We know that Intel Lunar Lake is the codename for the chip giant’s future generation of processors, and that this arrive after Arrow Lake, which means we are still three generations away. In case anyone is lost, I remind you that Meteor Lake will arrive first (between late 2023 and 2024), then Arrow Lake, and finally Lunar Lake.

According to Michelle Johnston Holthaus, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Client Computing Group, the introduction of Intel Lunar Lake processors will mark a major breakthrough. will use a completely new architecture It will be designed from scratch. To give you an idea, that’s exactly what happened when Intel jumped from Pentium D to Core Duo, there was also a complete architecture change.

However, we must keep in mind that we will focus on this new architecture improve performance per watt consumed, and that it will give its best in the mobile sector, at least according to the first information we have. Intel Lunar Lake will target the processor sector with a TDP of 15 watts or less, use Intel’s 18A node (1.8 nanometers), and could debut in mid-2025.

We have no information about its possible specifications beyond what has been said, so we don’t know how many cores and threads Intel Lunar Lake processors should and also what performance we can expect. What we do know is that this generation will use new ones RibbonFET transistors from Intel and which will use Intel’s Foveros packaging technology.

It’s important to keep in mind that just because Intel Lunar Lake will be a notebook-optimized architecture focused on offering good value in terms of performance per watt, that doesn’t mean it won’t have desktop version. On the other hand, it is also necessary to emphasize that the use of the new architecture should translate into a significant increase in CPI. In fact, the greatest progress in this regard has come from this type of change, and not from refining pre-existing architectures.

This could also happen with Intel Lunar Lake socket replacement. Meteor Lake will introduce the LGA 1851 socket, which will be compatible with Arrow Lake, covering the usual two-generation support cycle that Intel offers. Lunar Lake will come later and after a complete architecture change you will most likely end up needing a new socket.

since @Intel @MJHolthaus : Lunar Lake is a freshly refined design and uArch CPU, built with performance/watts in mind for mobile devices. More information in the financial report on 26

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