Overview
- Intel detailed its Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips on 18A with a modular “System of Chips” design, up to 16 cores, and new Xe3 graphics, touting big gains in multi‑thread and iGPU performance.
- Dell brought back XPS with 14‑ and 16‑inch models available today, priced from $2,049.99 and $2,199.99, featuring Panther Lake, optional tandem OLED panels, new 900ED battery cells, and a claim of up to 40 hours of local video playback.
- HP’s OmniBook Ultra 14 adds Intel and Qualcomm options, with the Intel model arriving in January from $1,549.99 and a Snapdragon X2 Elite version slated for spring that lists an NPU up to 85 TOPS.
- Asus refreshed ROG flagships: the Zephyrus G16 pairs Panther Lake with up to an RTX 5090, the G14 offers Intel or Ryzen AI 400 with up to an RTX 5080, and the Zephyrus Duo introduces dual 16‑inch 3K OLED touchscreens alongside upgraded cooling.
- MSI’s Stealth 16 AI Plus targets March with a Panther Lake CPU, a 240Hz OLED display, and Nvidia GPUs up to RTX 5090 capped at 100W, as reviewers note that performance, battery, and brightness claims still await independent testing.