"We had been too slow to adapt and to meet your needs," Lip-Bu Tan said of Intel's customers on Monday.

SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk acquires Intel for $133 billion, renames CPUs to Core xAI and will power Microsoft's next-generation Xbox console in 2026.

Still, the elephant in the room is not the non-core assets but whether Intel will remain whole or split up its CPU and contract manufacturing businesses. At the same time, however, Intel’s decision to shed non-core assets will bring much-needed stability during the turnaround that Tan envisions for this chip industry pioneer.

Microsoft has announced a major update for its Copilot+ PCs: It is now expanding access to tools previously exclusive to Snapdragon-powered devices. The update will bring Live Captions, Cocreator, Restyle Image, and Image Creator to Copilot+ PCs with AMD Ryzen AI 300 series or Intel Core Ultra 200V processors.

Specifically, Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs will be the first to gain Live Captions support for Simplified Chinese as well as the first Voice Access upgrade that takes advantage of the NPU.

Microsoft says that owners of Copilot+ PCs with qualifying chips from AMD and Intel can expect to see features like Paint's Cocreator and Live Captions soon.

An Intel Arrow Lake refresh is reportedly in the works for enthusiasts, along with "uplift" performance profiles for existing gaming CPUs.

Everybody has been discussing the ongoing challenges with Intel’s latest series. This has led to a more cautious mood among tech experts, particularly when comparing the performance of the Intel Core Ultra 200 series against the 14th generation processors.