Intel shows new laptops in comeback bid

LAS VEGAS: Intel Corp showed off laptop computers based on processors with a new design, part of the chip-maker's effort to make its products competitive again.

- IAN KING DINA BASS

Updated notebooks from the world’s biggest manufacturers will rely on Intel processors with the Panther Lake design and an improved manufacturing technique, the chipmaker said Monday during a presentation at the CES trade show in Las Vegas. Orders for consumer laptops with the new chips started yesterday, the company said, with global availability beginning on Jan 27.

The new laptops will offer consumers a leap in performance, particularly in running AI software, according to Jim Johnson, an Intel senior vice president. The company earlier introduced the Panther Lake technology at an event in October.

“The industry and Intel are both at a strategic inflection point in 2026,’ Mr Johnson said. Al is “a huge opportunity for all of us”

The company also said it plans to launch a platform for handheld video game devices, with more news coming from partners later this year.