Intel Arrow Lake-U: Powerful and efficient CPUs for thin-and-light notebooks

Intel is working on its next major upgrade for laptops, which is aimed at energy-saving platforms and will be released in the form of Lunar Lake CPUs. The first models are expected to be available on the market by the end of 2024. In addition, Intel plans to launch its Arrow Lake product line, which will serve a variety of platforms, including desktops, laptops, handhelds and mini PCs. The Arrow Lake CPUs will primarily target the high-end and mainstream CPU segment, but will also be available in thin and light designs as a cost-effective alternative to Lunar Lake.

According to that, ARL is for DT/45+W as well as 15~28 segments, while LNL up to 28. Similar to RPL/MTL and also RPC/RWC relationship?

— 포시포시 (@harukaze5719) January 18, 2024

It looks like Intel is launching its Lunar Lake processors for high-end, low-power notebooks, while the Arrow Lake series will be available in the more affordable segments, according to @Bionic_Squash.

Even that is N3B or there is hope for 20A? I can see TSMC Revenue Skyrocketing

— Game.Keeps.Loading (@G_melo_ding) January 18, 2024

Intel’s upcoming Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake CPUs for energy-efficient platforms are expected to use different manufacturing technologies. Arrow Lake-U is expected to use Intel’s 3-nanometer process technology and offer a performance increase of about 10% per watt compared to Meteor Lake-U. Lunar Lake-MX chips, on the other hand, are expected to offer higher performance per watt and significant IPC gains by utilizing a sub-3-nanometer node (20A or 18A), the company has reported.

+18% PPW,is it based on P core Granite Rappids and E core from Sierra Forest cores?

— Game.Keeps.Loading (@G_melo_ding) January 18, 2024

The situation in the area of energy-saving platforms with Arrow Lake is similar to that of Raptor Lake Refresh. The Meteor Lake-U product line is designed for high-end devices and is usually in the price segment of 900 EURO or more, while the more affordable designs are equipped with the Raptor Lake Refresh (Core Series 1) chips and fall into the sub-900EURO category. Lunar Lake will be a major upgrade for low-power platforms compared to Arrow Lake, with an improved architecture, Neural Processing Unit (NPU) and the latest Battlemage iGPUs.

Most Arrow Lake Mobility CPUs are expected to be unveiled at CES 2025, which is a year away from now. Once available at retail, Intel’s Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs will compete with AMD’s Zen 5 “Strix Point”, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite and the next generations of Apple SoCs.

Source: Bionic_Squash