Intel Confirms "Nova Lake" Uses 18A-P Internal Node, More Details at CES
During the Q3 2026 earnings call, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed that the company's upcoming flagship client CPU, codenamed "Nova Lake," will be…
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Intel confirms Nova Lake CPUs will use advanced 18A-P node, more details at CES
Intel's next-gen Nova Lake desktop processors will be the first client product to use Intel's enhanced 18A-P node, CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed in the company's Q3 2026 earnings call.
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Intel confirms Nova Lake CPUs will use advanced 18A-P node, more details at CES — company says it's taking Panther Lake capacity offline to build more Granite Rapids data center CPUs
Intel's next-gen Nova Lake desktop processors will be the first client product to use Intel's enhanced 18A-P node, CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed in the company's Q3 2026 earnings call.
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Intel confirms Nova Lake will use advanced 18A-P node, more details at CES — company says it's taking Panther Lake capacity offline to build more Granite Rapids data center CPUs
Intel's next-gen Nova Lake desktop processors will be the first client product to use Intel's enhanced 18A-P node, CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed in the company's Q3 2026 earnings call.
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Nova Lake desktop processors will be the first client chips built on Intel's 18A-P manufacturing node, according to CEO Lip-Bu Tan during the company's Q3 2026 earnings call. The processor is tracking ahead of schedule, with Intel expecting design wins at launch to reach twice the level achieved by the previous generation Panther Lake.
Intel initially planned to split Nova Lake production between TSMC and its own foundry, with TSMC handling approximately 60 to 70 percent of compute tile manufacturing on its 2 nm process. The company later shifted strategy to bring the majority of compute tile production in-house using the 18A-P node instead.
Intel will provide additional details about Nova Lake at CES in January. The announcement marks a significant step in Intel's effort to establish its foundry business as a viable alternative to external chip manufacturers for its own flagship processors.
What happened
During the Q3 2026 earnings call, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed that the company's upcoming flagship client CPU, codenamed "Nova Lake," will be produced by Intel Foundry using its 18A-P node. Initially, Intel planned to outsource the main compute tile production for "Nova Lake" to TSMC, utilizing its 2 nm N2 node. TSMC was expected to handle about 60-70% of the production, with the remainder produced in-house by Intel Foundry on the 18A node. This meant Intel would dual-source production for its next-generation chip. However, later supply chain information suggested that the company intended to bring the majority of "Nova Lake" compute tile production in-house, with these compute tiles being made on the Intel 18A-P node.
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