Intel Core Series 3 Launched: Wildcat Lake Hunts Apple MacBook Neo

Intel fired a return shot at Apple's MacBook Neo with today's launch of its Core Series 3 processors, otherwise known as Wildcat Lake, based on the same Intel 18A process node as Panther Lake. While Intel is not releasing any laptops of its own, the new chips arm Intel's hardware partners with more affordable silicon to compete against Apple's aggressive entry into the lower-cost laptop market.

Put another way, Intel says the Core Series 3 is "purpose-engineered for value" and based on the "most advanced logic node developed and manufactured in the United States." The new chips target laptop solutions for schools, small businesses, and value buyers, and over a dozen partners are either to go, or soon will be, with new laptop models built around Wildcat Lake.

"At a time when prices are rising and expectations are shifting, Intel Core Series 3 elevates value-orientated computing ...