Windows 11 desktop PCs could soon get Copilot+ AI powers, as Intel might radically switch tactics with next-gen CPUs

• Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh is rumored for the second half of 2025
• These desktop CPUs supposedly come with a much more powerful NPU
• This will allow them to use Copilot+ features for the first time on the desktop – but gamers will be less than impressed, no doubt

Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh processors, which are rumored to be the next desktop CPUs from Team Blue arriving later in 2025, may come with a surprise twist – a focus on pepping up AI.

The Verge picked up an article from ZDNet Korea (translated) which claims that the main thrust of Arrow Lake Refresh will be a new NPU, and that the GPU and processor cores will remain the same as existing Arrow Lake chips.

The NPU being drafted over for the next-gen desktop CPUs is said to be the one included with Lunar Lake laptop CPUs ...