Neural Processing Unit) which is supported by a contemporary Xe2-LPG graphics. Value noting that the Lunar Lake MX collection is the primary recognized product collection to introduce a power-efficient model “Battlemage” collection. Immediately, it was confirmed that the Core 7 (200?) collection will include as much as 8 Xe-Cores. It’s an evolution of Arc graphics that may even span throughout cell and desktop discrete graphics.
This GPU structure has 64 Vector Engines, helps Systolic AI/Tremendous Scaling applied sciences and has real-time ray tracing help. Moreover, we study that the Lunar Lake MX GPU will help DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1, eDP1.4 & 1.5and supply {hardware} VVC/H.266 video decoding help.
The Lunar Lake MX structure will ship with reminiscence on the bundle, and judging from the slides, there might be 16 GB and 32 GB choices accessible. Intel is planning not less than 4 variants with totally different layouts of CPU and GPU cores. The CPU structure is predicated on a mix of Lion Cove and Skymont cores. What can also be essential to notice is that the CPU tile might be manufactured utilizing TSMC N3B course of expertise.
Intel Lunar Lake MX collection
- Core 7 32GB: 4P + 4E + 8 Xe2-LPG
- Core 7 16GB: 4P + 4E + 8 Xe2-LPG
- Core 5 32GB: 4P + 4E + 7 Xe2-LPG
- Core 5 16GB: 4P + 4E + 7 Xe2-LPG
The structure helps dual-channel LPDDR5X-8533 reminiscence, which is an on-package reminiscence (MoP). By integrating reminiscence, Intel is saving energy (much less routing, built-in reminiscence subsystem) in addition to dimension (about 100-250 mm2). The bundle dimension is measured at 27.5 mm x 27 mm, and it’ll characteristic two tiles: CPU & GPU and a separate SoC tile.
The Lunar Lake MX collection will help PCIe Gen5x4 and Gen4x4 interface with Thunderbolt 4 and as much as three USB4 connectors. The chip has built-in WiFi-7 and Bluetooth 5.4 help by way of BE201 community card primarily based on CNVio3 interface.
Curiously, it’s stated {that a} particular 8W SKU of Lunar Lake might function with no fan. In the meantime, the fanned model will function throughout the 17 to 30W TDP vary. Moreover, it was said that the 12W model of the Arc Xe2-LPG GPU might supply 2.5 TFLOPS of single-precision compute efficiency, which is an equal of the Apple M1 chip. Whereas the peak Arc efficiency on this chip might supply 3.8 TFLOPSwhich is beneath the Apple M2 SoC design.
With alleged the facility effectivity and GPU efficiency in thoughts, one would possibly sit up for integrating the Lunar Lake MX collection into next-generation handheld techniques. Whereas we nonetheless have no idea how a lot sooner Battlemage GPU structure is over Alchemist, we will set a very good baseline with the launch of Meteor Lake chips that includes Xe-LPG (Alchemist) collection subsequent month.
Intel Lunar Lake MX collection is formally anticipated to debut in 2024.
Supply: YuuKi-AnS (eliminated), Geddagod @ AnandTech