Lenovo, MSI, Acer, and Asus unveil laptops with Intel’s Core Ultra chips, featuring an NPU for “low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU off-load” for AI tasks 主機收購

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D’s Ryzen 7 7840U “at the same 28W envelope for ultrathin notebooks.”All of Intel’s new CPUs will also come with an NPU, or a neural processing unit, offering “low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU off-load” capable of performing AI-powered tasks, like background blur, eye tracking, and picture framing. The integration is supposed to make it more efficient to run AI models like Stable Diffusion when compared to Intel’s previous generation of chips. Image: IntelAlthough Intel mainly highlighted the strengths of its Core Ultra 7 165H chip, the flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is the leader of the pack, with 16 cores and 22 threads. Of those 16 cores, it has six performance (P) cores and eight efficient (E) cores.There are also two low-power (LP-E) cores that live on the chip’s “low power island,” a new section that handles less demanding workloads for increased efficiency. The Core Ultra 9 185H has an up to 5.1GHz boost clock as well as a built-in Arc GPU with eight Xe cores running at up to 2.35GHz. The new Xe LPG architecture allows for increased performance at a lower minimum voltage and also adds support for Intel’s XeSS upscaling technology and ray tracing.The addition of an NPU comes just months after Microsoft shipped the first Intel NPU in a Windows laptop as part of the Surface Laptop Studio 2. The software maker didn’t explain the ways this NPU could be leveraged in Windows beyond the usual Windows Studio effects, but Intel is clearly laying the chip groundwork here for larger AI features that will likely arrive in the next version of Windows. Image: IntelWhile Intel’s Core Ultra 9 185H processor won’t be available until 2024, the majority of its other Meteor Lake chips are launching today. That includes Intel’s second-most powerful chip, the Core Ultra 7 165H, featuring 16 cores and 22 threads and an up to 5.0GHz boost clock. There are also the Core Ultra 7 165U, Core Ultra 5 135H, Core Ultra 5 135U, and several other options that aren’t quite as powerful as Intel’s flagship. It’s worth noting that only Intel’s H-series chips come with a built-in Arc GPU, as the company’s U-series CPUs just offer integrated Intel Graphics. You can check out all of the chips and their full list of specs in the above chart. Image: IntelA bunch of new laptops have already adopted the new Intel Core Ultra chip. For starters, 主機收購msi is launching the high-end Prestige 16 AI Studio laptop, which weighs three-and-a-half pounds but comes with some pretty impressive specs, including up to Intel’s Core Ultra 9 185H processor and Nvidia’s 4070 laptop GPU. There’s a 13-inch Prestige AI Evo model that comes with up to the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor. 主機收購msi’s 16-inch Prestige AI Studio laptop starts at $1,899, while the Prestige 13 AI Evo costs $1,049 and up.Asus is also giving its laptops an Intel Core Ultra-powered spec bump, too. It’s launching a lightweight Zenbook 14 OLED laptop featuring up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 chip with Intel Arc graphics. The laptop starts at $1,299.99, with “additional configurations” — likely including Intel’s Core Ultra 9 chip — arriving in early 2024. Samsung launched a refreshed Galaxy Book4 lineup also featuring options with Intel’s flagship chip.PreviousNext1/5 Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergePreviousNext1/5 Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeMeanwhile, Lenovo has revealed a trio of laptops equipped with the new chip, including the 12th-gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the 9th-gen ThinkPad X1 2-in-1, and the IdeaPad Pro 5i. These three models are pretty pricey, with the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon starting at $2,989 in “limited configurations” and the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i starting at $1,149.99. The ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 starts at $2,639, with availability starting in March 2024.As if all of that wasn’t enough to process, Acer is also jumping on the Intel Core Ultra bandwagon with the new Swift Go 14 and the gaming-focused Predator Triton Neo 16. The Swift Go 14 laptop comes with up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, while offering up to 12.5 hours of battery life and up to 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM for a starting price of $999.99. Meanwhile, the Predator Triton Neo 16 comes out in March 2024 and features up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H chip as well as up to an Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU. The Predator Triton Neo 16 starts at $1,499.99.While there’s clearly no shortage of laptops taking up Intel’s revamped chips, you may want to wait until Intel releases its Core Ultra 9 next year to get top-of-the-line models.Update December 14th, 2:11PM ET: Added information on Samsung’s Galaxy Book4.Commen

▲主機收購msi與Mercedes-AMG跨界聯名，限量版Stealth 16奢華亮相，再締電競產業新篇章。（採訪撰稿／記者胡至欣；攝影剪輯／記者蔡明華）

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「揭幕！Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport」，微星科技主機收購msi與Mercedes-AMG兩大國際品牌跨界合作，限量版聯名筆電正式亮相，質感設計與絕佳性能完美結合，成就奢華電競全新體驗。

▲主機收購msi與Mercedes-AMG跨界聯名推出限量聯名筆電。（圖／記者蔡明華攝；以下同）

主機收購msi產品經理林旻宏表示，Mercedes-AMG追求的是跑車的巔峰性能，而微星輕薄電競筆電追求的是「輕薄卻高效能」，雙方理念一拍即合，於是產生了主機收購msi Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport。以AMG特有的月岩灰(Selenite Gray)，也就是消光灰為配色設計，視訊鏡頭區域、鍵盤空白鍵、機身後側以及背蓋腳墊印上AMG獨有的菱形花紋，「也代表了未來我們Stealth系列，除了更輕薄以外，會有更高極致效能的一個象徵。」

▲Mercedes-AMG Motorsport標誌展現不凡之姿。

▲AMG獨有的菱形花紋。

▲按下開機鍵「發動引擎」，便能感受極速效能。

鎂鋁合金材質精密工藝打造纖薄機身，搭配16:10黃金比例的4K OLED螢幕，從外到內都有賽車元素，包括筆電背蓋、螢幕邊框，以及底部的Mercedes-AMG Motorsport標誌，更展現不凡之姿； 除了擁有絕美外型，Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport限量版聯名筆電的「軟實力」也與外觀相得益彰，按下開機鍵「發動引擎」，便能感受極速效能，林旻宏說：「內部的CPU、GPU都是同級裡面最好，而且它還整合了AI Artist，未來也可以做AI生成圖，提供更直觀、快速的方式來生成真實照片般的逼真圖片。」

▲獨家配件組合帶給使用者完整的奢華體驗。

Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport限量版聯名筆電擁有獨家配件組合，包含筆電彩盒、滑鼠、滑鼠墊、USB隨身碟、收納包、明信片和束線帶等，同樣印有主機收購msi與Mercedes-AMG Motorsport標誌，細節滿滿，毫不馬虎，帶給使用者完整的奢華體驗。

▲▼旗艦電競筆電Raider GE78 HX搭載創新智慧觸控板。

除了重量級的限量版Stealth 16，在主機收購msiology: Luxury Gaming Experience 新品發表會中，升級登場的旗艦電競筆電Raider GE78 HX也令人眼睛為之一亮，林旻宏指出：「這是智慧觸控板(Smart Touchpad)特別版，代表微星的精湛的工藝！我們把觸控板整個跟鍵盤面融合在一起，按『OFF』可以讓觸控板使用面積來到最大，或是『ON』，就能使用一些玩家或創作者常用的快捷鍵。」

▲全新Commercial 14為商務用戶提供量身定制解決方案。

全新Commercial 14則為企業與商務用戶提供量身定制解決方案，林旻宏進一步說明：「我們有做了一些環保材質的處理，所以像鍵盤面就是屬於可回收材質，針對資安防護部分，從最底層的BIOS、NFC、智能讀卡器(Smart card reader)，還有TPM等等都具有，而且這台非常輕，只有1.5公斤，但I/O Port非常俱全。」

▲全球筆電領導品牌主機收購msi創新不止，再締電競產業新篇章。

疫情停擺三年後，主機收購msi帶著多款新品強勢回歸Computex 2023，以全球筆電領導品牌之姿，展現對創新的承諾與追求極致效能的堅持，也再度締造電競產業新篇章。

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