Intel Core Ultra 300 ‘Panther Lake’ launch set for January 5 at CES 2026
Intel has now confirmed that its next Core Ultra Series 3 processors, codenamed Panther Lake, will be launched at CES 2026 during a keynote in Las Vegas. Updated Intel CES page now pins this down to Monday, January 5 at 3:00 p.m. PST , with Jim Johnson, Senior VP and GM of the Client Computing Group, presenting the event. The page also shows a panther themed graphic next to the Core Ultra Series 3 branding, making it clear that this keynote is dedicated to Panther Lake based Core Ultra 300 chips.
Panther Lake is the third generation of Intel’s Core Ultra family and the first client SoC built on the Intel 18A process, using a multi tile design that combines new CPU cores, updated integrated graphics and an AI accelerator in one package. Intel positions Core Ultra Series 3 as a single platform for consumer and commercial AI PCs, gaming devices and edge deployments, with retail availability set for January 2026.
Source: Intel
As part of CES, Intel will run a set of sessions that tie Panther Lake to its AI PC strategy. The schedule lists talks on January 6 that focus on scaling AI infrastructure, turning client PCs into AI hardware for real workloads and what Intel calls “agentic AI” at the edge, which matches the AI first messaging used around Core Ultra Series 3.
Intel will also host a Technology Showcase for Core Ultra hardware at the Venetian Hotel, Delfino Ballroom, Level 4, open from the afternoon of January 5 through January 8. Visitors will see devices built around current Core Ultra parts, and partners are expected to start showing systems based on Core Ultra Series 3 as the platform heads toward broad availability in the first quarter of 2026.
January 5 will also mark the official announcement (and possibly release) of Xe3 graphics, Intel’s latest GPU architecture.
Source: Intel via @momomo_us
