Panther Lake is the most important chip Intel has made in years. It’s the one that will tell the world if a smaller , more focused Intel can still meet or beat the competition from Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm . It’s the first on Intel’s 18A process, the one Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger claimed would right the ship and make Intel a manufacturing leader before he was unceremoniously shown the door last December . That’s a lot riding on one piece of silicon when it arrives in late 2025 and early 2026! But