Intel announced earlierFourth quarter financial results for fiscal year 2024, with sales revenue reaching $143 billion, down 7% from the same period last year, and full-year sales revenue for fiscal year 2024 reaching $531 billion, down 2% from the previous year. As for sales revenue in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, Intel expects it to reach between $117 billion and $127 billion. It also revealed that the Intel 18A process will be used to produceThe next generation of laptop processors codenamed "Panther Lake"It is expected to be launched smoothly in the second half of this year, and it is planned to launch a laptop processor product code-named "Nova Lake" in 2026.
Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel's interim co-CEO and director of the Client Computing DivisionExplainThe next two generations of laptop processors will be successfully launched. The new generation of laptop processors code-named "Panther Lake" has begun to be shipped to partners for testing and is expected to be launched in the second half of this year. The laptop processor code-named "Nova Lake" will also be successfully launched in 2026.
The successful entry of "Panther Lake" into the market means that Intel's 18A process technology is progressing smoothly, and it also means that Intel will be able to provide foundry services with this process. As for the notebook processor code-named "Nova Lake", previous rumors indicated that it might be produced using TSMC's 2nm process, but it may also be produced using Intel's own Intel 14A process.
In addition, Intel has confirmed that the processors codenamed "Panther Lake" and "Nova Lake" will no longer use a memory merged packaging design, in order to meet the needs of cooperating with many OEMs to promote a diversified laptop ecosystem. It will also allow laptop products designed with processors such as "Panther Lake" to have greater flexibility in adjusting memory capacity design, unlike "Lunar Lake" which only provides 16GB and 32GB specifications.
As for the previously announced Ångström-level process technology,Falcon Shores XPUIt currently seems to be produced using Intel's 18A process, but is expected to be used for internal testing and will not enter the general commercial market. It is expected to be provided in specific markets using the subsequently developed Jaguar Shores architecture, but the specific launch schedule has not yet been confirmed.
