Intel Hints: Lunar Lake, Arrow Lake Light Up Late 2024 Tech Scene

At CES 2024, Intel unveiled its 14th generation Core mobile and desktop processor series, encompassing the HX series for mobile devices and mainstream 65W and 35W desktop processors. Additionally, the new Core U mobile processor 1 series was released, specifically designed for high-performance, mainstream ultrabooks.

According to Wccftech, in a subsequent keynote address, Intel Executive Vice President and General Manager of Sales, Marketing, and Communications, Michelle Johnston Holthaus, showcased the next-generation Lunar Lake chips. She also mentioned Arrow Lake, confirming that both processors are slated for release between this fall and the end of the year.

Lunar Lake, aimed at mobile platforms, introduces a new CPU core architecture with significant IPC improvements and a threefold increase in NPU performance. It features the Lion Cove architecture for P-Cores and Skymont architecture for E-Cores, equipped with up to four P-Cores and four E-Cores. Incorporating the next-generation Battlemage’s Xe2-LPG architecture, it can support up to eight Xe-Cores, enabling real-time ray tracing. It offers VCC/H.266 hardware video decoding and supports DP 1.4, HDMI 2.1, and eDP 1.4/1.5 video outputs. The chipset integrates the next-generation NPU 4.0 neural processing unit, supports PCIe 5.0/4.0 x4 interfaces, and includes Thunderbolt 4 with up to three USB4 ports. It integrates support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 through the BE201 network card based on the CNVio2 interface.

Arrow Lake, set to launch on both desktop and mobile platforms, is a successor to Meteor Lake and part of the second generation of Core Ultra processors, optimized for gaming. According to Intel, it is “the first gaming CPU equipped with an AI accelerator.” It also utilizes the Lion Cove architecture for P-Cores and Skymont architecture for E-Cores, boasting up to eight P-Cores and sixteen E-Cores. Its integrated graphics will introduce the Xe- LPG+ architecture based on Alchemist. For desktop platforms, it will transition to using the LGA 1851 socket.