Intel shores up its desktop CPU lineup with boosted Core Ultra 200S Plus chips

Intel's Core Ultra 200S desktop chips, codenamed "Arrow Lake," first launched in late 2024, and they were the most significant updates to Intel's desktop CPU lineup in years. But that didn't mean they were always improvements over what came before: while they're power-efficient and run cooler than older 13th- and 14th-generation Core CPUs, they sometimes struggled to match those older chips' gaming performance. And for gaming systems in particular, they've always had to live in the shadow of AMD's Ryzen 7000 and 9000-series X3D processors...