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Intel Panther Lake-H Debuts on ADLINK VNX+ SFF Industrial Board

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Intel Panther Lake-H ADLINK VNX Industrial Board 18A Process Hybrid Architecture
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Intel’s latest Panther Lake-H processor has officially debuted, integrated into ADLINK’s VNX+ SFF (Small Form Factor industrial board) platform. Known as VNX-PL, the board is roughly palm-sized yet supports up to 16 cores with a 65W TDP, targeting industrial automation, defense, and aerospace use cases where long-term reliability is essential.

Compared with Meteor Lake and the upcoming Arrow Lake, the Panther Lake-H represents Intel’s new direction for hybrid CPUs: optimized for efficiency and industrial-grade deployment rather than consumer performance peaks.

Intel Panther Lake-H VNX CPU Blade

Panther Lake-H Core Architecture
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The VNX-PL board follows the VITA 90.x standard and offers two processor configurations:

  • 16-core SKU

    • 4 × Cougar Cove P-Cores
    • 8 × Darkmont E-Cores
    • 4 × LP-E low-power cores
  • 8-core SKU

    • 4 × Cougar Cove P-Cores
    • 4 × LP-E low-power cores

Both versions support a dynamic 1W–65W TDP range, enabling flexible tuning for diverse embedded workloads.

🔹 Architecture contrast:

  • Meteor Lake-H → Redwood Cove P-Core + Crestmont E-Core (notebooks)
  • Arrow Lake-H → Lion Cove P-Core + Skymont E-Core (high-performance consumer)
  • Panther Lake-HReliability-first industrial and embedded design

Memory, Storage & I/O
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Panther Lake-H platform features include:

  • Dual-channel LPDDR5X-8533 (16GB or 32GB onboard, non-expandable)
  • 1TB PCIe Gen4 x1 SSD

I/O and Expansion
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  • 1 × 1GBase-KX control plane
  • Optional 1 × PCIe Gen4 x4 or 2 × 10GBase-KX4 data plane
  • 1 × PCIe Gen5 x8 expansion plane
  • 1 × PCIe Gen4 x2 peripheral plane
  • 1 × DisplayPort 2.1
  • 2 × USB 3.2 ports
  • QMC slot for custom industrial extensions

This design aligns with secure, high-throughput industrial workloads requiring specialized connectivity.

ADLINK VNX PL Block Diagram

PCIe, Security & System Design
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According to ADLINK’s block diagram, Panther Lake-H integrates:

  • 12 PCIe Gen5 lanes
  • 7 PCIe Gen4 lanes
  • 1 PCIe Gen2 lane

It also supports a TPM 2.0 security module, enabling secure boot, encryption, and system manageability — essential for defense and aerospace deployments.

Compared with Meteor Lake, Panther Lake-H delivers higher bandwidth and stronger system security, laying the foundation for next-gen industrial computing.

18A Process Node & Xe3 GPU
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A major highlight: Panther Lake-H is among Intel’s first processors built on the 18A node.

Key advantages include:

  • Hybrid 16-core architecture (P-Cores + E-Cores + LP-E cores)
  • Integrated Xe3 “Celestial” GPU with up to 12 Xe cores
    • +50% more than Lunar Lake Xe2
    • Stronger visualization and embedded graphics performance

Featured Panther Lake-H 18A

Market Position & Availability
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  • Initial sampling: Q4 2025
  • Industrial boards shipping: Early 2026

Unlike Meteor Lake (consumer laptops) or Arrow Lake (consumer high-performance platforms), Panther Lake-H is explicitly designed for industrial and embedded markets, offering long lifecycle support and efficiency over peak benchmarks.

Conclusion
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The Intel Panther Lake-H bridges the gap between consumer hybrid CPUs and industrial-grade embedded solutions:

  • Meteor Lake → consumer-first hybrid introduction
  • Arrow Lake → performance-driven consumer launch
  • Panther Lake-Hindustrial reliability, efficiency, and long-term supply

With availability expected in 2026, Intel is positioning Panther Lake-H as a competitive solution for compact, power-efficient industrial systems — from automation to defense.

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