Intel is aiming for a newer and better NPU for the upcoming Nova Lake CPU family and won't be relying on the same gen NPU as Panther Lake.

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It's clear that Intel doesn't want to stick to the same gen NPU and wants to transition to a newer NPU on every successive generation. Even the Core Ultra 200V, i.e., Lunar Lake, brought a newer gen NPU vs Arrow Lake despite the fact that both launched around the same time frame. Arrow Lake, on the other hand, utilized the same Gen 3 NPU or NPU3 as found on Meteor Lake CPUs, but Intel transitioned to a newer NPU4 on the Lunar Lake processors.

One report has confirmed that Intel won't be using the same NPU on upcoming Nova Lake processors as on the Panther La

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