Intel plans a new computer chip design called Panther Lake. A recent update shows these chips will mix Cougar Cove performance cores with Darkmont efficiency cores. Some versions might add a third type of low-power efficiency core. The company sticks to its strategy of combining different core types in one chip.
The high-performance models will come with various options. One 45-watt version offers four performance cores, eight efficiency cores, no low-power cores, and four graphics units. Two 25-watt models keep the same main cores but differ elsewhere—one adds four low-power cores with twelve graphics units, and another pairs four low-power cores with just four graphics units.
For lightweight computers, Intel created a 15-watt chip...