Intel revealed the first Copilot+ PC processor, expected to launch later this year

However, another big name, Intel, also wants global computer users to know that they will also be part of the new PC Copilot+ trend, with the launch of the Lunar Lake processor line, expected to hit shelves in third quarter of this year.

Thus, in addition to the first Copilot+ PCs launched on the market this year that will use Snapdragon chips, Intel added that the company's Lunar Lake processors will also appear in more than 80 Windows laptop models. coming from about 20 different PC manufacturers.

Lunar Lake is expected to be a breakthrough mobile processor for PC AI with more than 3 times better performance in handling AI-related tasks than the previous generation. With more than 40 tera NPU operations per second (TOPS), Intel's new processors promise to deliver the capabilities needed for the Copilot+ experience coming to market. In addition to the higher performance NPU, Lunar Lake will also be equipped with 60+ TOPS GPUs providing 100+ platform TOPS.

As mentioned, when the first Lunar Lake processors become available on new laptops later this year, an update to enable Copilot+ PC features, including Recall functionality, will be released. so they can operate with optimal experience on those laptop models. Ultimately, Intel said it will ship about 40 million PC AI processors this year.

While Intel may be second when it comes to Copilot+ PC chips, the current high prices of Snapdragon It will be interesting to see how Lunar Lake and Snapdragon X match up in terms of benchmark scores.

In related news, AMD is also working on new laptop chips with AI-based neural processors under the Strix brand, but so far, not much is known about this product line.

Kareem Winters

Update 22 May 2024