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15-03-2025
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Intel's Panther Lake appears in public for the first time — what we know about the new chip
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. It's no secret that Intel has struggled the last couple of years, with even the U.S. government considering stepping in to ensure the company survives. So, it's a bit of a big deal that Intel appears excited about its upcoming Panther Lake CPU, which was shown to the public for the first time in Germany. The new system-on-chips were seen by the German publication PC Games Hardware (via Wccftech) during the Embedded World 2025 event. This marks our first look at the Intel Core Ultra 300 mobile platform and, as more information comes out, what Intel's new 18A process will look like. If Intel is to dig out of its hole, the 18A process and Panther Lake need to be successful. The Panther Lake-H lineup will reportedly be the first entry, followed by HX variants at a later date. According to reports, the Core Ultra 300 lineup will feature Cougar Cove P-Cores and Skymont E-Cores. The iGPU is supposedly going to feature Xe3, an Xe architecture update which Wccf says is codenamed Celestial. Apparently, the new chips will have up to 16 cores and hit 180 TOPS for AI power. For reference, Microsoft currently requires PCs to hit 40 TOPs to be considered a Copilot Plus PC. Intel has a lot of competition in the CPU space now, as Qualcomm is building its own ARM-based chips and TSMC seems ready to take over the entire chip world from phones to laptops and everything in between. So, a strong debut for Panther Lake almost feels necessary. During Computex 2024, Intel confirmed that the Panther Lake series would launch in the second half of 2025. Though consumer devices might not launch until 2026. Intel Core Ultra 200U, 200H, 200HX and 200S PCs coming this month — here's everything we know Intel Nova Lake CPU specs leaked — and it's tipped to double PC performance Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU is the best-performing laptop processor according to new benchmarks — but Apple still beats it in this key area
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15-03-2025
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Panther Lake launch timeline looks clearer after first public showcase
Intel's Panther Lake chip has now been showcased in public, with the tech brand putting it on display at the Embedded World 2025 conference in Nuremberg, Germany. The Dutch publication, PC Games Hardware shared images of the chip on display, noting that this is the first time the Panther Lake SoC has been seen publicly, not being held up by Intel's former CEO Pat Gelsinger. With the company discussing more of its plans and timelines for the Panther Lake rollout in 2025 and beyond at the conference, more of the component's release strategy has become a lot clearer. Also referred to as the 'Core Ultra 300' mobile platform, Intel is banking on the Panther Lake being a powerful chip as it will be manufactured on the company's custom 18A process. Panther Lake follows the Core Ultra 100 'Meteor Lake' chip, which was released in 2023, and the Core Ultra 200 'Lunar Lake' chip, which is Intel's current flagship. Wccftech noted that Intel's Foundry business is counting on a successful rollout of the Panther Lake to propel its future in the market. The company has already detailed plans to introduce the Panther Lake-H lineup as its premiere offering, then Panther Lake-HX, and others. The coming chip will likely feature the Cougar Cove P-Cores and Skymont E-Cores architectures, as per current reports. Additionally, it is set to include the third-generation Xe3, onboard iGPU, codenamed 'Celestial.' The component follows the second-generation Xe 2 GPU 'Battlemage'. The Xe3 is expected to support at least 16 cores, powering up to 180 TOPS of AI power among its specifications, Wccftech noted. While the Core Ultra 300 is set to be manufactured under the 18A process, PC Games Hardware noted that Intel has split its production between its own Foundry and TSMC, with the latter manufacturer taking charge of the Xe3 graphics portion of the chip. Overall, Intel is still set to announce Panther Lake during the mid-2025 timeframe. This should put hardware partners on schedule to have products ready by January, in time for the coming CES 2026. The industry will surely be excited to see how the SoC will perform alongside similar next-generation chips from competitors.
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15-03-2025
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Intel Panther Lake CPUs Shown At Embedded World
Intel's next-generation Panther Lake processors were seen in the silicon flesh at the recent Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany. This is the first time the chips have been unveiled since their original debut last year, although they were merely bare dies here; no CPUs were seen in operation. That throws more fuel on the rumors that Intel may struggle to get these Core Ultra 300 processor designs out of the door and into devices before the end of the year. Intel's next-generation Panther Lake CPUs were first unveiled in 2024, by then-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. He outlined plans to launch Panther Lake in the second half of 2025, and Intel has reiterated that is the plan still, even with rumors swirling that full production of the new chips won't take place until 2026. The new CPUs are expected to have a mobile focus, with more low-power efficiency cores to improve idle performance while reducing power demands. They will also come equipped with a new generation of Xe graphics, which should make them much more capable at casual gaming without a dedicated GPU. The model pictured at Embedded World by PC Games Hardware (via VideoCardz), is the 16 core variant, featuring four Performance (P) cores, eight Efficiency (E) cores, and four low-power-efficiency cores (LPE). The high-end variants will have up to 12 of the new Xe graphics cores, although other variants will have as few as two. Each will also have support for Thunderbolt 4, faster LPDDR5X memory, and include a new neural processor for AI calculations. Credit: PC Games Hardware All Panther Lake CPUs will be built on a new core design, on a new Intel 18A process node, which has the potential to raise performance and efficiency over the last-generation designs. However, they will also include outside fabricated parts, with the graphics chip being produced on TSMC's N3E node instead. That isn't common in chip design but will lean into Intel's experience fabricating processors and TSMC's greater experience manufacturing GPUs. Despite this promising showing of the new chips in the real world, there are still concerns about whether Intel can meet its plans to launch Panther Lake in 2025. The move to 18A is a dramatic one, requiring changes to Intel's fabrication process. It has already faced some delays in 18A fabrication, so any further problems could push the launch of Panther Lake products until much later in the year, potentially into early 2026. It may be that we see a debut of some new products using these chips as part of an announcement, followed by a wider launch at CES in January next year.
