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Intel says Nova Lake desktop chips will use its 18A-P process
Intel says its next-generation Nova Lake desktop processors will use its enhanced 18A-P process.
CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed the plan during the company’s Q3 2026 earnings call.
Intel plans to share more about Nova Lake at CES in January.
The move makes Nova Lake the first client product named to use the enhanced process.
Separately, Intel’s CFO said the company intends to take Panther Lake capacity offline.
That capacity will be used to build more Granite Rapids data center CPUs.
The two plans show Intel is preparing both new desktop processors and additional data center chips.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Nova Lake desktop processors will use the company’s enhanced 18A-P manufacturing process.
The processors will be Intel’s first client product built on 18A-P.
Tan said Intel plans to share more about Nova Lake at CES in January.
Intel’s CFO said the company intends to take Panther Lake capacity offline to make more Granite Rapids data center CPUs.
- Who
- Intel and its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan.
- What
- Intel said its Nova Lake desktop processors will use its enhanced 18A-P process.
- When
- Tan confirmed the plan during Intel’s Q3 2026 earnings call on October 29, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Lip-Bu Tan confirmed Nova Lake will use Intel’s enhanced 18A-P process.
Intel plans to share more about Nova Lake at CES.
- Processor family
- Nova Lake
- Manufacturing process
- Intel 18A-P
- First product category on 18A-P
- Client product
- More details planned
- CES in January