Intel has been talking numbers this week with the announcement of some reasonably positive financials for the final quarter of 2024 (you can read the full transcript here).
With that comes the usual chat around product and official confirmation that the Panther Lake mobile CPU is still due in the second half of 2024 using Intel's all-important new 18A silicon node.
But Intel said 18A wouldn't necessarily win all future CPU designs and also revealed how slowly the company's transition to advanced silicon has been.
In 2024, just over 5% of Intel's internal chip manufacturing was on its latest EUV-based nodes. «Looking ahead to the rest of the year, we will strengthen our client road map with the launch of Panther Lake, our lead product on Intel 18A in the second half of 2025,» Intel's new interim co-CEO Michelle Holthaus said on the latest earnings calls with the usual money men and spreadsheet soothsayers.
However, Holthaus also implied that Panther Lake using Intel's new 18A node doesn't automatically mean that all of the company's future CPUs will be coming back in house.