Intel's Lunar lake design for mobile processors is made for very thin and light devices. Intel might also increase the standard power level for these chips from 15 watts to 17 watts and let them adjust up to 30 watts if needed. Tests have shown that these "Lunar Lake" chips are nearly 50% better at doing many things at once than the "Meteor Lake" chips, even though they have fewer threads. This shows that the new parts of the chip, called "Lion Cove" and "Skymont," are a big step forward. The "Lion Cove" part will also be used in another series of Intel chips called "Arrow Lake" for desktops and laptops.

The key features of the "Lunar Lake" chips include their use in thin laptops, the new "Lion Cove" and "Skymont" parts, a new graphics architecture called "Battlemage," and support for fast memory. They can have up to 8 parts and 64 graphics units. They also have a neural processing unit that's three times faster than the one in "Meteor Lake" chips. These new chips are expected to come out in late 2024 and be widely available in 2025.

Companies that make devices might already be looking at early versions of these "Lunar Lake" chips to plan their future products. The nearly 50% better performance is based on specific tests. Intel hopes these new chips will be used in laptops to compete with popular models like the Apple MacBook Air. The design of these chips, which puts the processor and memory together, aims to save space on the device's main board.