Intel has revealed a release window for its Lunar Lake laptop processors. The new x86 chips will arrive in the third quarter of this year, and they’re designed to enable the new AI experience in Copilot Plus PCs. Intel’s announcement coincides with Microsoft’s Surface and AI event, where Microsoft leaned on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips for Copilot Plus PCs that promise high performance and longer battery life. However, Intel claims its Lunar Lake processors are capable of 1.
Intel says the Lunar Lake processor offers three times the AI performance compared to its Meteor Lake predecessor. That’s because its NPU is capable of performing over 40 tera operations per second — a far cry from the 10 NPU TOPS offered with the Meteor Lake chips included in a range of AI PCs that are already available.