Intel's desktop platforms will continue to use a chipset that's totally separate from the CPU package, unlike its laptop chips, which combine a CPU/GPU/chipset. The new 800-series chipsets can support "up to" 24 PCIe 4.0 lanes, which can be used for M.2 SSDs and various ports depending on how your motherboard maker decides to use them.

Intel's latest desktop CPU flagship, the Core Ultra 9 285K is probably not as fast as the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in gaming.

Intel's initial Arrow Lake launch comprises five CPU SKUs in total, including three main 'K' models and two 'KF' variants, but could there be a faster sixth SKU waiting in the wings?

Well, with its new generation of desktop CPUs, Intel backpedals on just how much NPU you really need -- and implicitly conveys how unimportant a Copilot Plus PC really is. The Core Ultra 200K overclockable processors are geared to gamers and creators (formerly codenamed Arrow Lake-S and now a subset of the Core Ultra 200S generation),

Intel announced its newest desktop processors this week, the Intel Core Ultra 200 series, which is the first desktop processor with a built in NPU for AI workloads. The new processor series, previously known by its codename,

Intel's new desktop Core Ultra 20S Series chips pack a punch -- and they arrive with dedicated NPUs for AI processing.