Intel quietly pushes ‘Arrow Lake Refresh’ CPUs into gaming laptops

Intel quietly revealed the mobile version of its “Arrow Lake Refresh” processors on Tuesday, adding both the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and Ultra 7 270HX Plus in a bid to capture the gaming laptop space.

Last week, Intel debuted its Core Ultra 200S Plus series for desktop PCs, trying to overcome a somewhat mediocre launch of its older “Arrow Lake” chips. Intel’s two new Arrow Lake Refresh chips offer the same upgrades: a 900MHz increase in die-to-die frequency between the memory controller and CPU...