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Microsoft Goes Back to Intel; Surface Laptop 7 with Lunar Lake is Coming
Arjun Sha
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According to a Reddit leak, Microsoft is planning to launch the Surface Laptop 7 with Intel's latest Lunar Lake chipset. The upcoming Surface Laptop 7 would pack the Intel Core Ultra 7 268V processor. It's a major development as Microsoft had earlier announced that the Surface Laptop 7 would exclusively feature Qualcomm's ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite chipset.
You can now buy Lunar Lake laptops. The new Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors offer great efficiency and performance, rivaling even ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite in terms of battery life. The cheapest Lunar Lake laptop is offered by Acer at $1199.
Intel's new Lunar Lake chipsets look very promising. It delivers exceptional efficiency and matches Snapdragon X Elite's perf/watt figure. In the CPU department, Lunar Lake is slightly behind X Elite's Oryon CPU. However, Lunar Lake's GPU is much more powerful and the NPU has been redesigned to deliver AI performance up to 48 TOPS. Intel says Lunar Lake rivals Snapdragon X Elite in terms of battery life too.
Intel's new Lunar Lake architecture is redesigned to offer best-in-class efficiency, outperforming even ARM chips. Intel has now packed the CPU, GPU, and NPU onto the Compute tile. And it's manufactured on TSMC's N3B process node. The CPU cores -- Lion Cove and Skymont -- have been enhanced dramatically for improved efficiency and performance. Intel has removed HyperThreading from its CPU after two decades. The new Lunar Lake NPU can perform up to 48 TOPS alone. And the integrated Xe2 GPU is 30% faster than Meteor Lake GPU at half the power.
Intel Announces Core Ultra 200V aka Lunar Lake Processors; Promises 20 Hours Battery Life
Arjun Sha
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Intel has finally unveiled its Lunar Lake mobile processors for thin and light laptops. The Core Ultra 200V processors consume 50% less power than Meteor Lake processors and offer up to 20 hours of battery life. It even beats Snapdragon X Elite in certain battery life tests. The Xe2 GPU and NPU have also been overhauled. The NPU can also perform up to 48 TOPS.
Intel's new Lunar Lake architecture is generating quite a buzz as the company moves to a mobile-first approach, emphasizing efficiency at every step. Intel is taking Qualcomm head-on to prove x86 chips can be as efficient as ARM-based SoCs. Intel has moved to TSMC's 3nm process node to manufacture its Compute tile and has added integrated memory directly on the SoC, similar to Apple Silicon. There are many such radical new changes Intel has opted for Lunar Lake. Go through our article to find all the key architectural changes.
Next-Gen Intel Lunar Lake CPUs to Deliver ~1.5x Better Performance over Meteor Lake: Report
Satyam Kumar
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A new rumor has surfaced about Intel's upcoming Lunar Lake architecture, that will be used on future Intel Core Ultra processors (presumably the Series 2). Here, it was stated that the performance would increase by 1.5X for the new U-Series Intel Core Ultra CPUs made on Lunar Lake. The multi-threaded performance was specifically mentioned here, and the source also says hyper-threading will no longer be a feature on the Lunar Lake architecture processors of Intel.
Intel’s Lunar Lake Processors to Use Samsung LPDDR5X On-Die Memory; 8533MHz Speeds?
Satyam Kumar
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A new report coming from DigiTimes has revealed exciting details on Intel's future Lunar Lake processors. Reportedly, Samsung will supply LPDDR5X RAM modules to be used in Intel's Lunar Lake processors. These new processors will not feature upgradeable RAM. Instead, the RAM will be positioned right next to the package, hence the 'on-die' memory. Also, Lunar Lake is expected to support up to 8533MHz LPDDR5X RAM.