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Intel unveiled its new Panther Lake Series 3 processors today at CES.
They're its first large-scale chips made with the new 18A manufacturing process.
Intel boasts next-generation power efficiency and increased AI performance.
Intel officially announced its next generation of processors at its CES 2026 keynote: the Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake", and Intel says they're poised to deliver the highest power efficiency, graphics power, and of course, AI performance yet.
The keynote kicked off the start of CES 2026 in Las Vegas, with Intel's Senior VP Jim Johnson taking to the stage to officially launch the Panther Lake processor family -- the first built on its new 18A node and boasting nearly 50% more performance than its Lunar Lake chips, while harnessing greater power efficiency.
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They're powerful chips, featuring up to 16 cores, built-in Intel Arc GPU with Xe3 chip architecture, and a new NPU with up to 50 TOPS, while supporting LPDRR5 memory up to 9GB at speeds of up to 9600 MT/s and DDR5 up to 128GB.
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