Intel promises its next-gen Pather Lake laptop CPU will have the ‘efficiency of Lunar Lake and the performance of Arrow Lake’ and is on track for 2026

After new CEO Lip-Bu Tan presented his bonafides to the Intel Vision 2025 audience yesterday comes some product news from the event. Well, just about. In truth, there was no major product bomb, but Intel did confirm that it’s next-gen Panther Lake CPU was on track to go into production later this year with availability seemingly pencilled in for 2026.

Jim Johnson, Intel’s head of client computing, told the assembled Intel Vision 2025 throng that Panther Lake, “combines the power efficiency of Lunar Lake, the performance of Arrow Lake, and it’s built to scale 18A and it’s on track for production later this year.”