Intel unveils Wildcat Lake laptop to rival Apple MacBook Neo

10 articles · Updated · TechRadar · Apr 24

A 14-inch Intel reference laptop with a Wildcat Lake CPU, 16GB RAM, and MacBook-inspired design was showcased at an Intel event, offering twice the RAM of the MacBook Neo.
The Wildcat Lake chip features two performance cores, four low-power efficiency cores, and a 17 TOPS NPU, with power modes enabling fanless operation at 11W for silent performance.
This launch directly targets Apple's popular budget MacBook Neo, which has 8GB RAM, as Intel seeks to strengthen Windows laptops' competitiveness in the thin-and-light notebook segment.

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