Due around the 2026 or 2027 time frame, Intel hasn't explicitly said which production node will be used by Nova Lake, but given that it says its next mobile CPU, Panther Lake, will be produced internally on 18A silicon, and that Panther Lake comes before Nova Lake, 18A at least seems like a safe bet.

Intel's next-generation Nova Lake CPUs spotted in new shipping manifests, this is the next-gen mainstream consumer CPU platform from Intel.

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Thanks to a leaked shipping manifest, it looks like Intel may be sending early models of its upcoming Nova Lake CPUs to a select few. The notes on the shipping label suggest that the CPU in question was sent free of charge for research purposes,