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Intel Demos Panther Lake CPUs at Computex
Intel Demos Panther Lake CPUs at Computex

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time05-06-2025

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Intel Demos Panther Lake CPUs at Computex

While Intel is touting the launch of its two Battlemage Pro GPUs at Computex, the chip maker also has samples of its much-anticipated Core Ultra 300 (Panther Lake) chips on hand, powering demo systems. That's an improvement from Embedded World, when the samples were on display without PCs. Some of the info is familiar: Intel says Panther Lake offers similar power efficiency as Lunar Lake but better performance, like Arrow Lake. That sounds great, but for now, we're hearing more about the processor than seeing it in action. Even on the demo systems, for example, performance numbers were in short supply. The samples completed AI workloads, edited images, and handled other tasks smoothly, but benchmark scores aren't on the table yet. John Burek, an executive editor for our sibling publication PCMag, had a close-up look at the samples in Taipei. Although Panther Lake chips likely won't be hitting the market until early 2026, the tech is far enough along for demonstrations. In fact, Intel reached the risk production stage for its 18A node in April. Panther Lake is built by Intel Foundry on Intel's sub-2nm 18A process, and the Foundry plans to use the same process to build chips for other chip designers. Intel said Panther Lake will likely reach consumers early in 2026. That gives Intel the second half of 2025 to ramp up production. It wasn't all that long ago that Intel was aiming for a 2025 release, but rumors suggested that 2026 was more likely. At this point, there's no reason to expect delays beyond early 2026, but Intel has too much riding on its 18A process to deliver the Panther Lake CPUs before they're ready. Intel had the samples running in PC, SFF, and notebook form factors. The notebooks on display were from OEMs such as Foxxconn. Seeing what Asus, MSI, Razer, and the like can do with Panther Lake will have to wait for later. The integrated graphics are a new design. We know from the chip's appearance at Embedded World that they'll have two to 12 Xe cores, depending on the model. A neural processor for AI calculations, Thunderbolt 4, and LPDDR5 memory are among the other features we're aware of at this point. The graphics chip appears set to be made by TSMC.

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