Intel, Microsoft, and Cirrus Logic Collaborate on Lunar Lake Reference Laptop Design

[AleksandarK]

Intel, Microsoft, and a fabless semiconductor company making analog, mixed-signal, and audio DSP, Cirrus Logic, have collaborated on a new reference laptop design to showcase the upcoming Lunar Lake mobile CPUs. The goal is to enable "cool, quiet, and high-performance" laptops that push the boundaries of efficiency, thickness, and acoustics. The reference design incorporates three key components from Cirrus Logic - the CP9314 power converter chip, CS42L43 audio codec, and CS35L56 amplifier. The CP9314 is the most critical element, using advanced power conversion technology to improve Lunar Lake's power efficiency significantly. This enables thinner and quieter laptops with longer battery life. The codec and amplifier chips also play a role, providing high-quality audio with next-generation features like spatial audio support.

Together, these Cirrus Logic components aim to highlight Lunar Lake's capabilities for efficiency, performance, and immersive experiences in a thin and light form factor. While details remain scarce on the Lunar Lake CPUs themselves, they are expected to arrive later this year, likely in the second half. If the reference laptops live up to their promises, Lunar Lake could help Intel regain leadership in mobile computing efficiency, which has been lacking since the introduction of Apple's M series SoCs, which have superior battery life. With expert collaboration from Microsoft and Cirrus Logic on the peripheral hardware and software, Lunar Lake may usher in a new generation of cool, quiet, and powerful laptops.



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[simlariver]

Amd is also on its way to make a similar platform, a low power and a more powerful one with a huge GPU and NPU of over 50 tops. Mobile computing is looking great.

 

[Mawkzin]

Amd is also on its way to make a similar platform, a low power and a more powerful one with a huge GPU and NPU of over 50 tops. Mobile computing is looking great.

This chip will be for 100w notebooks.

There's no chip fow low power devices with memory-on-package like de M series from Apple and this Lunar Lake Intel chip.

 

[Denver]

This chip will be for 100w notebooks.

There's no chip fow low power devices with memory-on-package like de M series from Apple and this Lunar Lake Intel chip.

The same chip that runs at 100w can run at 15w. We don't know AMD's plans in detail.

 

[Minus Infinity]

This chip will be for 100w notebooks.

There's no chip fow low power devices with memory-on-package like de M series from Apple and this Lunar Lake Intel chip.

You are mixing up Strix Halo and Strix Point. Halo will be 100W+ as it;ll kill the need for discrete gpu for gaming. Still way more efficient than apu + gpu. Strix Point will come in U low power versions as well as HS/HX.

 

[remixedcat]

watch them mess up and have insane dpc latency or they won't n will have very low dpc latency