News about Intel’s Twin Lake series of CPUs appears to have leaked, from Jackie at X. These processors are expected to succeed the low-power Alder Lake-N series. After Intel abandoned the “Celeron” and “Pentium” brands, its sub-10W products for embedded systems and mini PCs were marked with “Intel processorAccording to reports, the new Twin Lake processor is still based on the Alder Lake chip, and the clock speed has been fully improved.
This practice of updating old architecture and selling it in parallel with current products is not new. Intel launched the Core 100 series using Alder Lake chips in parallel with Meteor Lake. Likewise, the leak claims that the new Core 200 The lineup is under development and is also based on the three-year-old Alder Lake architecture. As for N-series processors, tight margins may prevent Intel from porting its latest Skymont and Lion Cove cores to these CPUs. Just to raise money, rumor There is news that the new Wildcat Lake series can serve as the next-generation replacement for Alder Lake-N and Twin Lake processors.
According to reports, Twin Lake (TWL) provides four SKUs, uses an all-E core configuration, and may be developed using the Gracemont architecture. Similar to their predecessors, these processors have TDPs ranging from 6W to 15W. Intel dropped the “Core” name from some chips to differentiate them from the rest of its product line. CPUs lacking the “Core” brand have replaced Pentium and Celeron products and offer some newer features. However, some N-series processors with higher TDP and higher core counts still carry the word “core”. Specifically, Intel’s N-series CPUs are divided into “Core N Series” and”N series processor”.
First, we have Twin Lake’s flagship N355, which features 8 cores and 8 threads, a turbo frequency of 3.9 GHz, up from its predecessor’s 3.8 GHz, and a configurable TDP between 9W and 15W. Aside from the base clock and TDP (now limited to 7W), the N350 is no different than the N355. The N250 and N150 follow, rated at 6W each, limited to a single E-core cluster (four cores), and with turbo frequencies that are (up to) 66% higher than their previous-generation counterparts.
The leaker made it clear that Intel will not accept any RMA if these CPUs exceed their listed TDP range (6/7W for the NXX0 SKU and 9/15W for the N3X5 SKU). N-series processors are not designed specifically for gaming and productivity workloads, but instead serve lightweight laptops, embedded systems, NAS devices, home theaters, and more. We look forward to more TWL details coming directly from Intel: International Consumer Electronics Show next month.