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Intel has teased a \u201cWindows refresh\u201d for 2024 which it hopes will boost its revenues. During Citi\u2019s analyst conference<\/a> last month Intel CFO David Zinsner discussed a Windows refresh next year, suggesting that consumers might upgrade their PCs because of a new release of Windows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe actually think 2024 is going to be a pretty good year for client, in particular because of the Windows refresh,\u201d said Zinsner at the Citi analyst conference on September 6th. \u201cWe still think that the install base is pretty old, and does require a refresh. We think next year may be the start of that given the Windows catalyst.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Zinsner\u2019s comments from a month ago were spotted by PC Gamer<\/em><\/a>, and come months after references to Windows 12 were leaked<\/a> from internal Intel documents. Intel is reportedly preparing its Meteor Lake desktop platform for a next generation of Windows, likely to be called Windows 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Intel has only officially announced Meteor Lake mobile chips so far, arriving in December<\/a> with a dedicated AI coprocessor inside. Meteor Lake is Intel\u2019s first CPU with different chiplets for each component and the first on its Intel 4 process node. The addition of an AI coprocessor could be important given Microsoft\u2019s push for AI features inside Windows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Microsoft hasn\u2019t announced any plans for Windows 12, but there are signs the company is looking to future versions of Windows to integrate AI-powered features. \u201cAs we start to develop future versions of Windows we\u2019ll think about other places where AI should play a natural role in terms of the experience,\u201d said Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft\u2019s head of consumer marketing, in an interview with\u00a0The Verge<\/em>\u00a0earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n