Tiger lake

An unidentified quad-core Tiger Lake-Y (TGL-Y) processor appeared a few months ago using LPDDR4X memory. Today, well-known hardware filtering @KOMACI_ENSAKA uncovered a CEE report suggesting that Intel's upcoming Tiger Lake-U (TGL-U) CPUs for thin and light notebooks will support LPDDR5 memory.

Tiger Lake-U, Intel may have added support for LPDDR5

While the maximum speed of LPDDR4X is 4, 266 Mbps, LPDDR5 is going to increase these memory speeds to 6, 400 Mbps. And more importantly, LPDDR5 memories are expected to consume up to 30% less power than LPDDR4X. This is critical, considering that the Intel U-series (and Y-series) processors are aimed at portable devices where longer battery life is appreciated.

Memory industry leaders SK Hynix and Samsung have shared the goal of rolling out DDR5 modules by the end of this year. Therefore, Tiger Lake-U, slated for release next year, is likely to take advantage of the new LPDDR5 memory.

Tiger Lake is considered to be the successor to Ice Lake, which means it will be the second chip family to come out with an Intel 10nm process node. Tiger Lake should debut with many interesting improvements.

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For starters, Tiger Lake has already been seen using a 50% larger L3 cache. The 10nm chip will likely incorporate Intel's latest Gen 12 graphics technology and will contain up to 96 Execution Units (EU). Tiger Lake could also be PCIe 4.0 compliant. A recent leak from Phantom Canyon NUC listed a 28W Tiger Lake-U with four PCIe 4.0 tracks.

Chances are Intel is preparing Tiger Lake to compete with AMD Renoir (APU), which is also rumored to land next year. According to a Linux patch, Renoir may arrive with support for LPDDR4X-4266 memory. If that's the case, the Tiger Lake should have the upper hand, at least when it comes to increased memory support. We will keep you informed.

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