Intel used CES 2026 to launch its Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, positioning them as the first artificial intelligence PC platform built on Intel’s 18A process technology. The company states that these chips are designed and manufactured on what it describes as the most advanced process node in the United States, and are intended to reshape computing across consumer and business segments with an emphasis on performance, battery life and graphics capabilities. Intel says Intel Core Ultra Series 3 mobile processors will be available online and at in-store retailers, as well as via OEM partner storefronts, beginning Jan. 27, and notes that Intel Core Ultra Series 3 is available starting this month and will be the most broadly adopted artificial intelligence PC platform Intel has ever delivered.
At the annual CES event held Jan. 5-10, Intel leaders and ecosystem partners highlighted how Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors are engineered to deliver top performance across battery life, gaming, content creation and artificial intelligence workloads. The press kit describes the platform as serving consumers, businesses and the edge, with the chips bringing what Intel calls desktop-class gaming performance to mobile devices. Intel also frames the launch as enabling the next phase of edge artificial intelligence, which it terms agentic actioning, signaling a focus on more autonomous, on-device decision making in distributed environments.
The event showcase featured a Series 3 launch where Intel showed off 9 engaging demos highlighting gaming, artificial intelligence, content creation, retail, edge and additional scenarios, all running on PCs powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3. B-roll from the Intel Technology Showcase at CES 2026 focuses on artificial intelligence enabled experiences and demos, including platforms powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra processors and other innovations across the company. One featured example is the RoBee robot from Oversonic Robotics in Italy, which the press materials say is now powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 edge processors and is being tested to replace prior discrete GPUs on-device and for artificial intelligence training, with Intel emphasizing performance, efficiency, real-time on-device processing, fast responses and data privacy in demanding healthcare and manufacturing settings.
