Represented by an Intel Intel five-core Intel Lakefield processor

In April, we learned that Intel was working on a technology that would allow a processor to combine different processor cores depending on the type and architecture. It was then announced that the first generation would be Lakefield, which would include high-performance Ice Lake cores and Tremont's energy-efficient "nuclear" cores.

In November, there were rumors that the Lakefield processors would be triangular at a working frequency of about 2 GHz. In December, Intel officially introduced Foveros technology, which will enable the creation of a brand new segment for this processor. In addition, Foveros involves such an arrangement of crystals when one is superior to the other, that is, Foveros will also reduce the size of the processors. Yesterday, Intel unveiled the details of the first processors using all these technologies. They will really call Lakefield. And they will really contain the processor cores of the Sunny Cove architecture, that is, the Ice Lake generation, as well as the "atomic" cores. Probably, the core of Tremont architecture should be taken into account, which should be the basis of the next generation "nuclear" processors called Jasper Lake.

Specifically, the CPU will have one core and four energy-efficient, that is, it will actually act of five elements. It is worth noting that Intel uses the Atom brand itself in a press release, although it has officially been discontinued for a long time. PCB for the laptop with this same Lakefield processor.

It is interesting to note that the processor will receive a fairly productive Gen11 kernel with 64 compute units. As you can see in the images, the processor will immediately include RAM, which means that the final solution is not formally a processor or even a monocrystalline system in its usual form. Intel is talking about "hybrid processor", but the terminology can still remain open.

It should be understood that the high performance of Such a solution is not worth it, that is to say, in the form in which Intel now describes Lakefield, it is a very specific product that is far from suitable for all scenarios. But its capabilities should be sufficient for the tasks of any average user, not to mention the games, which means that such a decision can win its market share.

It's worth noting that Intel is supposed to release CPU Lakefield because a big client is asking him. But only one. In this case, the processor will be available to everyone and it is therefore unlikely that the laptops of a single company are equipped with these processors.

Regarding processor power consumption, Intel says that Lakefield can run in 7 W, that is, without active cooling. In the end, it turns out to be a rather interesting product, even if you forget the importance of the point of view of the firstborn of a brand new segment. The products in Lakefield are expected to come out this year. Given that the Ice Lake CPU is expected for the very end of the year, Lakefield processors are likely to enter the market approximately during the same period and perhaps already in early 2020.