"Intel turned up to CES 2026 to herald the birth of the Core Ultra Series 3, a new range of chips offering "exceptional performance." It says the mobile processors, formerly known as Panther Lake, deliver great graphics and battery life alongside the aforementioned grunt. And that, for the first time, the silicon has been certified for embedded and industrial use cases, including robotics and smart cities."
"These chips are going to be famous for two key reasons: First, Intel claims they're the most advanced chips ever manufactured in the US. Second, they're the first to be made using Intel's long awaited 18A process, which has dogged the company for several years. 18A was a key plank of former CEO Pat Gelsinger's rescue plan to restore Intel to the top of the chip world."
Intel introduced the Core Ultra Series 3 mobile processors, formerly Panther Lake, in Core Ultra 7/9 and Core X7/X9 ranges, with most models providing 16 total cores/threads and 12 Xe graphics cores. Almost all chips offer 50 PTOPS NPU performance. The silicon received certification for embedded and industrial use including robotics and smart cities. The chips are the company's first products made on the 18A (≈1.8 nm) process and are positioned as the most advanced chips manufactured in the US. 18A previously experienced low yields and defects; a CEO change occurred late 2024 and production ramping is now reported ahead of schedule.
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