This is a pivotal moment for Intel. Lifelines may have come from the U.S. government and Nvidia, but Team Blue needs to be in fight back mode — which is exactly what the company’s done with Panther Lake, the new chip that will eventually (probably) be known as Intel Core Ultra series 3.
And looking back, the timeline has led up to this moment. Arrow Lake (Intel Core Ultra 200H and HX) brought the performance without the battery life, whereas Lunar Lake (Intel Core Ultra 200V) went hard on battery life at the sacrifice of performance.
