Home United States USA — software Intel says integrating RAM into Lunar Lake SoC was a mistake, might...

Intel says integrating RAM into Lunar Lake SoC was a mistake, might abandon desktop GPUs again

90
0
SHARE

During the company’s third-quarter 2024 earnings call, Intel confirmed that its future laptop chips will return to the traditional use of RAM sticks, reversing Lunar Lake’s radical.
In brief: Intel Lunar Lake mobile CPUs controversially integrated system memory onto the SoC, preventing users from installing additional RAM. The company now partially blames the decision for its latest disastrous earnings report. Furthermore, Intel’s restructuring plans might involve downsizing or ceasing development Arc desktop GPUs.
During the company’s third-quarter 2024 earnings call, Intel confirmed that its future laptop chips will return to the traditional use of RAM sticks, reversing Lunar Lake’s radical shift to baked-in system memory. The company is also reassessing GPU development over the coming years.
The recently introduced Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V light mobile CPUs come with either 16GB or 32GB of memory built into the package.

Continue reading...