Intel Unveils All New Tremont Low Power CPU Architecture

MojoKid writes: Intel took the wraps off a new CPU architecture today, one that is employed in its next-gen Lakefield series CPUs with Foveros chip tech that will power some next-gen Microsoft Surface devices, among others in 2020. Codenamed Tremont, it’s a low-power, 10nm x86 microarchitecture that is the successor to Goldmont Plus, which was is found in current-gen Atom, Pentium Silver, and some Celeron series processors. Tremont targets compact, low-power packages and incorporates a number of updates to the instruction set, enhanced security features, and more advanced power management. Tremont delivers significant IPC (Instructions per Cycle) improvements as well, gen-over-gen versus Intel’s current low power x86 architectures, to the tune of about 30%. Intel beleives Tremont-based processors will enable a new wave of innovative form factors for client devices, more efficient data center products, and new-found applications for the internet of things (IoT).