Intel Meteor Lake CPUs are coming on December 14 as the first Core Ultra laptop leaks out a little early
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What you need to know
We knew it was coming, andIntel’s Meteor Lakereveal now has a concrete date (viaToms Hardware). Team Blue is hosting an event on December 14 which it’s calling “AI Everywhere,” that will be used to show off its next-gen laptop CPUs as well as its newest Xeons.
Further to that, as reported byTweakTown, the first Intel Core Ultra laptop has been leaked early thanks to a Bulgarian retailer jumping the gun with its store listing.
Intel Core and Core Ultra is shaping up to be a big shift
Unlike the slightly disappointing14th Gendesktop CPUs, Meteor Lake is a significant shift for Intel. Not just in the tech, either, with the previous Core i branding being ditched for the new Core and Core Ultra branding. These will still be followed by numbers like 3, 5, and 7, to help differentiate, but Core i is dead. Pour one out for it.
Meteor Lake is the first generation of CPUs built on the Intel 4 process, and will be adopting a tiled design, as well as boasting significantly improved integrated graphics. Intel has recently shown off aMeteor Lake chip playing Dying Light 2, and it seems impressive, with the technology from its Arc graphics line coming to integrated GPUs for the first time.
The tl;dr is that we’re expecting not only better performance from the CPU and GPU, but better efficiency, also. Our Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Rubino, recently spent time with Intel diving deep into what makes Meteor Lake tick, and you can read thathere.
The next Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 looks to be packing Intel Core Ultra
Given the time frame, we’re not expecting to really play with any laptops featuring Intel Core or Core Ultra CPUs before 2024. But thanks to a leak from a retailer in Bulgaria, it looks like the Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 will be packing.
Two SKUs have emerged so far, listed below:
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The fact Lenovo will be among the first is not at all surprising, but given this comes from a retailer, perhaps the first units aren’t as far away as we perhaps first thought.
In any case, mid-December isn’t too far away, and we’ll soon have all the details we crave.
Richard Devine is a Managing Editor at Windows Central with over a decade of experience. A former Project Manager and long-term tech addict, he joined Mobile Nations in 2011 and has been found on Android Central and iMore as well as Windows Central. Currently, you’ll find him steering the site’s coverage of all manner of PC hardware and reviews. Find him on Mastodon atmstdn.social/@richdevine
