Intel boss confirms Panther Lake is on track for mid-2025 release date - with some bold claims

Intel has confirmed that the upcoming 18A process Panther Lake CPU generation is on track for a mid-2025 release date.

As confirmed in the company's Q1 2024 Quarterly Results, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger reaffirmed that the new upcoming 18A chipset line is being fabricated right now. That puts the processors on track to be coming out about a year from now.

Gelsinger said in the earnings call: "The Core Ultra platform delivers leadership AI performance today with our next-generation platforms launching later this year, Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake tripling our AI performance." Continuing with bold claims for its future tech: "In 2025 with Panther Lake, we will grow AI performance up to an additional 2x".

It's the culmination of what Team Blue has described as its 'Execution Engine' with five new process nodes in production over four years. It began with the Intel 7 ...