Subj : Intel Panther Lake laptop chips could get top-end CPUs to rival A To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Fri Aug 30 2024 14:15:05 Intel Panther Lake laptop chips could get top-end CPUs to rival AMD Strix Halo and they could change budget gaming laptops forever Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:08:54 +0000 Description: Will discrete laptop graphics cards soon be a thing of the past? Quite possibly, if Intel and AMDs plans come to fruition. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Intel could have top-end laptop processor Halo variants inbound for next year, packing highly performant integrated graphics to rival AMDs Strix Point Halo super-beefy APUs also due in 2025 and both of these ranges could be used to drive the best budget gaming laptops just as effectively as a lower-end discrete GPU. VideoCardz reports (via Wccftech ) that rumors have come through on Weibo (grab some handfuls of salt) from Lenovo Chinas product manager, claiming that Intel is indeed working on such high-end laptop chips. Weve also recently been treated to leaks around possible Arrow Lake Halo CPUs on mobile, but these new details suggest we wont get such silicon quite as soon as Intels next-gen range. Were told that Intels Halo product is definitely coming, but that it will debut with Panther Lake, the following generation after Arrow Lake. This is a mobile-only series of CPUs expected to arrive later in 2025 (itll follow up Lunar Lake, in fact which will debut alongside Arrow Lake). The theory is that Arrow Lake Halo was originally planned indeed rumors around this idea go back a couple of years but Intel has now canceled it, and delayed the implementation of a Strix Point Halo rival to Panther Lake. The idea is still on the boil, then, just not for early 2025, but late next year if this chatter is on the money, that is. (Image credit: Future) Analysis: Celestial graphics for Halo chips? Purely from the point of view of Intel having a lot on its plate right now with getting Arrow Lake desktop out (and mobile), and Lunar Lake on laptops to boot, while also dealing with firefighting those current-gen and last-gen instability woes it makes some sense for Team Blue to push back any attempt at a Strix Point Halo rival. Arc GPUs seemingly falling somewhat behind schedule second-gen Battlemage is still yet to emerge, but may not be too far off now may also come into play in this respect. After all, Strix Point Halo isnt expected to arrive until next year, though admittedly early on most likely and Panther Lake is also due in 2025, so its not like transferring a Halo series to Intels Arrow/Lunar Lake successor is putting Team Blue massively behind its rival. Plus, Panther Lake will offer the opportunity to use more powerful third-gen Arc Celestial graphics, too. If this is how it pans out, 2025 could be a massive year for budget gaming laptops with the arrival of AMD Strix Halo and Intel Panther Lake Halo. Weve already heard how powerful Strix Halo will be , and the rumor is that Panther Lake Halo will carry a similar graphics tile to that found with the (seemingly canned) Arrow Lake Halo a monster integrated GPU packing 320 Execution Units or 20 Xe Cores. To give you some perspective on that, Intels Arc A580 , its mid-range first-gen Alchemist discrete graphics card, packs 24 Xe Cores. So, the Panther Lake integrated solution will theoretically come close to that core count, plus itll be two full generations ahead (itll be third-gen graphics, as mentioned). Gaming laptops will be able to use these AMD and Intel Halo chips to avoid having a discrete GPU, therefore becoming relatively more affordable at the more modest end of the notebook spectrum. Okay, so the Halo CPUs themselves wont be cheap, but theyll certainly be cheaper than having to fork out to put a processor and separate lower-end GPU in a budget laptop. Indeed, the power of the integrated GPUs in both AMD and Intels Halo products (if the latter comes to fruition) could make lower-end laptop graphics cards pretty much obsolete. This is the way things are headed in the future, it seems, and we might arrive at that point in the notebook world sooner than you think. You might also like Intel's next desktop CPU will reportedly be Nova Lake, leaving Panther Lake to mobile What is a processor: Your CPU explained in plain terms These are all the best cheap graphics card deals ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/laptops/intel-panther-lake-laptop-chips-co uld-get-top-end-cpus-to-rival-amd-strix-halo-and-they-could-change-budget-gami ng-laptops-forever --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .