Wednesday, June 26th 2024
Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake Family Leaks: Nine Models with One Core 9 Ultra SKU
During Computex 2024, Intel announced the next-generation compute platform for the notebook segment in the form of the Core Ultra 200V series, codenamed Lunar Lake. Set for release in September 2024, these processors are generating excitement among tech enthusiasts and industry professionals alike. According to the latest leak by VideoCardz, Intel plans to unveil nine variants of Lunar Lake, including Core Ultra 7 and Core Ultra 5 models, with a single high-end Core Ultra 9 variant. While exact specifications remain under wraps, Intel's focus on artificial intelligence capabilities is clear. The company aims to secure a spot in Microsoft's Copilot+ lineup by integrating its fourth-generation Neural Processing Unit (NPU), boasting up to 48 TOPS of performance. All Lunar Lake variants are expected to feature a hybrid architecture with four Lion Cove performance cores and four Skymont efficiency cores.
This design targets low-power mobile devices, striking a balance between performance and energy efficiency. For graphics, Intel is incorporating its next-generation Arc technology, dubbed Battlemage GPU, which utilizes the Xe2-LPG architecture. The leaked information suggests that Lunar Lake processors will come with either 16 GB or 32 GB of non-upgradable LPDDR5-8533 memory. Graphics configurations are expected to include seven or eight Xe2 GPU cores, depending on the model. At the entry level, the Core Ultra 5 226V is rumored to offer a 17 W base power and 30 W maximum turbo power, with performance cores clocking up to 4.5 GHz. The top-tier Core Ultra 9 288V is expected to push the envelope with a 30 W base power, performance cores boosting to 5.1 GHz, and an NPU capable of 48 TOPS. You can check out the rest of the SKUs in the table below.
Source:
VideoCardz
This design targets low-power mobile devices, striking a balance between performance and energy efficiency. For graphics, Intel is incorporating its next-generation Arc technology, dubbed Battlemage GPU, which utilizes the Xe2-LPG architecture. The leaked information suggests that Lunar Lake processors will come with either 16 GB or 32 GB of non-upgradable LPDDR5-8533 memory. Graphics configurations are expected to include seven or eight Xe2 GPU cores, depending on the model. At the entry level, the Core Ultra 5 226V is rumored to offer a 17 W base power and 30 W maximum turbo power, with performance cores clocking up to 4.5 GHz. The top-tier Core Ultra 9 288V is expected to push the envelope with a 30 W base power, performance cores boosting to 5.1 GHz, and an NPU capable of 48 TOPS. You can check out the rest of the SKUs in the table below.
74 Comments on Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake Family Leaks: Nine Models with One Core 9 Ultra SKU
Anyways I will still say that 16~32GB RAM is enough for the average user IMO.
I'm seeing the signs of your heels digging deeper into the sand on this topic, so we'll need to cut this off nicely before things turn nasty. I expect a rebuttal but I won't respond further, so feel free to get the last word in on this. I won't contend.
"If it's not broken don't fix it" is starting to get abused as an argument (probably fueled by the recent fumbling of the 12VHPWR). AGP was also fine when PCIe was out—single-digit improvement, even with GPUs released in 2006. You could have argued that PCIe was never needed for GPUs back then. Keep saying it loud enough, and more companies might just be tempted to not try anything new at all, and releasing the same stuff, but with ever higher margins.
OLED ? MicroLED ? why when IPS could do just fine as the end game for monitors. Sure the tech isn't without fault, but It's not broken and fairly accurate. OLED also got issues that are annoying to fix, and require heavy R&D money. Miniled? it's improving some stuff, but also got it's own set of issues, let's keep edge-lit, and not spend any R&D money into making miniled better.
CUDIMM Standard Set to Make Desktop Memory a Bit Smarter and a Lot More Robust (anandtech.com).
Those are all JEDEC standards, nobody is going to get royalties for pushing those news connectors. If anything the industry as a whole would have an easier time to just give up and solder everything.
For DDR5, SO-Dimms are really behind DIMMs when it comes to speed. Even the sweet spot 6000Mhz CL30 doesn't exist in that format. The absolute majority of the sticks use JEDEC, with Kingston being the only brand selling a single SKU with timings a bit tighter. Even G-Skill of all brands is only selling JEDEC ripjaws. Buy a ROG, Alienware, Clevo, XMG, Puget laptop, the best that you'll get is 5600mhz, with loose timings. (unless you buy the 18" Alienware) In the DDR4 era, they were selling far more laptops with XMP memory.
Yes, abused in a discussion about laptops. Camm was developed to fix laptop problems...which it does. 4 dimms laptops are an insane rarity in 2024, and still cannot match the 256GB maximum allowed with camm2. And you know what else it solve? All those poor laptops being sold in a single-channel memory setup. The solution to have the so-DIMMs as PCB expansion might work for the laptops using a smaller battery, but what about the other? lots of laptops are 50% battery 50% PCB now. The other side of the PCB isn't empty either. What about the trace length? quality ? CAMM even managed to make LPDDR5 something not soldered anymore. Remember that most laptop makers have bad faith, to begin with: Asus Zephyrus laptops with Zen 5? still using good old soldered LPDDR5. The easy way out. That's the path that they will always take. Unless someone else proposes an easy solution for them. (any connectors isn't btw, it's always going to be more expensive for them than soldering, LPDDRx camm2 being used is a favor)
JEDEC is the one who started to look at it for desktop use because they think that DDR7 and up might be troublesome. But as you can see, there are multiple solutions developed to fix that problem.
If JEDEC is full of shit about the future specification of memory, then how do we know that everything managed by them isn't also a web of lies ? I don't understand what they have to gain by doing this though.
www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-lunar-lake-technical-deep-dive/3.htmlThe reasoning for dropping HyperThreading support is also discussed on that same page. I'm ok with that development as I haven't been using HT in years due to the Spectre/Meltdown and other side-channel/branch-prediction vulnerabilities, most of which depend on HT in some form.
, currently I have 12th gen U processor laptop with "powerful" 6+8 design "premium" Zenbook with 16GB of RAM
and I really don't like it, battery life sucks - in part because ASUS are bunch of incompetents that can't optimize the battery life of thin and light device
and in part because 12 gen U (and also 13 and 100 series ultra) processors suck at power efficiency I'm getting like 3 hours battery life just reading a damn PDF
and that with reduced brightness and battery optimized plan. This is embarrassing, you think the target demographics will care more about socketed RAM or getting decent battery life?
I'm not Apple fanboy and I hate their pricing scheme, but they showed how good are efficient laptops and most of the people care about it the most.
16GB is enough for what I do right now, if I'll need more I'll have to replace the laptop this is true, but considering how bad the laptop is - I will be glad to get rid of it.
RAM on package saves quite a bit of power - this is the truth the matter, could they added additional socketed RAM option? maybe, but if it meant more complexed and inefficient design then hell no.
For people like you there is Arrow lake which has different target demographics, and there will be thin and light designs for it, but battery life won't be as good as Lunar Lake. Personally I want my laptop to be mobile no tethered to wall socket, and have good performance at low power - if they manage to deliver this, it is the step in right direction. For more intensive tasks and ability to upgrade I have desktop which always be several times better than laptop. I would have even considered buying MacBook or QUALCOMM SoC in the future for that efficient design, but as there is software I use that will not work or will work poorly with these devices, it's not an option for me.