"Panther Lake, our lead product on Intel 18A, will launch in the second half of this year. It will take everything you love about Lunar Lake, all the advances in the architecture, to the next level. We have systems already running Panther Lake, and we're sampling it across all of our major customers already."

The Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors are rolling out later in the year, introducing improved performance and better protection against malware.

Intel's Arrow Lake received a lukewarm reception on the desktop, but will more power-conscious laptop makers give the Core H and Core HX chips a warmer welcome?