Intel processor architecture welcomes huge changes, AI-enabled performance reaches a new level

[CNMO News] Recently, Intel released the first Meteor Lake processor platform using Intel 4 process technology at the Intel on Technology Innovation Conference.

Meteor Lake adopts a separated module architecture, dividing the processor into computing module, IO module, SoC module and graphics module. Each module is connected through Foveros 3D packaging technology to achieve architectural innovation. The computing module uses Intel 4 process, the IO module integrates Thunderbolt 4 and PCIe 5.0, and the NPU integrated in the SoC module will accelerate AI calculations.

Meteor Lake adopts a 3D high-performance hybrid architecture, consisting of a performance core, an energy efficiency core and a low-power energy efficiency core. Through separate modular design, it supports different process standards and further improves performance and power efficiency. In addition, Meteor Lake will be Intel’s first chip using the Intel 4 process. Intel 4’s process library area is 2 times smaller than that of the previous generation, and the production process is simplified through EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography

In the Meteor Lake processor, an NPU dedicated to artificial intelligence acceleration is introduced for the first time, aiming to provide high-performance and low-energy performance for continuous AI and AI offloading (relieving the AI ​​workload of the CPU and GPU through the NPU) . In addition to NPU, there are also low-latency and high-response CPUs and high-performance and high-throughput GPUs to jointly meet AI computing needs. NPU, CPU and GPU collaborate with each other to accelerate AI scenarios on PC

By introducing artificial intelligence-accelerated NPU, Intel hopes to accelerate AI applications on PCs. Intel also demonstrated a case in which it cooperated with ByteDance to optimize the "smart keying" function commonly used by users in clips. This means that under the Meteor Lake architecture, the CPU and GPU can release computing power at the same time to meet the needs of users in complex scenes and provide a smoother editing experience

With the blessing of AI capabilities, this marks a major breakthrough in Intel's processor architecture, which may lay the foundation for PC industry innovation in the next 10 years.

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