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Intel Fattens the U-segment with "Raptor Lake Refresh" Based Core Series 1 Processors

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Intel's current generation mobile processor product stack is vast, to say the least. In Q4-2023, the company launched its Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" mobile processors spanning the U-segment (7 W to 28 W), and H-segment (35 W to 45 W). Today, the company capped the upper end of the stack with the 14th Gen Core HX-series mobile processors based on "Raptor Lake Refresh," which dial up core counts to 8P+16E. And now, the company is adding more choice to the U-segment with the Core Processor Series 1, based on a lower core-count variant of the "Raptor Lake Refresh" architecture.

The Core Processor Series 1 follows the same nomenclature as the Core Ultra, where the "Ultra" denotes the latest "Meteor Lake" architecture. Processor model numbering and case badges are similar between Core Processor Series 1 and Core Ultra, except the lack of the "Ultra" brand extension. These chips are built on the monolithic "Raptor Lake Refresh" dies on the Intel 7 foundry node, and lack innovations such as the Low-power Island cores, 3D Performance Hybrid architecture, the all important AI Boost and on-silicon NPU; as well as that 2x faster Arc Xe-LPG integrated graphics, but use existing combinations of "Raptor Cove" and "Gracemont" CPU cores, along with older Xe-LP graphics with up to 96 EU; and a mostly similar I/O.



The Intel Core Processor 1 series U-segment is based on the smallest variant of "Raptor Lake Refresh," which physically features a 2P+8E core configuration. Each of the two P-cores has 1.25 MB of L2 cache, each of the two E-core clusters has 2 MB of L2 cache; while the two P-cores and E-core clusters share a 12 MB L3 cache. The PCIe interface is truncated, too. The CPU die puts out two PCIe Gen 4 x4 connections that are meant for NVMe storage devices, while the on-package PCH die puts out just 12 PCIe Gen 3 lanes. Notebook designers can implement Thunderbolt 4 with up to four ports. The platform also gets Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 using discrete WLAN cards. The memory interface is dual-channel DDR4, dual-channel DDR5, and LPDDR5(x) at speeds of up to 5200 MT/s. All three processor models Intel is launching today feature a base power of 15 W, and a maximum turbo power of 55 W.

The three processor models are Core 7 150U, Core 5 120U, and Core 3 100U. Both the 150U and 120U get a maxed out core configuration of 2P+8E with 12 MB of L3 cache, but differ with clock speeds and iGPU configuration. The 150U ticks at up to 5.40 GHz boost for the P-cores, and up to 4.00 GHz boost for the E-cores, with a maxed out iGPU that has 96 EU (6 Xe cores) clocked at 1.30 GHz.

The Core 5 120U has the same 2P+8E CPU core configuration, but clocked lower than that of the 150U. The P-core boost is set at up to 5.00 GHz, and the E-core boost at 3.80 GHz. The iGPU is cut down to 80 EU (5 Xe cores), and clocked at 1.25 GHz. The Core 3 100U gets the same iGPU configuration as the 120U, but its CPU core count is cut down to 2P+4E, L3 cache reduced to 10 MB, and CPU core clock speeds lowered—up to 4.70 GHz for the P-cores, and up to 3.30 GHz for the E-cores.

Notebooks based on the Core U-series (100U) should begin rolling out within Q1-2024.

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Holy f**k, this is a bad naming scheme. How did Intel manage to fudge the naming even further than the Core Ultra thingamajig?
 
Holy f**k, this is a bad naming scheme. How did Intel manage to fudge the naming even further than the Core Ultra thingamajig?
Intel is a commie company I guess, Accusing your enemy of that which you're guilty of yourself.
 
So to be clear when someone needs to buy a new laptop one says don’t as intel made it a silly market
 
Last year AMD with the deceptive 7x2x, 7x30, 7x35, and 7x4x series and this year Intel with the deceptive Core 1xx and Core Ultra 1xx series. So much for laptop CPUs making sense this year.
 
Holy f**k, this is a bad naming scheme. How did Intel manage to fudge the naming even further than the Core Ultra thingamajig?
Intel is a commie company I guess, Accusing your enemy of that which you're guilty of yourself.
So you can't find anything to legitimately complain about, so you whine about the naming scheme? Seriously with that crap? Good grief!
 
So you can't find anything to legitimately complain about, so you whine about the naming scheme? Seriously with that crap? Good grief!
Actually? Yes.
With the i9/i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron/Atom it was always easy to know what stood where.
Now it is a big ole' clusterfuck, and even in the same gen you can't be absolutely sure what's under the hood (unless you spend even more time researching).
 
Actually? Yes.
With the i9/i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron/Atom it was always easy to know what stood where.
Now it is a big ole' clusterfuck, and even in the same gen you can't be absolutely sure what's under the hood (unless you spend even more time researching).
+100

Intel using core 1 branding for Raptor Lake is borderline criminal and clearly designed to con people into thinking they are getting U series Medicore Lake. Nowhere will there be information available for customers to see these a low powered 14th gen mobile parts. As much as I despise AMD's naming for mobile at least they told us the 30 and 35 series were just Rembrandt rehashes.

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Where is this slide from Intel????
 
With the i9/i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron/Atom it was always easy to know what stood where.
Now it is a big ole' clusterfuck, and even in the same gen you can't be absolutely sure what's under the hood (unless you spend even more time researching).
Blah, blah, blah.

As I said, you can't find anything better to complain about so you get picky about the naming scheme. While it is annoying, it's is not worth the level of complaining being exhibited above.

Where is this slide from Intel????
Really, why do we care?

The take-away you lot have is a less than ideal naming scheme(by YOUR estimations, I don't really see much of a problem).

What I see is Intel coming back to the ultra mobile market sector with some seemingly very solid offerings that will likely give AMD's ultra mobile options good competition. And that is only a very good thing for all of us.

Kinda missed that, didn't ya?.. See, one of these schools of thought is big-picture, objective, impartial, forward thinking and the other is narrow minded, almost fanboy-like nick-picking. Which do you lot think yours is? Hmm??
 
So not 14th gen then.
RPL refresh is 14th gen. Meteor lake is NOT 14th gen internally for intel, but people are stubborn :D , we'll probably see people referring to arrow lake/lunar lake as 15th gen when will talk about them as being 2nd gen

+100

Intel using core 1 branding for Raptor Lake is borderline criminal and clearly designed to con people into thinking they are getting U series Medicore Lake. Nowhere will there be information available for customers to see these a low powered 14th gen mobile parts. As much as I despise AMD's naming for mobile at least they told us the 30 and 35 series were just Rembrandt rehashes.

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Where is this slide from Intel????
If ultra isn't in the name, then it's not meteor lake. I agree that it's not ideal, but news outlet explained that several times. If I figured it out, many customers will as well
 
Funny Intel called AMD’s naming as “snake oil” a couple of months back. And now they think it makes sense to do the same? In either cases, the way they name the product is not helpful to at least 90% of consumers who know nuts about computer hardware or news.
 
Low quality post by Lionheart
Blah, blah, blah.

As I said, you can't find anything better to complain about so you get picky about the naming scheme. While it is annoying, it's is not worth the level of complaining being exhibited above.


Really, why do we care?

The take-away you lot have is a less than ideal naming scheme(by YOUR estimations, I don't really see much of a problem).

What I see is Intel coming back to the ultra mobile market sector with some seemingly very solid offerings that will likely give AMD's ultra mobile options good competition. And that is only a very good thing for all of us.

Kinda missed that, didn't ya?.. See, one of these schools of thought is big-picture, objective, impartial, forward thinking and the other is narrow minded, almost fanboy-like nick-picking. Which do you lot think yours is? Hmm??
Dear lord, and you're whining about people complaining for a legit reason...? You're not making the thread any better, just showing how emotional you are.
 
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Dear lord, and you're whining about people complaining for a legit reason...?
So you're saying that you too have missed the context?

You're not making the thread any better, just showing how emotional you are.
Oh?...
What I see is Intel coming back to the ultra mobile market sector with some seemingly very solid offerings that will likely give AMD's ultra mobile options good competition. And that is only a very good thing for all of us.
... ok, sure.
 
too many e cores! 2p cores isn't enough for anything intense like audio production!

+100

Intel using core 1 branding for Raptor Lake is borderline criminal and clearly designed to con people into thinking they are getting U series Medicore Lake. Nowhere will there be information available for customers to see these a low powered 14th gen mobile parts. As much as I despise AMD's naming for mobile at least they told us the 30 and 35 series were just Rembrandt rehashes.

View attachment 328862

Where is this slide from Intel????
this is in this laptop has a ryzen 5700u so did they change stuff??
 
Holy f**k, this is a bad naming scheme. How did Intel manage to fudge the naming even further than the Core Ultra thingamajig?
This isn't really news, it was announced from the beginning the "Ultra" was to be used to distinguish MTL from RPL-R parts.
Not sure it's the beast way to label them, but we were warned in advance.
 
OK, the naming is shit, but at least it's simple. No more Core i9-14956834658u7K, I guess. What I don't get is why they start it with RPL refresh instead of the next (Whatever) Lake.
 
What I don't get is why they start it with RPL refresh instead of the next (Whatever) Lake.
Likely because they're trying something new with the power gating and the newer design weren't as easy to implement? Just a guess on my part.
 
OK, the naming is shit, but at least it's simple. No more Core i9-14956834658u7K, I guess. What I don't get is why they start it with RPL refresh instead of the next (Whatever) Lake.
I'm not sure I understand. Core Series 1 is Raptor Lake Refresh (or a subset of it), and Core Ultra Series 1 is Meteor Lake. So part of Series 1 is the newest Lake which came out on December 14. So it is partially the starting with the next Lake.
 
Am I the only that just wants a regular daily driver laptop and thinks 4c/8t is fine for some Firefox and MS Office?
 
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