Today, Intel fully unveiled its Lakefield processors, which are meant for dual-screen and foldable PCs. Similar to ARM processors, they have big and little cores for better power management.
We’ve known about Intel’s Lakefield processors for some time. After all, several products have already been announced using the new chips, such as Microsoft’s Surface Neo, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold, and a new variant of Samsung’s Galaxy Book S. Today, Intel finally detailed the new chips.
Lakefield directly competes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors, using big and little cores to manage power. In fact, Intel says that standby power can be as low as 2.5mW, a 91% reduction compared to its current lowest-power processors from the Y-series. There are five cores in total, and they’re not Hyperthreaded. One of those is the big core, and the rest are little cores.
The chips are also smaller, which is what Intel says makes them ideal for dual-screen and foldable PCs.
