At CES 2026, Intel unveiled its first mobile processor built on the 18A advanced process node, the Core Ultra Series 3, code-named Panther Lake. The launch marks Intel’s first large-scale production of 18A chips at Fab 52 in Chandler, Arizona, a milestone seen as critical to reviving its mobile PC business. The debut also served as a direct response to lingering market doubts over Intel’s process-node execution, signalling renewed confidence in its next-generation manufacturing roadmap.