i3-8121U specification is dual-core four threads, clocked at 2.2-3.2GHz, three-level cache 4MB, memory support dual-channel DDR4/LPDDR4-2400 32GB, thermal design power consumption 15W.
The information of the nuclear part was not published. It should be because the yield problem was disabled. So Lenovo added an AMD discrete graphics card.
ComputeBase, a German hardware media company, disclosed the first 'image' of i3-8121U. It can be seen that the package layout is basically the same as the previous product. It is still a processor core, a chipset core package together, BGA integrated package method Soldered on the motherboard.
We also found an Intel official version of the eight-core Core low-voltage version of the photo, you can find the processor, the chipset core has become smaller, the package solder joints and capacitive components have also undergone great changes, it should be no longer compatible.
ComputeBase found that the overall package size of the i3-8121U is 45 x 24 mm (consistent with the official specifications), with a processor area of approximately 71 mm2 and a chipset area of approximately 47 mm2.
Although according to the study, the transistor density of the Intel 10nm process exceeded 100 million cells per square millimeter, which is equivalent to even higher than that of Samsung, TSMC, and GlobalFoundries at 7nm, but the change does not seem to be large compared with its own 14nm product.
You know, Intel's first-generation 14nm Broadwell-U processor part of the area is only 82 square millimeters, 10nm is only a shrink of 13% only, and we are all dual-core four-threaded, are 4MB three cache, just nuclear execution Units increased from 24 to 40, and support AVX512 instruction set.
In addition, the 45 x 24 mm overall package is slightly larger than the current 14 nm low-voltage version of 42 x 24 mm.