
Intel's 18A process node and the Panther Lake CPU that will be the first to use it are together looking like an absolutely critical turning point for the beleaguered chip maker. The good news for Intel is that Panther Lake is shaping up to be a killer mobile CPU, if the latest reports are accurate.
First up, according to some device ID listings uncovered by X user InstLatX64 (via WCCFTech), Panther Lake will be getting Intel's next-gen Darkmont E-cores, not the Skymont E-cores already seen in the Arrow Lake generation of CPUs.