By Muhammad Zuhair
Publication Date: 2026-01-11 15:21:00
Intel’s former CEO Pat Gelsinger has expressed his views on Team Blue’s Panther Lake and 18A achievements, claiming that such milestones need to be consistent now.
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Well, Team Blue has managed to disrupt the consumer industry with its announcements at the CES showcase, most specifically with the Panther Lake chips, which are the first to be based on the 18A process. Nailing the release was one of the most significant objectives for Intel, considering that the company needs to take fabless companies like NVIDIA into confidence, and with Panther Lake, it is clear that the foundry division is in the right direction. Talking with Fox Business, Pat Gelsinger expressed that 18A and Panther Lake are huge milestones, ones whose foundation was laid by him:
Well, first I’d say congratulations to the Intel team, getting 18A done, getting Panther Lake, the new chip that they announced, I worked hard on those.
– Pat Gelsinger
The core technologies and development behind 18A were initiated under Pat Gelsinger, and it is claimed that PowerVia and RibbonFET were Gelsinger’s way of driving power efficiency of the 18A node. Gelsinger himself delivered Panther Lake samples to Lenovo, just as he was exiting the office, which means that Panther Lake became a refined product under his leadership. However, before he could bring these…
