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Framework delays its first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month

2026-06-10T19:12:51-04:00

The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is delayed. The new 13-inch Framework flagship was set to launch in June, but shipments from the first batch are now expected in July - and there's still a chance some shipments could slip to early August. If you're not in the first batch, your Laptop 13 Pro shifts from a July shipment to August, though some could be as late as early September.

Framework informed customers who preordered a Laptop 13 Pro of the delay via email, outlining the reasons for the extra wait. The main culprits are the new haptic trackpad and custom display. Mainboard preorders and any orders that didn't include these components are sti …

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Apple reportedly has a deal to use Intel-made chips again

2026-05-08T14:00:21-04:00

Apple and Intel reached a "preliminary agreement" for Intel to make chips for Apple hardware, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Apple had famously moved on from Intel-powered computers with its highly successful transition to Apple Silicon, but now it appears the two companies will be working closely together again.

Intel appointed Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO in March 2025, and in August, the US government took a 10 percent stake in the company.

The WSJ says that it's "still unclear" what Apple products will get Intel chips. Intel spokesperson Kiana Ducey declined to comment. Apple didn't immediately reply to a request for comment.

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Intel’s cheaper Panther Lake chips are for budget-friendly laptops

2026-04-16T09:08:34-04:00

Intel is announcing a family of cheaper Panther Lake laptop processors called the Core Series 3 line. They're built on the same Intel 18A process as the higher-end Core Ultra Series 3 family of chips, but they have less of just about everything spec-wise.

The Core Series 3 (non-Ultra) line encompasses six different chips, with the highest end being a six-core Intel Core 7 360 and the low-end model being a five-core Intel Core 3 304. Compared to their Ultra counterparts, the Core Series 3 across the board have fewer CPU cores, Xe graphics cores, and PCIe lanes. They're capable of less TOPS, a lower TDP wattage, and are limited to two Thunder …

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Intel will help build Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip factory

2026-05-07T17:44:43-04:00

Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip project in Austin, Texas, is gaining a crucial new partner: Intel.

On Tuesday, the American chipmaker announced it was signing on to help design and build the sprawling facility, which would supply AI chips to Musk's two companies, SpaceX (newly merged with xAI) and Tesla. Musk needs AI chips to power his plans to build a "robot army" that includes self-driving cars and humanoid robots, as well as for the data centers he plans on launching into space. SpaceX plans on making its initial public offering later this year.

"Terafab will close the gap between today's chip production and the future's demand - a future …

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Intel and LG Display may have beaten Apple and Qualcomm with the best laptop battery life ever

2026-03-26T05:56:40-04:00

One of the coolest laptops we saw at CES in January was the new Dell XPS 16, with a unique 1-120Hz variable refresh rate display that can sip power when you don't need the screen to stay speedy.

Just how little power might it consume? Notebookcheck has tested a version of the laptop with that LG Display screen and a new Intel Panther Lake chip - and it appears to be the most efficient laptop that's ever gone through its Wi-Fi web browsing test. At idle, the Core Ultra 325 laptop drew as little as 1.5 watts, and lasted nearly 27 hours of web browsing despite only housing a 70 watt-hour pack. That's well shy of the 99.5Wh Dell has sometimes …

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Arm’s first CPU ever will plug into Meta’s AI data centers later this year

2026-05-08T15:05:21-04:00

After decades of only licensing its chip designs for others to use, UK-based Arm revealed the first chip it's producing on its own, and the first customer. Dubbed the Arm AGI CPU, it's another chip designed for inference, or running the cloud processing for AI tools like AI agents that can continue to spawn more and more tasks to run at once. The first company in line to use it is Meta, which has reportedly struggled to launch its own AI chips.

Meta says it's both the lead partner and co-developer, and plans to work on "multiple generations" of the data center CPUs, for use along with hardware from other vendors like Nvidia and AMD. Arm cus …

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Intel announces Core Ultra 200HX Plus CPUs for high-end gaming laptops

2026-03-23T08:20:03-04:00

Intel has a pair of new flagship CPUs coming to a variety of pricey gaming laptops: the Core Ultra 9 290 HX Plus and Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus. The Arrow Lake Refresh chips sport 24 cores / 24 threads and 20 cores / 20 threads, respectively. Like Intel's recently announced desktop CPUs, the new Plus models for laptops are "pushed further for enthusiasts," and also feature the Intel Binary Optimization Tool that can improve native performance "in select games."

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Intel's Josh Newman states that the new chips "deliver meaningful, real‑world performance gains so users can experience smoother gameplay, faster creation workflows, and mo …

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Intel announces Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus, its ‘fastest gaming desktop processors ever’

2026-03-11T12:29:35-04:00

Intel hasn't made it easy to buy a flagship desktop chip. The company's 2022 and 2023 Raptor Lake chips ran hot, power-hungry, and had those infamous crashes, while 2024's Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 285K had lackluster gaming performance that the company has tried to address with updates.

Now, Intel claims it has finally surpassed both predecessors with "Intel's fastest gaming desktop processors ever": the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and 250K Plus, shipping March 26th.

While we don't have every detail today, the company claims the 24-core, 5.5GHz turbo Core Ultra 7 270K Plus can beat both the Raptor Lake i9-14900K and the Arrow Lake U …

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Intel Panther Lake laptop CPU review: call it a comeback

2026-01-26T08:26:04-05:00

Panther Lake CPUs in hand at CES 2026.

Intel's been talking the talk for months about its new generation of laptop chips, the first made on its long-anticipated 18A process. 18A is meant to steer Intel back toward bluer waters by making its chips better, and, if possible, attracting chip designers like Qualcomm and Nvidia to use Intel's foundries, not just its rival TSMC's. Last year's Arrow Lake chips received a mixed reception, particularly desktop versions. The mobile-only Lunar Lake chips, on the other hand, were great, showing that the x86 architecture still has plenty of fight in it against a slowly rising tide of Arm-based Windows laptops. But Lunar Lake was a one-off that …

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Asus Zenbook Duo (2026) review: twice as nice — for a price

2026-02-11T19:52:53-05:00

I’m seeing double, and I’m digging it.

The most helpful thing you can add to any laptop for productivity is a second screen. That's why I love laptops like the Asus Zenbook Duo. Its twin 14-inch OLED displays are attached by a redesigned hinge that now holds them closer together and on a single plane, for a more seamless look than previous models. The Zenbook Duo and its nearest rival look odd at first glance, but having a twin monitor setup available to you anywhere is incredibly handy. And so cool, too. Let them stare.

In addition to the new hinge, the 2026 Zenbook Duo gets Asus' lightly textured Ceraluminum coating (which sounds silly but looks and feels great), a much larger …

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