# Intel says it’s selling every affordable laptop chip it can make

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/intel-says-its-selling-every-affordable-laptop-chip-it-can-make/
- Published: 2026-10-29T23:42:21+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T00:48:46+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1022911/intel-wildcat-lake-sold-out-ram-shortage
- Topics: Business, Companies, Gadgets, Technology

## Key points

- Intel says all its Wildcat Lake chips are sold out.
- The budget chips are finding demand as PC prices rise.
- Intel expects memory supply to remain tight in 2027.

## Summary

Intel says demand for its budget-focused Wildcat Lake laptop chips is exceeding supply, with the company’s entire current supply sold out. The surge comes as a shortage of memory and other components pushes up PC prices, making lower-cost laptops an important option for buyers.

Wildcat Lake chips are appearing in affordable Windows laptops such as Dell’s XPS 13 and HP’s Omnibook 5 14, though some models start with only 8GB of RAM. Intel does not expect memory supply to improve in 2027, but says conditions may ease in 2028; SK Hynix has forecast the shortage could continue through 2030. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan linked supply pressures to demand for AI, while CFO David Zinsner said he expects the PC market to experience a “renaissance”.

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