Intel Panther Lake CPUs To Double The AI Performance Over Lunar Lake, Clearwater Already In Fabs

26.01.2024 - 11:13 / wccftech.com / Hassan Mujtaba / Ai

Intel is bringing in some major AI performance improvements with its next-gen Panther Lake client CPUs while Clearwater Forest chips are in fabs.

Intel Panther Lake CPUs To Follow Clearwater Forest In Fabs Shortly, Delivers 2x AI Uplift In 2025 On 18A Process Node

During the Q4 2024 earnings call, Intel's CEO, Pat Gelinsger, stated that the Core Ultra platform will be expanded with various new families later this year including Lunar Lake & Arrow Lake, boosting the AI performance capabilities by up to 3x. The next chapter in the Core Ultra series will receive a further 2x boost in 2025 with the arrival of the Panther Lake CPUs which will be a major client CPU platform for desktops and notebooks.

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Pat also talked about the readiness of the 18A process node which will succeed the 20A node which is being leveraged by Intel's Arrow Lake client while Intel 3 will be adopted by the Granite Rapids / Sierra Forest Xeon CPUs which 2H 2024. It will be a rather busy launch schedule for Intel in the 2nd half of this year but let's get back to the 18A progression.

Intel states that the Clearwater Forest CPUs have already been taped out and have now entered fabs. The Clearwater chips will be based on the next-generation Darkmont E-Core architecture and target the cloud data center segment with an expected 288 cores. Intel has already begun the prep work on these chips as we reported here.

Right after Clearwater Forest, Intel's Panther Lake CPUs will be entering the fabs too but we can expect it to land on retail by 2025. Panther Lake CPUs are expected to feature Cougar Cove P-Cores and deploy the next-gen Xe3 GPU architecture, codenamed Celestial. Each CPU will offer a generational improvement over the last one, in terms of core, graphics, and efficiency capabilities.

Intel also shed light on its AI accelerators with Gaudi 3 launching this year and bringing in a 4x uplift in performance and doubling of network bandwidth while work on the next-gen Falcon Shores GPU is ongoing.

Intel will be holding its IFS Direct Connect 2024 live stream on the 21st of February so we can expect more details on its process roadmap and the respective products during that.

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