Revealed at Computex 2021, the chipmaker says the new Intel 5G Solution 5000 modem will be available in laptops from Acer, ASUS and HP later this year and in more than 30 laptop designs by 2022.

Asus too benefited a great deal. Its total shipments in 2021 were a little under a million — which grew from 0.6 million in the year of Covid. Su says that the demand for new laptops was spread ...