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Launch Date: Q1'26. Product Collection: Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors. Vertical Segment: Mobile.","segment":"Vertical Segment row reads Mobile.","instruction_set":"Instruction Set: 64-bit. Intel's 64-bit processors are x86-64.","cpu_codename":"Code Name row reads Products formerly Panther Lake.","process_node_name":"CPU Lithography row: Intel 18A. The GPU tile lithography row reads Intel 3.","process_node_nm":"Intel 18A is stored as 1.8 nm by the field rule. Intel prints no nm figure.","avx512_support":"Instruction Set Extensions lists Intel SSE4.1, SSE4.2 and AVX2 only.","cpu_clusters":"# of Performance-cores 4 with base 2.3 GHz and Max Turbo 4.7 GHz. # of Efficient-cores 0. # of Low Power Efficient-cores 4 with base 1.7 GHz and Max Turbo 3.5 GHz. Total cores 8. ARK also prints an Efficient-core Base Frequency of 1.7 GHz, which has no cores behind it and is not stored. ARK does not name the core architectures. Cougar Cove and Darkmont come from the Chips and Cheese and Igor's Lab Panther Lake articles.","cpu_thread_count":"Total Threads 8. There are no multi-threaded cores in this layout: 8 cores and 8 threads.","max_boost_clock_ghz":"Max Turbo Frequency 4.7 GHz, the same as the Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency.","cpu_cache_l3_mb":"12 MB Intel Smart Cache. The Total L2 Cache row is not on ARK.","has_3d_vcache":"AMD technology. ARK lists only the 12 MB Smart Cache and no stacked cache.","cpu_base_power_w":"Processor Base Power 25 W.","max_turbo_power_w":"Maximum Turbo Power 55 W. Intel's launch deck also prints 55 W for this chip.","configurable_tdp_w":"Minimum Assured Power 12 W. ARK has no Maximum Assured Power row, so max_w is left out.","tjmax_c":"Max Operating Temperature 100 C.","memory_support":"Memory Types row: Up to LPDDR5X 7467 MT/s and Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s. ARK names no module type, rank or configuration, so those keys are left out. Intel's January 2026 launch deck lists LP5/X 6800 and DDR5 6400 for this chip, which conflicts with ARK on LPDDR5X. The Register's launch report says the lower SKUs top out at 8,533, 7,467 or 6,800 MT/s depending on the SKU. ARK is the maker's current page and is stored.","memory_channels":"Max # of Memory Channels: 2.","ram_max_gb":"Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type): 128 GB. Intel's launch deck lists 96 GB for LPDDR5X and 128 GB for DDR5.","cpu_socket":"Sockets Supported: FCBGA2540. Stored without the FC prefix.","cpu_pcie_lanes":"PCI Express Revision 5.0 and 4.0. Configurations: x4 PCIe5 (1x4, 2x2), x4 PCIe4 (1x4, 2x2, 4x1) and a second x4 PCIe4 group. Max # of PCI Express Lanes 12. That is 4 Gen 5 lanes and 8 Gen 4 lanes. The platform controller tile is part of the processor, so its lanes count. Chips and Cheese describes the same split for the smallest Panther Lake configuration.","native_usb_ports":"Intel Thunderbolt 4: Yes. ARK has no USB rows and gives no Thunderbolt count, so the row has no count. Chips and Cheese says the smallest configuration has 4 Thunderbolt 4 controllers, 2 USB 3.2 and 8 USB 2.0 ports on the platform controller tile. Those counts are for the die configuration, not this SKU, and are not stored.","integrated_gpu":"GPU Name: Intel Graphics.","igpu_core_count":"Xe-cores: 4. Execution Units row is absent.","igpu_max_clock_mhz":"Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 2.5 GHz.","igpu_max_displays":"# of Displays Supported: 4.","igpu_displayport_version":"Graphics Output: eDP1.5, DP 2.1 UHBR20, HDMI 2.1 FRL.","igpu_hdmi_version":"Graphics Output: eDP1.5, DP 2.1 UHBR20, HDMI 2.1 FRL.","igpu_video_encode":"Encode/Decode rows: H.264 Yes, H.265 (HEVC) Yes, AV1 Yes, H.266 (VVC) Decode Only.","igpu_video_decode":"Encode/Decode rows: H.264 Yes, H.265 (HEVC) Yes, AV1 Yes and H.266 (VVC) Decode Only. ARK has no VP9 row, so VP9 is left out.","npu_tops":"NPU Peak TOPS (Int8): 49. ARK has no Overall Peak TOPS row, so platform_tops is left out."}},{"url":"https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/245722/intel-core-ultra-7-processor-355-12m-cache-up-to-4-70-ghz/ordering.html","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["model_numbers","variants"],"notes":{"model_numbers":"Ordering codes QQ807293B9B40EF (spec code Q9EX) and QQ807293B9B458D (spec code SA4RF), both Tray, stepping A1, package FCBGA20X. ARK lists no boxed product.","variants":"The two tray ordering codes from the ordering table. They differ only in spec code, so the rows hold no other field."}},{"url":"https://download.intel.com/newsroom/2026/CES2026/Intel-CES2026-Core-Ultra-Series-3-Press-Deck.pdf","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["announce_date","release_date","series"],"notes":{"announce_date":"Intel's CES 2026 Core Ultra Series 3 press deck, page 21, SKU table: the Core Ultra 7 355 is one of the 14 launch SKUs, with 8 cores and threads, 4.7 GHz P-core max turbo, 12 MB cache, 49 NPU TOPS, 4 Xe-cores, 2.5 GHz GPU, 25 W base power and 55 W maximum turbo power. The deck says pre-orders start on 6 January. Intel's release of 5 January 2026 introduces the Series 3 family.","release_date":"ARK Launch Date Q1'26. Intel's release says systems were available globally from 27 January 2026. Laptop shipping dates for systems with this exact chip were not checked.","series":"Intel calls the family Intel Core Ultra Series 3. ARK's Product Collection reads Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors."}},{"url":"https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/artificial-intelligence/ces-2026-intel-core-ultra-series-3-debut-first-built-on-intel-18a.html","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["announce_date","release_date"],"notes":{"announce_date":"Intel release dated 5 January 2026 (CES): Intel unveiled the Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors. It names the X9 388H and does not name the 355.","release_date":"Same release: pre-orders for the first consumer laptops began on 6 January 2026 and systems were available globally from 27 January 2026."}},{"url":"https://old.chipsandcheese.com/2025/10/14/panther-lakes-reveal-at-itt-2025/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["cpu_clusters","cpu_pcie_lanes"],"notes":{"cpu_clusters":"Chips and Cheese, 14 October 2025: the smallest Panther Lake configuration has 4 P-cores and 4 LP E-cores, the layout ARK lists for the 355. The P-cores are codenamed Cougar Cove and the E-core Darkmont.","cpu_pcie_lanes":"The smallest configuration's platform controller tile has 12 PCIe lanes split between 4 Gen 5 lanes and 8 Gen 4 lanes. This matches the ARK configuration rows."}},{"url":"https://www.igorslab.de/en/evolution-or-revolution-intel-panther-lake-including-architecture-efficiency-and-software-integration/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["cpu_clusters"],"notes":{"cpu_clusters":"Igor's Lab names the compute tile cores as four Cougar Cove-P, eight Darkmont-E and four Darkmont-LP-E cores. The LP E-core row stores Darkmont from this source."}}],"fields_filled":43,"updated":"2026-10-15"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}