Intel unveils Core Ultra Series 3
Intel unveiled Core Ultra Series 3 processors at CES, its first AI PC platform built on Intel 18A process technology and designed and manufactured in the United States.
Intel unveiled Core Ultra Series 3 processors at CES, the company’s first AI PC platform built on Intel 18A process technology and produced in the United States.
The company said the processors will power over 200 designs from global partners and that Series 3 will be the most broadly adopted and globally available AI PC platform it has delivered.
The mobile family adds new Intel Core Ultra X9 and X7 parts with integrated Intel Arc graphics for gaming, creation and productivity. Top SKUs feature up to 16 CPU cores, 12 X e -cores and 50 NPU TOPS, and Intel said they deliver up to 60% better multithread performance, over 77% faster gaming performance and up to 27 hours of battery life.
“With Series 3, we are laser-focused on improving power efficiency, adding more CPU performance, a bigger GPU in a class of its own, more AI compute and app compatibility you can count on with x86,” said Jim Johnson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Client Computing Group.
Intel said Series 3 edge processors are certified for embedded and industrial use cases with extended temperature ranges, deterministic performance and 24x7 reliability.
The chipmaker reported up to 1.9x higher large language model performance, up to 2.3x better performance per watt per dollar on end-to-end video analytics, and up to 4.5x higher throughput on vision language action models, and said the integrated AI acceleration improves total cost of ownership versus multi-chip CPU and GPU architectures.
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Pre-orders for the first consumer laptops powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors will begin 6 January.
Systems will be available globally starting 27 January, with additional designs arriving through the first half of the year. Edge systems powered by Series 3 will be available starting Q2.
The Recap
- Intel unveiled Core Ultra Series 3 at CES.
- Processors use Intel 18A process and power 200 designs.
- Pre-orders begin 6 January; systems available from 27 January.
