Intel And Microsoft Team Up To Bring AI To Windows PCs At Scale, What You Need To Know
The new Meteor Lake processor is said to mark a significant milestone in the evolution of not just personal computing, but how users interact with technology as well. Intel states it begins with the "chiplet" system-on-chip (SoC) design which allows the company to deliver "advanced intellectual properties (IPs) and leading-edge processes to optimize segment-relevant performance and lower power."
Meteor Lake is the first PC platform from Intel featuring a built-in neural VPU, a dedicated AI engine integrated directly on the SoC to power efficiently run AI models, according to an Intel press release. The new processor will play a vital role in the future of innovation and PC experiences for consumers and businesses with its new neural VPU combined with AI accelerators on the CPU and GPU.

Meteor Lake developers can also look forward to being able to leverage developer tools, that include ONNX Runtime support enabled through OpenVino-EP and DirectML-EP. Developers can also take advantage of more effective machine learning and Microsoft Studio Effects, including background blur, eye automatic-framing, and voice focus.
Intel says this is just the beginning of an "exciting multiyear journey of AI-accelerated transformation at scale." The company is expected to ship millions of units of Meteor Lake with its dedicated AI engine, and as it scales up even more with future generations of products, it will put AI-accelerated experiences in the hands of hundreds of millions of people.