Wednesday, April 2nd 2025
Intel Vision Presentation Labels Core Ultra 300 "Panther Lake" CPU Series as 2026 Products
Intel's freshly concluded Vision 2025 "Products Update and GTM" showcase included a segment dedicated to forthcoming Core Ultra 300 "Panther Lake" client processors. Industry watchdogs have grabbed a select few screenshots from Team Blue's broadcast from Las Vegas, Nevada—one backdropped slide confirms that Intel's next-generation mobile CPU series will launch in 2026. This information mirrors the company's Chinese office presenting of an AI PC roadmap—coverage of last month's event highlighted a scheduled first quarter 2026 "volume" arrival of "Core Ultra Next-gen Panther Lake (18A)."
Going back to early March, Intel leadership refuted online rumors of "Panther Lake" mobile CPUs being delayed into 2026, due to alleged problems encountered during the development of the Foundry service's 18A process node. An interviewed executive repeatedly insisted that his firm's brand-new series was on track for release within the second half of 2025. Fast-forward to the end of last week; Lip-Bu Tan expressed a similar outlook in a letter addressed to investors. The newly-established boss stated: "we will further enhance our (leadership) position in the second half of this year with the launch of Panther Lake, our lead product on Intel 18A, followed by Nova Lake in 2026." Industry insiders propose that the Core Ultra 300 series will become available in a very limited capacity come October, via an Early Enablement Program (EEP). Returning to this week—Jim Johnson, senior vice president of the firm's Client Computing Group, informed a watchful audience about the merits of his group's design: "I'm personally excited about Panther Lake because it combines the power efficiency of Lunar Lake, the performance of Arrow Lake, and is built to scale 18A and is on track for production later this year...Our client roadmap is the most innovative we've ever had, and we are far from done."
Intel's Business channel video description states: "hear Michelle Johnston Holthaus, CEO of Intel Product Group, Christoph Schell, Chief Commercial Officer, and guests talk about the technologies, solutions and opportunities that will shape our shared future."
TechPowerUp Editor's note: fast-forward (the above video) to the 27-minute 40-second mark for Jim Johnson's "Panther Lake" presentation segment.
Sources:
Wccftech, VideoCardz, Intel Newsroom YouTube Channel, PC World
Going back to early March, Intel leadership refuted online rumors of "Panther Lake" mobile CPUs being delayed into 2026, due to alleged problems encountered during the development of the Foundry service's 18A process node. An interviewed executive repeatedly insisted that his firm's brand-new series was on track for release within the second half of 2025. Fast-forward to the end of last week; Lip-Bu Tan expressed a similar outlook in a letter addressed to investors. The newly-established boss stated: "we will further enhance our (leadership) position in the second half of this year with the launch of Panther Lake, our lead product on Intel 18A, followed by Nova Lake in 2026." Industry insiders propose that the Core Ultra 300 series will become available in a very limited capacity come October, via an Early Enablement Program (EEP). Returning to this week—Jim Johnson, senior vice president of the firm's Client Computing Group, informed a watchful audience about the merits of his group's design: "I'm personally excited about Panther Lake because it combines the power efficiency of Lunar Lake, the performance of Arrow Lake, and is built to scale 18A and is on track for production later this year...Our client roadmap is the most innovative we've ever had, and we are far from done."
TechPowerUp Editor's note: fast-forward (the above video) to the 27-minute 40-second mark for Jim Johnson's "Panther Lake" presentation segment.
17 Comments on Intel Vision Presentation Labels Core Ultra 300 "Panther Lake" CPU Series as 2026 Products
Got my 7600 for 180 but intel is minimum 300
:eek:
not seeing it happen any time soon though
I guess AMD has something planned already for 2026 to destroy this.
Forget about it.
No mention of Xe³(p) *sadface
Also Halo Strix was a paper launch, we are getting the proper launch in Q3-4 2025
The only rumors that I've noticed is about increased core count, and probably the last thing we need for a mainstream platforms is more cores fighting over that thermal headroom. And if true, focusing on core count for the client space is usually what we see when real architectural improvements are lacking.