Much of the non-graphics aspects of Panther Lake include a lot of optimizations over previous generations, plus a move to Intel's smaller (2nm) 18A process node, which should result in the relevant chips being better overall, drawing notably less power. The first systems incorporating the 3 Series processors begin shipping immediately.

Acer just revealed the Predator Helios Neo 16S AI laptop at CES 2026. It comes with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 GPU.

Acer unveils refreshed Swift and Aspire AI laptops at CES 2026, featuring Intel Core Ultra processors, programmable hotkey, and more.

AMD's refreshed Ryzen 7 9850X3D is up to 27% faster than Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K: up to 48% faster in Counter-Strike 2, and 32% faster in Cyberpunk 2077.

AMD announced the latest version of its AI-powered PC chips designed for a variety of tasks from gaming to content creation and multitasking.

AMD is introducing an improved version of its popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor today at CES. The new Ryzen 7 9850X3D offers up the same 8-core / 16-thread CPU as the 9800X3D, running at even faster boost clocks.