Intel Adds High-NA Tech to 1.8nm, Already Using it in Production

Last week, at the SPIE Photomask Technology + Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography conference, Intel and ASML announced a surprising development. In cooperation with ASML, Intel has already manufactured one million silicon wafers using High-NA, which is a technology representing the next major leap in advanced chip manufacturing after EUV litography. Prior to this, High-NA was expected to be deployed only several years from now. Read more “Intel Adds High-NA Tech to 1.8nm, Already Using it in Production” »

Windows 11 gets hardware disk encryption on Intel Panther Lake

In December, Microsoft promised that Windows 11 would focus on performance, including in games, during 2026. One of the coming optimizations concerns disk encryption. Microsoft currently uses software algorithms for BitLocker disk encryption, which have certain performance limitations and can increase laptop power consumption. This year, Windows will gain more efficient hardware accelerated encryption—but there is a complication. Read more “Windows 11 gets hardware disk encryption on Intel Panther Lake” »

1.8nm Intel Panther Lake CPUs in January. Launching at CES

Intel unveiled the Core Ultra 300 “Panther Lake” CPUs last month, the new generation of chiplet-based mobile CPUs, also debuting the company’s 1.8nm process. Intel missed the back-to-school or autumn windows it preferred to launch the new generations in the past, with only a paper unveiling happening in October that didn’t even specify a release date. And only now do we finally have information on when they will actually hit the market. Read more “1.8nm Intel Panther Lake CPUs in January. Launching at CES” »

Intel launches mass production on 1.8nm. Panther Lake tiles?

Is Intel on track to overcome its long crisis? It will be decided by company’s fabs – a strategic advantage but now a burden the company can no longer afford. Intel now needs external clients to sustain them and whether these clients will come depends on the ability to deliver competitive technologies. The company is pinning its hopes on the 18A process. Production using this technology has just begun, so the answer may come soon. Read more “Intel launches mass production on 1.8nm. Panther Lake tiles?” »

APX and AVX10 in two years? Intel to introduce them in Nova Lake

Last year, Intel unveiled plans for improving the x86 platform and instruction set, on which virtually all PC CPUs (from Intel, AMD, China’s Zhaoxin) are based: The APX extension, which breaks through the limitations in the number of registers (somewhat mitigating ARM’s advantage), and AVX10, which is the successor or evolution of AVX-512. For a long time it was unclear when these innovations would ship, but now we finally know. Read more “APX and AVX10 in two years? Intel to introduce them in Nova Lake” »

Intel plans: 2nm processors next year, 1.8nm Panther Lake in 2025

Intel took a symbolic “step into the future” by unveiling Meteor Lake processors now, for the first time using TSMC-manufactured silicon as well as advanced chiplet design with 3D Foveros technology. Meteor Lake will come out at the end of the year, but Intel has also revealed a roadmap of processors for PCs and laptops, showing what will come after it. Three new generations or families of “lake” processors are coming in 2024 and 2025. Read more “Intel plans: 2nm processors next year, 1.8nm Panther Lake in 2025” »