Tiger Lake is Intel's codename for the 11th generation Intel Core mobile processors based on the new

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Core

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, manufactured using Intel's third-generation

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process node known as 10SF ("10 nm SuperFin"). Tiger Lake replaces the Ice Lake family of mobile processors, representing an Optimization step in Intel's

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. Tiger Lake processors launched on September 2, 2020, are part of the Tiger Lake-U family and include dual-core and quad-core 9 W (7–15 W) TDP and 15 W (12–28 W) TDP models. They power 2020 "Project Athena" laptops. The quad-core 96 EU die measures 13.6 × 10.7 mm (146.1 mm²), which is 19.2% wider than the 11.4 × 10.7 mm (122.5 mm²) quad-core 64 EU Ice Lake die. The 8-core 32 EU die used in Tiger Lake-H is around 190 mm². According to Yehuda Nissan and his team, the architecture is named after a lake across Puget Sound, Washington from Seattle. Laptops based on Tiger Lake started to sell in October 2020. The Tiger Lake-H35 processors were launched on January 11, 2021. These quad-core processors are designed for "ultraportable gaming" laptops with 28-35 W TDP. Intel also announced that the Tiger Lake-H processors with 45 W TDP and up to eight cores will become available in Q1 2021. Intel officially launched 11th Gen Intel Core-H series on May 11, 2021 and announced 11th Gen Intel Core Tiger Lake Refresh series on May 30, 2021.

Features

CPU

* Intel

CPU cores * Full memory ( RAM) encryption * Indirect branch tracking and CET

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* Intel Key Locker

GPU

* Intel Xe-LP ("Gen12") GPU with up to 96 execution units (50% uplift compared to Ice Lake, up from 64) with some yet to be announced processors using Intel's discrete GPU, DG1 * Fixed-function hardware decoding for

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12-bit, 4:2:2/4:4:4;

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12-bit 4:4:4 and AV1 8K 10-bit 4:2:0 * Support for a single 8K 12-bit HDR display or two 4K 10-bit HDR displays * Hardware accelerated

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* Sampler Feedback support * Dual Queue Support

IPU

* Image Processing Unit, a special co-processor to improve image and video capture quality * Not available on embedded models * Initially there wer
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models with no IPU but later embedded processors were introduced instead

I/O

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(Pentium and Celeron CPUs are limited to PCI Express 3.0) * Integrated

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(includes USB4) * LPDDR4X-4267 memory support * LPDDR5-5400 "architecture capability" (Intel expected Tiger Lake products with LPDDR5 to be available around Q1 2021 but never released them) *Miniaturization of CPU and motherboard into an M.2

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-sized small circuit board

Hardware telemetry

* Add Intel Platform Monitoring Technology

List of Tiger Lake CPUs

Mobile processors (Tiger Lake-H)

* All models support DDR4-3200 memory * All models support 20 reconfigurable PCI Express 4.0 lanes, allowing x16 Gen 4 link for discrete GPU and x4 Gen 4 link for M.2 SSDs

Mobile processors (Tiger Lake-H35)

* All models support DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4X-4267 memory

Mobile processors (UP3-class)

Embedded mobile processors (UP3-class)

Mobile processors (UP4-class)

Desktop/tablet processors (Tiger Lake-B)

* Socket: FCBGA1787, a BGA socket, thu
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are meant only for system integrators *Intel Xe UHD Graphics * Up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 memory

References

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