Intel Serpent Lake SoCs To Feature NVIDIA RTX GPU Tile, Next-Gen P-Core uArch is Copper Shark
Key Points:
- Intel's Serpent Lake CPUs, expected around 2028-2029, will be the first to integrate an NVIDIA RTX GPU tile, likely featuring Rubin or Rubin-Next GPU architecture, marking a significant collaboration beyond NVIDIA's own SoCs.
- Serpent Lake is a distinct SoC branching from Titan Lake CPUs and aims to compete with AMD's high-end offerings, following Razer Lake and Titan Lake in Intel's roadmap.
- Intel's next-generation P-Core architecture is named Copper Shark, while the E-Core architecture is Golden Eagle; this suggests Intel may have postponed or abandoned a unified core design for upcoming CPUs.
- The Razer Lake-AX SoC, slated for 2027-2028, will succeed Nova Lake and is currently being evaluated using the BGA 4326 socket, which was also used for the now-canceled Nova Lake-AX chips.
- These developments provide early insights into Intel's CPU and SoC strategies for the late 2020s, highlighting continued innovation in core architectures and GPU integration.