Intel's Lunar Lake processors to power a new era of AI PCs

Heralding a new era of AI PCs capable of running Microsoft's Copilot+ experiences, Intel has announced that its upcoming Lunar Lake processors will power over 80 new laptop designs from over 20 manufacturers. Lunar Lake will boast of a threefold increase in AI performance compared to its predecessor.

With a powerful neural processing unit (NPU) exceeding 40 tera operations per second (TOPS), Lunar Lake will deliver the experience needed to run Copilot+ features like Recall seamlessly. In addition to the higher performing NPU, Lunar Lake will also be equipped with over 60 GPU TOPS delivering more than 100 platform TOPS.

"With breakthrough power efficiency, the trusted compatibility of the x86 architecture and the industry’s deepest catalogue of software enablement across the CPU, GPU and NPU, we will deliver the most competitive joint client hardware and software offering in our history with Lunar Lake and Copilot+," says Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel executive vice president and general manager of the Client Computing Group.

Lunar Lake will get the Copilot+ experiences, like Recall, via an update when available. Building on the success of Intel Core Ultra processors and with the addition of Lunar Lake, Intel is said to be shipping more than 40 million AI PC processors this year.

“The launch of Lunar Lake will bring meaningful fundamental improvements across security, battery life, and more thanks to our deep co-engineering partnership with Intel. We are excited to see Lunar Lake come to market with a 40+ TOPS NPU which will deliver Microsoft’s Copilot+ experiences at scale when available,” said Pavan Davuluri, corporate vice president of Windows + Devices at Microsoft