Intel is working on a myriad of processors at the moment, spanning across generations and use cases. While Nova Lake is perhaps the most exciting launch everyone is looking forward to, Panther Lake is the actual upcoming mobile architecture from the company, and it has just been spotted (by @momomo_us) in its retail form for the first time. DFI—a popular name in the industrial PC hardware space—has unveiled a new ITX motherboard featuring Panther Lake-H, aptly called PTH171/PTH173.
Despite having the PTL-H chip soldered onto the board, this is not a MoDT (mobile on desktop) config as it's not intended for mainstream desktop usage. Instead, it's for embedded systems—like an SoM (system on module) or SBC (single board computer)—that large businesses integrate within their existing pipelines. The advertised 25W TDP, which is on the lower end, further confirms this. Therefore, the board has no x16 PCIe slot for a GPU; instead, it relies on the integrated graphics of the Panther Lake-H chip and has 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort (version unknown), 1x USB Type-C, and 1x M.2-A ports for video output.
