Intel's Core Ultra CPUs kickstart the AI PC era. Software will determine its future

The AI PC, propelled by Intel's Meteor Lake, is almost here. So why should you care? Intel is building NPU AI inferencing engines into its processors beginning with its 14th-gen Core chip, Meteor Lake, also known as the Core Ultra. Robert Hallock, an AMD veteran now overseeing technical CPU marketing for Intel's microprocessors, said Tuesday that Intel's goal by 2025 is to ship 100 million "AI PCs," a term Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger began using in July. Intel announced the architecture behind the 14th-gen Core Ultra chip on Tuesday, the same day as Intel's Innovation conference began in San Jose.