Lenovo, MSI, Acer, and Asus unveil laptops with Intel’s Core Ultra chips, featuring an NPU for “low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU off-load” for AI tasks 新竹收購筆電

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t lower power than AMD’s Ryzen 7 7840U “at the same 28W envelope for ultrathin notebooks.”All of Intel’s new CPUs will also come with an NPU, or a neural processing unit, offering “low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU off-load” capable of performing AI-powered tasks, like background blur, eye tracking, and picture framing. The integration is supposed to make it more efficient to run AI models like Stable Diffusion when compared to Intel’s previous generation of chips. Image: IntelAlthough Intel mainly highlighted the strengths of its Core Ultra 7 165H chip, the flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is the leader of the pack, with 16 cores and 22 threads. Of those 16 cores, it has six performance (P) cores and eight efficient (E) cores.There are also two low-power (LP-E) cores that live on the chip’s “low power island,” a new section that handles less demanding workloads for increased efficiency. The Core Ultra 9 185H has an up to 5.1GHz boost clock as well as a built-in Arc GPU with eight Xe cores running at up to 2.35GHz. The new Xe LPG architecture allows for increased performance at a lower minimum voltage and also adds support for Intel’s XeSS upscaling technology and ray tracing.The addition of an NPU comes just months after Microsoft shipped the first Intel NPU in a Windows laptop as part of the Surface Laptop Studio 2. The software maker didn’t explain the ways this NPU could be leveraged in Windows beyond the usual Windows Studio effects, but Intel is clearly laying the chip groundwork here for larger AI features that will likely arrive in the next version of Windows. Image: IntelWhile Intel’s Core Ultra 9 185H processor won’t be available until 2024, the majority of its other Meteor Lake chips are launching today. That includes Intel’s second-most powerful chip, the Core Ultra 7 165H, featuring 16 cores and 22 threads and an up to 5.0GHz boost clock. There are also the Core Ultra 7 165U, Core Ultra 5 135H, Core Ultra 5 135U, and several other options that aren’t quite as powerful as Intel’s flagship. It’s worth noting that only Intel’s H-series chips come with a built-in Arc GPU, as the company’s U-series CPUs just offer integrated Intel Graphics. You can check out all of the chips and their full list of specs in the above chart. Image: IntelA bunch of new laptops have already adopted the new Intel Core Ultra chip. For starters, MSI is launching the high-end Prestige 16 AI Studio laptop, which weighs three-and-a-half pounds but comes with some pretty impressive specs, including up to Intel’s Core Ultra 9 185H processor and Nvidia’s 4070 laptop GPU. There’s a 13-inch Prestige AI Evo model that comes with up to the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor. MSI’s 16-inch Prestige AI Studio laptop starts at $1,899, while the Prestige 13 AI Evo costs $1,049 and up.Asus is also giving its laptops an Intel Core Ultra-powered spec bump, too. It’s launching a lightweight Zenbook 14 OLED laptop featuring up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 chip with Intel Arc graphics. The laptop starts at $1,299.99, with “additional configurations” — likely including Intel’s Core Ultra 9 chip — arriving in early 2024. Samsung launched a refreshed Galaxy Book4 lineup also featuring options with Intel’s flagship chip.PreviousNext1/5 Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergePreviousNext1/5 Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeMeanwhile, 新竹收購筆電lenovo has revealed a trio of laptops equipped with the new chip, including the 12th-gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the 9th-gen ThinkPad X1 2-in-1, and the IdeaPad Pro 5i. These three models are pretty pricey, with the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon starting at $2,989 in “limited configurations” and the 新竹收購筆電lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i starting at $1,149.99. The ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 starts at $2,639, with availability starting in March 2024.As if all of that wasn’t enough to process, Acer is also jumping on the Intel Core Ultra bandwagon with the new Swift Go 14 and the gaming-focused Predator Triton Neo 16. The Swift Go 14 laptop comes with up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, while offering up to 12.5 hours of battery life and up to 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM for a starting price of $999.99. Meanwhile, the Predator Triton Neo 16 comes out in March 2024 and features up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H chip as well as up to an Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU. The Predator Triton Neo 16 starts at $1,499.99.While there’s clearly no shortage of laptops taking up Intel’s revamped chips, you may want to wait until Intel releases its Core Ultra 9 next year to get top-of-the-line models.Update December 1

▲ 新竹收購筆電lenovo推出劃時代新品Yoga Book 9i。（圖／翻攝自新竹收購筆電lenovo）

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新竹收購筆電lenovo推出劃時代新品Yoga Book 9i，業界第一款具備雙13.3吋OLED螢幕的筆電，360度翻轉技術搭配雙螢幕特色迸發雙倍靈感，機身搭載第13代Intel Core處理器、Bowers & Wilkins旋轉音箱與Dolby Atmos技術支援，達到創作力、生產力和娛樂的全新境界。

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全新Yoga Book 9i雙螢幕的設計賦予使用者者獨特的多功能體驗，創作者可以使用上方螢幕尋找素材、下方螢幕繪圖；工程師可以使用上方螢幕學習、下方螢幕編寫程式；直播主可以使用上方螢幕進行直播、下方螢幕玩遊戲；上班族可以使用上方螢幕登入線上課程學習、下方螢幕抄寫筆記等，享受跨螢幕多工的便利性。

Yoga Book 9i也可作為一台直立式螢幕使用，五指輕點螢幕拓展視野邊界，雙創作模式的上下螢幕完整呈現一個應用程式，一眼覽盡超長文件。若是在桌面空間不足的空間，像是飛機上、咖啡廳，Yoga Book 9i也能回歸筆電狀態，八指觸碰下方螢幕即可啟動虛擬鍵盤和觸控板，或是將隨附的磁吸式鍵盤放置在下方螢幕上，無縫切換使用模式。

▲ 螢幕本身具備可翻轉的特性。（圖／翻攝自新竹收購筆電lenovo）

當90度轉動Yoga Book 9i即可進入雙閱讀模式，立於專屬的皮套支架上，宛如一本開啟的書籍但卻有更多可能！使用者可以隨時在其中一個螢幕開啟文章閱讀，另一個螢幕則可開啟Smart Note作筆記，透過新竹收購筆電lenovo Digital Pen 3 觸控筆擷取重要段落、撰寫紀錄，達到事半功倍的效果。

Yoga Book 9i的翻轉特色加上雙螢幕，當筆電折疊成帳篷的形狀時，便進入雙展示模式，可以讓面對面溝通的使用者同時看到筆電畫面。對於臨時拜訪客戶的簡報需求，或是公司內討論會議需要共享畫面，都能輕鬆優雅的完成，更能透過觸控螢幕即時畫重點，大幅提升互動感。

▲ 現場展示各種應用。（圖／翻攝自新竹收購筆電lenovo）

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