In fact, the Arrow Lake notebook CPUs will arrive in Q1 2025, in next-gen laptops, specifically with Core Ultra 200H and Core Ultra 200HX flavors, which are mainstream and enthusiast (very powerful) processors respectively.

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.

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

Intel has unveiled the new Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake chips, its next-generation silicon platform for desktop computers billed as an official successor to Lunar Lake. The five new chips in the series include the base 245K and 245KF versions (Core Ultra 5),