Intel said Tuesday that the company’s Arizona fab has run the first lots of the company’s Intel 18A wafers, the manufacturing technology powering its Panther Lake chips, while announcing a high-performance derivative process.

The company previews the new chip node as Intel's foundry business tries to take on TSMC and recruit more tech companies as clients.

In essence, Turbo Cells can be used to create a high-density cell arrangement that Intel says can provide better efficiency for critical chip paths, while also widening a bottleneck present in conventional chip designs.