Intel Wildcat Lake

While Wildcat Lake might be the heart of Firefly laptops, the actual Firefly laptop reference design was worked in conjunction with China’s tech ecosystem, Neelalojanan said. Those companies were accustomed to stripping out as much cost as possible for China’s phone ecosystem, and Intel leveraged that as part of the Firefly designs. Neelalojanan called that a “recipe” for further innovation, and across the rest of the world. “The program itself kick-started that platform innovation for this part of the segment, and you’ll see a lot more designs,” Neelalojanan said. On Intel’s video, Gao showed

It’s OK to be wary of budget Windows laptops. For many years, the $600-$700 range of PCs was underwhelming, with cheap plastic bodies, mild features, and so-so performance. That’s not the case with the XPS 13. Not only is it truly an XPS device from a design standpoint — CNC-machine aluminum chassis, superb keyboard and touchpad, beautiful 2.5K display — but also in terms of performance. As Neelalojanan remarks, productivity performance and battery life on the XPS 13 with Wildcat Lake aren’t much different from Lunar Lake. And in terms of AI, although the XPS 13 isn’t a superstar, it’s a great