Intel Lunar Lake processors will be available in the third quarter of 2024

New AI chips are ready to power upcoming Microsoft Copilot Plus PCs.

The announcement says the upcoming x86 processors will begin rolling out in the third quarter of 2024, just in time for the holidays. The launch of Lunar Lake is a competition with the Snapdragon X Elite chipset and is Intel's way of asserting its position.

Intel promises that the Lunar Lake chip will be a breakthrough change in AI processors. Therefore, the upcoming product line will have 3 times the AI ​​performance of Intel Meteor Lake.

This will of course be supported by Intel NPUs boosted with speeds of 40 NPU tera operations per second (TOPS). The AI ​​chip will help power Copilot Plus experiences. Besides the upgraded NPU, these chips will also come with over 60 TOPS GPU, providing over 100 platform TOPS.

Intel will offer its Lunar Lake product line in more than 80 new designs through 20 laptop manufacturers. Part of the company's goal is to ship more than 40 million AI processors this year.