Intel Core Ultra 9 288V Leads Exciting “Lunar Lake” CPUs

pczone.co.uk:

Calling Lunar Lake “radical” is like calling a roller coaster “a bit of a thrill.” These upcoming chips are shaking things up big time, ditching Intel’s old MO of cranking up power, core counts, and clock speeds until the battery throws in the towel. Instead, Lunar Lake is Intel’s new strategy, and they spilled the beans at Computex 2024.

We called Intel’s 14th gen CPUS a bit pointless, but Lunar Lake looks anything but.

Intel’s calling Lunar Lake a “radical low-power architecture,” and let’s be honest, that’s spot-on. Lunar Lake is all about conserving energy, so much so that Intel is tossing out the old playbook and even tweaking their manufacturing game.

The core structure is where things get really juicy. Lunar Lake’s got a hybrid setup, like Intel’s usual fare, but it’s giving the Skymont efficient (E) cores the spotlight, leaving the Lion Cove performance (P) cores to chill on the bench.

Gone are the days of the E-cores just handling the boring stuff, like checking your email or streaming cat videos. Intel claims that with Lunar Lake, most tasks will be run by the E-cores, with the P-cores only making a cameo when you need that extra oomph. Think of it as the E-cores holding down the fort while the P-cores show up for the big performance parties.

This is a major plot twist in performance. Before, the E-cores were like the handyman, fixing up small tasks like video streaming, while the P-cores were the superheroes, swooping in for tasks like Microsoft Teams calls. But with Lunar Lake, the E-cores are the new superheroes, ready to tackle anything you throw at them, keeping your experience smooth as butter.

Intel’s really cranked up the E-cores’ power, and they’re making some bold claims. Skymont is allegedly as powerful as Meteor Lake’s E-cores but drinks a third of the power juice, and it’s gunning to double the single-core performance at max power.

This is Intel’s next big leap in chip design, and it could be seriously exciting.

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