Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock has risen by 11% over the last week, and is currently trading at $41.11. The gains comes as Intel began shipping its first products made on 18A, its newest chipmaking process.

President Trump said late Thursday he had "just finished a great meeting" with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The chipmaker's shares gained 4% Friday morning. The U.S. has said it will convert around $9 billio

Intel introduced its latest processors at CES 2026, debuting the "Panther Lake" Intel Core Ultra Series 3. The chips are the most advanced manufactured in the U.S., according to Intel, and they are built on Intel's 18A process.

Since 2021, Intel has pledged over $100 billion towards global manufacturing expansion, anchored by significant new fabs in Arizona and Ohio.

One of the main drivers of Intel stock's performance in 2025 was a series of deals Tan struck. First, Tan secured an $8.9 billion equity investment from the U.S. Government, unlocking existing grant money that hadn't yet been delivered. Intel also received a $2 billion equity investment from SoftBank, further strengthening its balance sheet.

Intel went on record at CES about a planned version of its new Panther Lake chip specifically configured for handheld gaming PCs but didn't provide any details. Now Videocardz claims the chip will be branded "Intel Core G3 Extreme" and have the same iGPU as Panther Lake in laptops.

Intel's beefy Arc B390 integrated graphics chip on its new Panther Lake Core Ultra X9 CPU is a very capable little chip. In new benchmarks on select laptops displayed at CES 2026, its new GPU managed over 80 FPS in the always-intense Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p resolution.

Intel is reportedly preparing Intel Core G3 handheld chips based on Panther Lake, with Arc B390 integrated graphics gains as the main hook. Here’s what that could mean for portable gaming PCs.

Thanks to its hugely powerful new integrated Xe3 GPU, the Intel Panther Lake laptop CPU series has stolen a surprise victory for frame rates.

Not all of Intel's Core Ultra 3 chips will achieve such lofty gaming heights, unfortunately. Only the X7 and X9 chips include 12 Xe GPU cores and Arc B390 graphics. The rest of the Core Ultra 3 family has the typical four Xe cores and basic Intel graphics.