Intel's annual event moves to Phoenix for Panther Lake reveal, increasing its fight with TSMC

Intel has reportedly moved its next big event from California to Arizona, where it'll host its Panther Lake CPU reveal event in Phoenix.

The upcoming Intel Technology Tour event will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, and it'll mark the first time that the company has held a huge event in the region according to a new report from DigiTimes. The reason why the event being held in Arizona is significant is that Texas is quickly becoming a huge hub for the semiconductor business on US soil, with TSMC building multiple facilities in the state.

We should expect some big things from the Intel Technology Tour event, where it'll flex its semiconductor foundry muscles against TSMC, where Intel will discuss its Foundry strategy, as well as talk about its "latest PC and data center processors".

Intel is expected to unveil its next-generation Panther Lake CPUs at the event, with a launch of the new chips later this year, made on its in-house Intel 18A process node. The company is also expected to unveil its next-gen Xeon "Clearwater Forest" server CPUs, which will hopefully see the company better compete with AMD's powerful EPYC processors.