Prepare not only for a veritable cavalcade of Intel-related leaks, rumors and codenames, but also for the usual caveats and reservations regarding unconfirmed reports about future products. The news includes Intel’s first chip in a joint venture with Nvidia and several next-generation processors, reportedly offering gigantic performance gains per core, as well as a return to a unified processor core architecture.
RedGamingtech describes Serpent Lake as an “APU monster” similar to AMD’s Strix Halo chip. It is said to feature Nvidia’s next-generation Rubin GPU technology built on TSMC N3P silicon and Intel’s upcoming Titan Lake processor technology, more of which in a moment. Oh, and all this is supported by LPDDR6 memory.
It’s demanding to say how correct any of this is. Perhaps the only noteworthy information is the codename “Serpent Lake”. Where things get complicated, concerns arise earlier rumors that the first example of the Intel-Nvidia alliance was to be another Intel architecture, codenamed Hammer Lake.
However, this “leaker” claimed that Hammer Lake is an existing architecture that is set to be modified to support the Nvidia GPU in response to the newly announced deal. In fact, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Intel’s roadmap for future chips is subject to some changes following this momentous deal with Nvidia.
With that in mind, Red GamingTech has some abrasive information on the next few generations of Intel processors, including Hammer Lake. Officially, Intel’s next desktop processor is Nova Lake, which should appear in behind schedule 2026.
According to these reports, Nova Lake will be followed by Razer Lake in 2027, or maybe 2028. This is in line with Intel’s current approach to performance and core efficiency, but with a fairly gigantic double-digit (i.e. at least 10%) enhance in IPC over Nova Lake thanks to the modern “Griffin Cove” performance cores.
It has been claimed that the high-performance Razer Lake “Golden Eagle” cores are getting an even bigger boost, and it is suggested that the success of the team that created these modern E-cores has convinced Intel to launch an entirely modern unified processor core architecture to follow, namely the aforementioned Hammer Lake family, which is expected to launch in 2029.
If Intel returns to the so-called “unified” architecture for Hammer Lake, it will certainly be intriguing marketing. Before Intel introduced P and E cores in the Alder Lake generation of processors, it simply had, well, cores. Without a doubt, the return to single-core architecture, if it happens, will be touted as a great advance.
Whatever, along with Razer Lake and Hammer Lake, is Lake Titan. This is supposedly a mobile-only version of Razer Lake with Griffin Cove P and Golden Eagle E cores, plus a few fixes and improvements.
However, it is not the processor cores that are the intriguing aspect of Titan Lake, but it will be the debut of the Intel Xe3P graphics architecture, which will distinguish the modern mobile chip as something special.
To summarize, we have the Intel-Nvidia Serpent Lake mega-APU, supposedly with Nvidia Rubin graphics, the Razer Lake processor architecture with a significant performance enhance over Nova Lake, Hammer Lake, which sees a return to a unified core architecture, and Titan Lake, which is intended exclusively for mobile devices and supports next-gen Intel Xe3P graphics.
Considering Intel was on the brink of collapse about a year ago, and given recent rumors that Intel factories have also signed multiple deals with gigantic customers, this is all quite promising.
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