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Intel says demand for Wildcat Lake laptop chips outstrips supply
The Verge reports Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said demand for budget-focused Wildcat Lake chips is outstripping supply, and CFO David Zinsner said the chips are sold out amid a broader memory shortage.
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Intel said demand for its budget-focused Wildcat Lake laptop processors is exceeding what it can ship, The Verge reported Thursday, citing comments on the company's latest earnings call1.
Chief executive Lip-Bu Tan said demand for the chips "is outstripping supply," according to The Verge1. Chief financial officer David Zinsner said the chips are now sold out and that Intel has "seen significant growth in Wildcat Lake," The Verge reported1.
The Verge said Wildcat Lake chips have been showing up in lower-cost Windows laptops, including a new Dell XPS 13 and the HP Omnibook 5 14, as RAM and other component shortages have pushed PC prices higher1. Those machines often start with 8GB of memory, which Windows laptops can struggle to run on, the report said1.
Zinsner, answering a question about memory supply, said Intel is "not optimistic about next year in terms of memory" and that the company's expectation is that conditions do not improve in 2027, The Verge reported1. The outlet said that outlook is more optimistic than SK Hynix's prediction that a RAM shortage will last through 20301.
Tan also pointed to a broader PC demand slowdown and said the industry is navigating a major supply shortage driven by demand related to artificial intelligence, according to The Verge1. Zinsner said Intel still thinks "the PC is going to go through a renaissance despite this"1.
