Intel: future generations of CPUs for laptops will not have unified memory

We imagined integrated RAM as the future of Intel chipsets; but the next generations of laptop CPUs will ultimately take a different direction than that launched by Lunar Lake. As reported by the site VideoCardzit was during the last quarterly report at the end of last week that Pat Gelsinger, CEO of team blueconfirmed the news, in a context of financial rationalization.

The rise of all-in-one chips, initiated with great fanfare by Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X family, would thus justify this change in hardware philosophy for Intel, a “victim” of the success of Lunar Lake. “The Lunar Lake generation was initially designed as a niche product where we wanted to achieve the highest possible performance and battery life, and then AI PCs arrived”explains the former engineer who became a big boss. “And with them, we went from a niche product to a high value product“.

Lunar Lake, an experience intended to be temporary? Maybe ; but more concretely, this unified architectural model weighs far too heavily in Intel's balance to be viable in the long term. “This is not a good way to run a business, and will not be sustained“. The Core Ultra 200V, available in 16 GB and 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory, have a clear advantage in performance and autonomy – the proof in certain models tested recently, such as the Asus ZenBook S 14 OLED. But theoutsourcing of its components, like the logic elements with the giant TSMC, represents too great a logistical and economic weight.