Intel Launches Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" Mobile Processors

The Intel Arc Graphics with Core Ultra processors should be quite exciting. Intel's open-source Linux graphics stack has stable Meteor Lake support exposed by default beginning with Linux 6.6.

Testing the Intel Arc Graphics performance under Linux should be quite exciting.

The Intel NPU of Meteor Lake is already supported by the mainline Linux kernel and will work on Linux with the likes of OpenVINO.

The product stack for Intel Core Ultra is quite interesting but sadly the Intel Arc GPU graphics is limited to the H-series parts while the U-series with "Intel Graphics" is limited to just 4 Xe cores compared to up to 8 Xe cores with the H-series.

Intel says there will be laptop designs with Core Ultra debuting as soon as today.

Unfortunately no Linux benchmarks or other data to share today... With typically not receiving any review samples of laptop reference designs from Intel or partners for Linux testing, it's left up to whatever hardware I find in my budget for Linux testing in the near future. So hopefully there will be some robust availability at different price points and I'll manage to find my hands on some Meteor Lake hardware soon for some Linux support and performance benchmarking on Phoronix. Stay tuned for hearing about the Linux support and experience of Intel Core Ultra.