The CPU tile of the most powerful Intel Nova Lake will measure around 150 mm2
The Intel Nova Lake-S They are still in the news today, although their launch is not scheduled for the end of this year. We have recently seen how some top-of-the-range models can add an NPU capable of offering up to 74 TOPs for AIwhich makes these processors ideal for adding the Copilot+ PC label. Now we know what size it will be CPU tileincluding its variant with a large L3 cache that Intel is preparing.
The Nova Lake CPU tile will measure more than 150 mm² in its most powerful version with bLLC
The design of Nova Lake-Salso known as Intel Core Ultra 4 Serieswill be formed like the current Arrow Lake, based on tiles that make up the processor. Intel will use the most advanced node for the manufacture of the most important tile of the entire mosaic, that of the CPU.
According to HXL In a post on X/Twitter, the top configuration of these Intel Nova Lake with 8 high-performance and 16 high-efficiency cores will have a tile size of 110 mm²while the version that has bLLC memory will have a size that will exceed 150 mm². The difference between the size of one and the other is only due to the third level cachewhich takes up all this extra area.
The version without bLLC will have a size of approximately 110 mm2
In addition to this computing tile (CPU)the Nova Lake will have others to form the complete processor. One of them is the gpuwhich is said to integrate the architecture Celestial (Xe3p)or the so-called SoC which includes the memory controller or PCIe, among others.
Juan Antonio Soto
I am a Computer Engineer and my specialty is automation and robotics. My passion for hardware began at the age of 14 when I broke down my first computer: a 386 DX 40 with 4MB of RAM and 210MB of hard drive. I continue to give free rein to my passion in the technical articles I write for Geeknetic. I dedicate most of my free time to video games, contemporary and retro, on the more than 20 consoles I have, in addition to the PC.
