Intel confirms that “Panther Lake” is launching in 2025
Intel shows “Panther Lake” on stage at CES 2025
Has the Intel of old returned? At CES 2025, Intel’s interim co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus showed their next-generation 18A “Panther Lake” chip on stage. On stage, she confirmed that Intel’s next-generation “Panther Lake” CPUs will be released in 2025.
With these new processors, Intel’s CPUs will return to an Intel lithography node. Furthermore, this marks the return of Intel’s rapid release schedule. Panther Lake is due to launch just one year after the release of Arrow Lake on Intel’s 18A lithography node.
Earlier today, Intel confirmed that their 18A products are already being sampled to customers. Furthermore, the company confirmed that 18A products would be entering volume production in H2 2025.
Overheard at #CES2025 👀: Panther Lake, the lead product on Intel 18A, will launch in the second half of 2025. pic.twitter.com/Msfo38uFzE
— Intel News (@intelnews) January 6, 2025
Rumour has it that Panther Lake will combine new “Cougar Cove” P-Cores and their existing “Skymont” E-Cores. That means that these new CPUs will feature a more advanced lithography node and a more advanced P-core design. This should enable notable performance gains for Intel’s next-generation CPUs alongside efficiency enhancements. With 18A, Intel’s foundries have returned to the leading edge of silicon manufacturing, and with Panter Lake, let’s hope that Intel’s product team has taken full advantage of that.
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