Panther Lake's capable B370 iGPU may never reach laptops or handhelds

AI-driven demand at Computex has pushed up memory prices and tightened spare capacity, a pressure that helps explain why some Panther Lake processor options look unlikely to appear in consumer laptops. The memory crunch has been linked to a downturn in the DIY PC market and higher costs across devices.

The top Panther Lake chips come with the 12 Xe-core B390 iGPU, the graphics component going into the Intel Arc G3 Extreme. The B370 is the integrated graphics chip that appears in the Core Ultra 5 338H, comes with 10 Xe cores and ought to deliver a similarly high level of gaming performance but in a cheaper package — the version many were hoping to see in affordable Core Ultra Series 3 laptops.

At a demo of the new Intel Arc G3 Extreme in several handhelds, Tom Petersen said, "I don't know the answer to that one," and added, "It's a great question.

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