- Intel’s Panther Lake chip uses new 18A manufacturing process
- Intel aims to reassure itself with technical briefings and factory tour
- Intel expects Panther Lake to use 30% less power than previous generation
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The company conducted hours of technical briefings and factory tours in Arizona for industry analysts last week on the New Panther Lake microarchitecture, including detailed explanations of the graphics and central processor cores and its media engine, according to the sources. Intel revealed a redesigned AI engine and the company’s efficiency and performance processor cores, which have been redesigned for the 18A manufacturing process.
Intel executives said the Panther Lake chips will be available in early 2026, according to the sources. The new chips use 30% less power than the previous generation, and its graphics and central processors will receive a 50% increase in their ability to crunch data in certain situations, according to a second source briefed on the chips.
Technical briefings conducted last week for a group of analysts and journalists highlighted the importance of Panther Lake’s success to Intel, which has struggled to make the cutting-edge chips.
An Intel spokesperson said the company holds technical briefings in the fall most years on various topics, but declined to comment further.
Last week, as part of the briefings, Intel held a tour for journalists and industry analysts of its factories in Arizona, including one called Fab 52, the People said. Intel launched FAB 52 in 2021 as part of former CEO Pat Gelsinger’s multibillion-dollar global expansion plan to compete with TSMC in the contract manufacturing sector.
Fab 52 houses Intel’s in-house 18A manufacturing process, which includes a new transistor design and method of delivering power to the chip more efficiently. The visit was intended to demonstrate Intel’s manufacturing prowess and show off the chip factory, or FAB, that it will use for high-volume manufacturing of Panther Lake chips. Reuters did not attend this tour.
Reporting by Max A. Cherney in San Francisco; Editing by Matthew Lewis
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