Intel Wildcat Lake: A New Architecture for Budget Core Ultra 300 Chips
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13:32, 09.01.2026
At CES 2026, Intel revealed new information about its mobile Core Ultra 300 processors. It turns out that not all processors will be based on the Panther Lake architecture; for the entry-level segment, the company has prepared a separate platform called Wildcat Lake, designed for low-power systems.
Key Architectural Differences
During the presentation, one of the slides made it clear why certain processors with a small number of cores cannot support the Panther Lake configuration. Intel described the foundation of the architecture used by most models in the lineup. It is composed of three separate functional blocks: a compute block (CPU), a dedicated graphics block (GPU), and a platform controller block.
For less powerful processors, the company developed a separate architectural variant — Wildcat Lake. Here, the GPU is integrated into the compute block, and the platform controller is reduced to six PCIe 4.0 lanes. As a result, the design has been simplified as much as possible.
When to Expect It?
Core Ultra 5 models will continue to use Panther Lake, while the new Wildcat Lake architecture will form the basis of the Intel Core Series 3 lineup. Shipments of devices on this platform will begin in the second quarter of 2026.
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