Dell revels the results of Intel’s and AMD’s laptop partnership

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices recently got together to design their central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) in a more compact space within a laptop. One of the prime beneficiaries of that is Dell, which is launching a 15.6-inch 2-in-1 laptop today using the Intel-AMD combo chips.

I caught up with Dell executives Frank Azor — who oversees the Alienware, XPS, and gaming businesses — and Darrel Ward, the senior vice president of commercial client solutions at Dell. The company is revealing a bunch of new products today at CES 2018, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas. I went to a preview event and talked with the executives about their lineup, and Azor addressed the idea of making laptops smaller and more power-efficient while at the same time making them capable enough to run high-quality games.