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Intel (INTC) unveiled the Core Ultra Series 3 processors at CES 2026 as the first AI PC platform built on its Intel 18A process technology. Top models like the Core Ultra X9 and X7 include up to 16 ...

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) unveiled architectural details for its next generation client processor Intel Core Ultra series 3, code-named Panther Lake. Shares of Intel rose about 1% on Thursday. Intel said ...

The new Intel Panther Lake CPUs are the first out of the fabs on its new in-house Intel 18A process node, with new P-Core and E-Core architectures, fresh next-gen Xe3 "Celestial" integrated graphics, ...

Intel is starting to reveal more details about its upcoming Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” chips for mobile devices. Unsurprisingly the company is promising big performance and efficiency gains – ...

Why it matters: Intel's new chips are more than technical upgrades – they're a statement. With Core Ultra 3 and Xeon 6+, built partly on its breakthrough 18A process, Intel is betting it can regain ...

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A new Intel document leak has surfaced, which appears to confirm that a new Intel gaming CPU is in the works with 12 P-Cores and no E-Cores. As it's the P-Cores (where the P stands for "performance") ...

Intel has reportedly abandoned plans to release a Nova Lake-generation desktop processor with a substantially enlarged integrated GPU containing 12 Xe cores. According to information attributed to ...

Intel’s next-generation mobile processor, “Panther Lake,” builds incrementally on the excellent “Lunar Lake” chip populating laptops right now. But there’s something odd afoot: a “16-core, 12 Xe ...