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Intel invited me to Taipei, Taiwan, to visit its most extensive Intel Tech Tour to date.
Intel funded travel and expenses to Taipei, Taiwan, and provided confidential information under an embargo agreement.

Michelle Johnston Holthaus unveils the Lunar Lake SoC on stage at the third Intel Tech Tour.
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Lunar Lake bumps up its NPU-specific score to an impressive 48 peak TOPS.
However, performance improvements are only half of the puzzle.

Rob Bruckner summarizes Intel’s roadmap for Lunar Lake.
For battery life, Lunar Lake reduces the SoC power by up to 40%.
This is a major step for mobile and you WILL notice it.
However,follow-up months have delivered significant improvementswith game-specific fixes in new drivers.

Darren Crews highlights the performance advancements of the new NPU 4 in Lunar Lake.
We’re doubling down on Intel Arc graphics (which are) foundational for our experiences.
Still, he didn’t avoid the topic of gaming.
I’ll explain more throughout the week, so check back here at Windows Central to hear more soon.

A side-by-side demonstration showed 4K 24 FPS video streaming with lower power consumption over Meteor Lake.
Is Intel ready for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs?
Comparisons to ARM and Qualcomm’sSnapdragon X platformwere unavoidable during the Q&A portions of the Intel Tech Tour.
In her opening keynote, Michelle stated, “Lunar Lake delivers a faster core performance than ARM.”

F1 2024, a pre-release title during the tour, ran on Lunar Lake at 1080p with ray-traced shadows and XeSS enabled.

Wi-Fi 7 streaming on Lunar Lake had Death Stranding smoothly demonstrated with NVIDIA GeForce NOW.

Michelle Johnston Holthaus touched on Intel’s work with Microsoft and addressed ARM concerns.















