Intel demonstrated the 14th-generation Meteor Lake mobile processor at Computex 2023 on two working laptops. A key feature of the chip is the dedicated neural engine Versatile Processing Unit (VPU), according to ComputerBase.
Meteor Lake is a client CPU of the new generation with a disaggregated chiplet design. The company showcased the processor (designated as Intel 0000) with 16 cores and support for 22 threads.
According to Wccftech, it operates in a configuration with six high-performance cores, eight efficiency cores, and two dedicated to the SoC. The final CPU version will belong to the Meteor Lake-P series.
The chip runs at 0.37 GHz with a base frequency of 3.1 GHz. It is equipped with 1.6 MB of L1 cache, 18 MB of L2 cache and 24 MB of L3 cache.
The VPU is based on Movidius’ third-generation technology, which Intel acquired in 2016. It is designed to accelerate Meteor Lake’s performance in tasks related to AI algorithms and machine learning models.
In addition, the VPU will be capable of supporting generative AI models, including Stable Diffusion. While such algorithms can run on any compute device with sufficient memory, leveraging CPU/GPU/APU capabilities will significantly accelerate neural networks.
Intel has forged partnerships with GIMP and Adobe to add neural-engine support to their products.
The Meteor Lake capabilities demo shows image generation using Stable Diffusion through the GIMP editor. A plugin was used to upscale the result. Both technologies rely on Intel’s OpenVINO deep-learning library.
The mobile Meteor Lake chips are expected to launch by the end of 2023. The VPU will be available in all 14th-generation processors.
Earlier in March, the Twitter user leaf_hobby shared details about the processor on the Intel Meteor Lake platform, with specifications indicating support for Windows 12.