Intel has previously announced that their upcoming processors will be built using their latest 18A chip manufacturing process. This includes Panther Lake, which will replace the thin and light Lunar Lake laptop processor, and Nova Lake, a high-performance desktop and laptop-class processor that will replace Arrow Lake.
Recently, it has been reported that after AMD, Intel also seems to be using TSMC's latest N2 node services to manufacture some of their upcoming processors. According to the report, Intel will use the N2 node services to help manufacture their Nova Lake desktop-class processors.
It has also been reported that Intel needs TSMC's services for this series of processors, probably because Intel wants to produce a large number of chips, and the existing Intel 18A node capacity is not enough.
The specifications of the Intel Nova Lake processor are also quite interesting. The most powerful specifications of the processor show that it comes with 16 P-cores, 32 E-cores and four LP-cores. This is probably why this processor chip will require a new socket and motherboard when it is launched.