Intel’s Core Ultra 200S series is coming to desktops on October 24th. The chip focuses on performance per watt and has an integrated NPU.

The new Core Ultra 200S CPU series, codenamed Arrow Lake, is said to be cooler and more efficient in power consumption than previous editions. What is noteworthy is that this is Intel’s first desktop CPU with an integrated NPU or Neural Processing Unit. An NPU is specifically designed to perform AI tasks faster than GPUs.

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“The CPU delivers Intel’s best performance in desktops and laptops. “It can achieve this performance with significantly lower power consumption and also delivers both the first Intel AI desktop and the first Intel AI laptop,” General Manager Josh Newman told The Verge.

Compared to previous generations, you can expect energy consumption to be halved. Thanks to the NPU, creative people who want to work with AI are also in the right place. However, with their 13 TOPS (Tera Operations per Second) they are not eligible for the Copilot Plus certificate.

Intel is also improving memory support with the Core Ultra 200S series and Z890 motherboards, supporting up to DDR5-6400, up to 48GB per DIMM, and up to 192GB maximum capacity. The new hardware is expected to be available in stores from October 24th.

It’s been less than a month since Intel launched the Core Ultra 200V CPU series. The 200S series is perfect for heavy-duty tasks, while the 200V series focuses primarily on energy efficiency rather than powerful performance.