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Intel Core Ultra 200 "Lunar Lake" set to launch in September, "Arrow Lake" for desktops in October - VideoCardz.com
First Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs launching September-October Benchlife is reporting on possible launch dates for the Intel Core 200 Ultra series. Specifically, their information narrows down the launch timeline for Lunar Lake, the first product featuring entirely new CPU and GPU architectures...
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We already know AMD Zen 5 - Ryzen 9000 desktop and Ryzen AI 300 mobile series will be released in July. Above link gives rumoured released dates for Intel's side. Lunar Lake - Core Ultra 200V series low power mobile in September, and Arrow Lake - Core Ultra 200K higher end desktop CPUs in October. Non-k versions will follow next year. This reminds me a bit of Coffee Lake's release.
AMD testing "Strix Halo" APU with 128GB memory config | VideoCardz.com
AMD Ryzen 400, Leak AMD Strix Halo with 128GB memory set to compete with Apple M-Ultra? Large memory capacity enabling new frontiers for powerful APUs. The Strix Halo series,
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This might be 2025 but Strix Halo is looking like a really interesting product. It is a "super APU" I was wondering if we'll see at some point and could be a great option for low to mid gaming laptops and other SFF uses. The most interesting point for me was the 256-bit LPDDR memory interface. That's double the normal 128-bit width of dual channel equivalent. In desktop terms, imagine quad channel 8000 ram. That's a LOT of bandwidth and enables mid range desktop GPU performance category. The article doesn't make it clear, but they compare the potential performance to a 4070. What they should state more clearly is it could be 4070 Laptop class. That's closer to a desktop 3060, or just over half a desktop 4070.
An interesting side effect is the effective VRAM might be limited by system RAM. If you go for the higher ram options, as long as there isn't some hardware/system lock to allocation that's a big pool of decent bandwidth available. I forget which, on one of the existing handheld gaming PCs I think you can manually choose how to split system ram between CPU and GPU. Ideally it could be dynamically allocated as needed.
No mention on price, but don't expect it to be cheap. Not that you could get it separately anyway as it'll have to be soldered. The SOC die which has the GPU in it is bigger than a desktop 4070, and on likely a more advanced process at TSMC. Then you still have to add the core chiplet(s) to that and external ram. Power is expected to be in three digits so don't expect this in a handheld. I don't think it will do any miracles to pricing, but its main advantage is less PCB area needed potentially allowing for smaller laptops, or using that space for other things like perhaps a bigger battery or better cooling.
