Intel’s forthcoming chip, codenamed “Twin Lake”, poised to supersede the current Alder Lake-N
From 2021, the majority of Intel’s products have been equipped with performance cores based on the Golden Cove architecture (Performance Core/P-Core) and efficient cores founded upon the Gracemont architecture (Efficient Core/E-Core). Notably, Alder Lake-N, released earlier this year, solely features efficient cores, numbering up to eight. These cores are divided into two clusters, each furnished with 2MB of L2 cache, sharing L3 cache. Additionally, they are accompanied by an integrated graphics unit built on the Xe-LP architecture, with a maximum of 32 Execution Units, and endowed with the latest codec capabilities.
Recent online speculations suggest Intel’s forthcoming chip, codenamed “Twin Lake”, poised to supersede the current Alder Lake-N. The specifics of the architecture and configurations of “Twin Lake” remain enigmatic, leaving us in suspense regarding whether it will adopt the novel Crestmont architecture for its efficiency cores, if there’ll be an increment in core count, the presence of a new integrated graphics unit, or if it will utilize the more advanced Intel 4 manufacturing process.
This year, Intel recalibrated their nomenclature for mobile processors, introducing the “Intel Processor”, thereby phasing out the long-standing brands “Pentium” and “Celeron”. Presently, mobile processors using the Alder Lake-N chip include:
- i3-N305 – 8C/8T, turbo speeds peaking at 3.8GHz, integrated graphics featuring 32 Execution Units, with a Thermal Design Power (TDP) range of 9-15W.
- i3-N300 – 8C/8T, turbo frequencies cresting at 3.8GHz, integrated graphics boasting 32 Execution Units, with a TDP of 7W.
- N200 – 4C/4T, turbo velocities reaching up to 3.7GHz, integrated graphics equipped with 32 Execution Units, with a TDP of 6W.
- N200 – 4C/4T, turbo speeds soaring to 3.4GHz, integrated graphics armed with 24 Execution Units, with a TDP of 6W.
- N50 – 2C/2T, turbo frequencies scaling to 3.4GHz, integrated graphics comprising 16 Execution Units, with a TDP of 6W.
Rumors suggest “Twin Lake” might be aligned with analogous specifications.
