At the Computex 2024 AI Everywhere event held in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, Intel unveiled the architecture behind the Lunar Lake processors, meant for the upcoming AI PCs. According to Intel, Lunar Lake offers incredible power efficiency with up to three times more AI compute compared to the current Meteor Lake processors.
Intel stated that 60 per cent of the new PCs by 2027 will be AI PCs. The company’s Core Ultra platform is said to be capable of supporting over 500 AI models and over 300 AI features from across 100 independent software vendors.
During the keynote, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said, “The magic of silicon is once again enabling exponential advancements in computing that will push the boundaries of human potential and power the global economy for years to come.”
He also said, “Our latest Xeon, Gaudi and Core Ultra platforms, combined with the power of our hardware and software ecosystem, is delivering the flexible, secure, sustainable and cost-effective solutions our customers need to maximize the immense opportunities ahead.”
Besides the new Lunar Lake architecture of the upcoming Intel Core Ultra processors, Gelsinger also announced Xeon 6 server processors and Gaudi 3 AI Accelerator.
The new Intel Xeon 6 processors now come with up to 144 efficient (E-cores) CPU cores, offering up to 4.2x and performance per watt gains of up to 2.6x compared to its predecessor. Similarly, the Gaudi 3 is the company’s latest flagship AI accelerator, which is touted to be more cost-efficient than the NVIDIA H100 with a listing price of $1,25,000.
Lunar Lake comes with all-new architecture
According to Intel, the new Lunar Lake introduces a new architecture for AI PC chips, which includes performance cores (P-cores) and efficient cores (E-cores) with significant performance and efficiency gains, along with a new neural processing unit (NPU), capable of offering up to 48 trillions of operations per second (TOPs) of AI performance.
The chip also includes new integrated Xe2 graphics capable of offering up to 67 TOPs of performance, along with a new compute cluster known as a low-power island, to further improve efficiency and enable longer battery life on laptops.
Intel also confirmed that there will be more than 80 different AI PCs from 20 different OEMs, based on Lunar Lake-based Core Ultra processors. These will launch in the third quarter of 2024, and the company expects to ship over 40 million AI PCs in 2024.
The writer is in Taiwan, Taipei, on the Invite of Intel India.
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First uploaded on: 04-06-2024 at 09:23 IST
