Intel's desktop platforms will continue to use a chipset that's totally separate from the CPU package, unlike its laptop chips, which combine a CPU/GPU/chipset. The new 800-series chipsets can support "up to" 24 PCIe 4.0 lanes, which can be used for M.2 SSDs and various ports depending on how your motherboard maker decides to use them.

HP is the first with a new gaming PC powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K 'Arrow Lake-S' desktop CPU, with the upcoming HP Omen 35L Gaming PC.

Intel has annouced its Core Ultra 200S gaming processors, the successor to the Intel Core i9-14900K that launched back in 2023. Instead of being pure gaming chips like their predecessors, though, this lineup, known as Raptor Lake-R, is working NPUs (Neural Processing Units) into the chips for the first time in a desktop processor.

Intel announced its newest desktop processors this week, the Intel Core Ultra 200 series, which is the first desktop processor with a built in NPU for AI workloads. The new processor series, previously known by its codename,

Intel's new desktop Core Ultra 20S Series chips pack a punch -- and they arrive with dedicated NPUs for AI processing.