Intel launched its first “Core Ultra” line of mobile chips based on Meteor Lake architecture in December, and expanded the lineup in February with vPro-eligible processors, and a few energy-efficient chips optimized for thin, light, and low-power computers. Sometime since then, Intel quietly added one more chip to the lineup. The Intel Core Ultra 5 115U is […]
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Intel is trying to get developers to build apps for all those new “AI PCs”
Nearly much every new PC announced this year with the latest Intel, AMD, or Qualcomm processors is positioned as an “AI PC,” but companies have been pretty vague about what exactly that means until recently. Now Intel is spelling it out while trying to attract software developers to actually give users reasons to care. Intel […]
Intel launches Meteor Lake chips with vPro, including new 9W Intel Core Ultra processors
Intel is expanding its Core Ultra processor family with a new line of chips featuring Intel vPro technology for business and enterprise customers. Like the consumer chips that Intel launched in December, the new processors all feature Intel’s new AI Boost integrated neural processing unit (NPU) for hardware-accelerated AI features, a tri-cluster CPU with Performance, […]
Tulpar is making an Intel-powered handheld gaming PC
Another day, another handheld gaming PC. This time Intel is teasing an upcoming Tulpar handheld gaming PC with a pretty standard-looking design. But under the hood it will most likely be powered by an Intel Meteor Lake processor with Intel Arc graphics, unlike most current-gen handhelds, which tend to have AMD Ryzen processors Radeon graphics. […]
The NUC Extreme modular gaming PC reaches the end of the line
Asus may have taken over sales, marketing, and distribution of NUC computers after Intel exited the business last year. But that doesn’t mean that every member of the Intel NUC lineup has a future. This month Asus unveiled new NUC Pro, Pro+ and ROG NUC systems that pick up where the Intel NUC Pro and […]
Intel Core Mobile Series 1 processors are Raptor Lake Refresh chips for thin and light PCs
Intel is expanding mobile processor family with yet another new brand of chips featuring names that make it clear these processors aren’t quite like anything else in the 2024 mobile lineup. The new Intel Core Mobile Series 1 chips are 15 watt U-series chips designed for thin-and-light laptops. They bring a speed boost over previous-gen U-series […]
Intel expands the Raptor Lake Refresh desktop family with 35W to 65W mainstream processors
A few months after launching a half dozen high-performance, 125-watt desktop processors as part of the new 14th-gen Intel Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” family, Intel is expanding its 14th-gen desktop lineup to include 18 new mainstream desktop processors in the 35 to 65-watt range. The new Raptor Lake-Refresh chips continue to support features including Intel […]
Intel’s 14th-gen Raptor Lake-HX chips are made for gaming laptops and mobile workstations
After launching a line of Raptor Lake-Refresh chips for desktop computers last fall, Intel is bringing the family to mobile with a new set of 55-watt Raptor Lake Refresh-HX-series processors designed for gaming laptops, mobile workstations, and other laptops and mini PCs that can benefit from a bit of extra CPU power. Since these processors […]
Intel’s Meteor Lake (14th-gen “Core Ultra”) mobile chips bring a graphics upgrade, AI features, and a branding refresh
The first laptops powered by Intel’s 14th-gen processors based on Meteor Lake architecture arrive today. And they represent a number of firsts for Intel’s consumer chips. Meteor Lake processors are the first to feature Intel’s new “Core Ultra” branding. They’re the first to be manufactured on the new Intel 4 process. They’re also the first […]
Intel launches 14th-gen “Raptor Lake Refresh” chips for desktops (Core i9-14900K is a 24-core chip with up to 6 GHz speeds)
Intel’s 14th-gen Intel Core processors will be divided into at least two branches. The upcoming Meteor Lake family is a mobile-only line of chips that bring AI features, a move to a more advanced manufacturing process, and a new naming scheme. But Intel’s first 14th-gen chips to launch are desktop processors that represent a more modest […]