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Intel’s new “Lunar Lake” chips promise big GPU and NPU upgrades, minor CPU boosts

Lunar Lake returns to a more conventional-looking design for Intel.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/intels-new-lunar-lake-chips-promise-big-gpu-and-npu-upgrades-minor-cpu-boosts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

SloanStudio ,
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@arstechnica Isn't claiming 14% P core performance boost and E cores now closer to Meteor Lake P core performance? I consider that a bit better than minor, or did they really downplay it?

FunkyBob ,
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@arstechnica I've been saying for years AMD could have sewn up the Laptop space by incorporating RAM into their MCM, providing faster, lower power solutions in a space that doesn't really support expansion anyway.

I guess Intel will get there first.

nazokiyoubinbou , (edited )
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@arstechnica Do they use a SoC controller yet? I still don't understand why Intel didn't copy that ASAP when AMD did it. With economy cores and such a SoC really is needed... (Software routing is troublesome.)

Not sure how useful NPUs like these really are in practice though. They can't do very much compared to real ones. AMD has their own equivalent, but to be on the scale of a real NPU or a real GPU it would melt the package.

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