Intel's new Core Ultra 200S family follows the power-sipping lead of its "Lunar Lake" mobile chips and brings the chipmaker's AI ambitions to its desktop processors.

It's an interesting time to be Intel. Between rumors of an alleged Qualcomm takeover bid (that's bad), the recent fanfare around the Core Ultra Gen 2 laptop launches (that's good!) and ongoing drama over stability issues in its 13th and 14th gen desktop chips (that's

Intel reveals the specifications, release date, and starting prices of its new Core Ultra 200S processor lineup, formerly codenamed Arrow Lake.

It's a slightly confusing generational crossover since Core Ultra 100 never hit desktops, but Intel is sticking with the Series 2 moniker for its new Arrow Lake-S processors. Core Ultra 200S Series chips feature a similarly "intense focus" on being the "most efficient family of x86 processors ever" as their codenamed Lunar Lake mobile counterparts,

Intel is announcing three new CPUs: the Core Ultra 285K, Core Ultra 265K/KF, and the 245K/KF. You can see all the specs below, but the big new feature with Arrow Lake is a focus on efficiency. The company appears to have designed Arrow Lake to rid itself of the reputation it's garnered over the years for CPUs that run hot and require a lot of power.

Intel launched the new Intel Core Ultra 200S series processor family for the first enthusiast desktop AI PCs.Read More

Intel introduced today its first Core Ultra desktop processors for AI PCs, the new Core Ultra 200S series family that will be available starting October 24.