--- title: "\"Computing is Being Redefined\" Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Jumps With CES 2026 Unveilings" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/271694293.md" description: "Intel (INTC) stock rose nearly 1.5% following the CES 2026 event, where the Core Ultra Series 3 processor was unveiled, promising significant performance improvements. The new Panther Lake chips offer up to 27 hours of battery life and a 70% boost in gaming performance. CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced successful advancements in architecture and manufacturing, with production ramping up. Analysts maintain a Hold rating on INTC, with a price target of $39, indicating a potential downside risk of 2.88% after a 96.75% price rally over the past year." datetime: "2026-01-06T20:02:26.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/271694293.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/271694293.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/271694293.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/271694293.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/271694293.md) # "Computing is Being Redefined" Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Jumps With CES 2026 Unveilings Chip stock Intel (INTC) promised quite a bit going into the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event in Las Vegas, and on several fronts, it seems to have delivered. The Core Ultra Series 3 processor got its official reveal, and brought some downright dazzling new propositions with it. The shareholders, meanwhile, were sufficiently dazzled to put some extra juice in Intel's share price, up nearly 1.5% in Tuesday afternoon's trading. ### Claim 70% Off TipRanks Premium - Unlock hedge fund-level data and powerful investing tools for smarter, sharper decisions - Stay ahead of the market with the latest news and analysis and maximize your portfolio's potential Computers putting one of the new chips—also named Panther Lake—to work can expect some impressive gains in function. New reports say that the processors, properly integrated into complete systems, can offer battery life of up to 27 hours. Moreover, gamers will be pleased to note Panther Lake chips can offer a 70% boost in performance, and a 60% boost in "multitasking performance," reports note. This is due in large part to incredibly granular control of power consumption, and the ability to deliver power from the chip's back. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan noted, "Over the past year, our teams have been pushing the boundaries of architecture and manufacturing. I am pleased to announce that we have met our commitment to deliver the first 18A products by the end of 2025. In fact, we have delivered beyond expectations and are now in the midst of ramping up production of all three Core Ultra Series 3 packages." ## **New Graphics Driver** Meanwhile, Intel is getting a bit of an assist from Redox OS, an operating system written in Rust that recently started development on a native Intel graphics driver. Reports note that the new driver is designed as "…an alternative to the current generic and unaccelerated BIOS VESA / UEFI GOP display handling…." Redox is also set to bring in a set of new read-only application programming interfaces (APIs) to help simplify the graphics driver concept. This is good news, and should also help Intel make a few more sales to Redox users once a key issue of graphics function gets righted around. ## **Is Intel a Buy, Hold or Sell?** Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Hold consensus rating on INTC stock based on six Buys, 19 Holds and six Sells assigned in the past three months, as indicated by the graphic below. After a 96.75% rally in its share price over the past year, the average INTC price target of $39 per share implies 2.88% downside risk. ### Related Stocks - [Intel Corporation (INTC.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/INTC.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Intel's Quarterly Earnings Preview: What You Need to Know](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281357433.md) - [Intel Has Unusual Put Option Volume - Signals Upside in INTC Stock](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281407004.md) - [FlexGen Acquires Clean Energy Services (CES), Strengthening Battery Leadership and Improving System Reliability with Expanded Service Offerings](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281532775.md) - [11:41 ETUna auditoría de CES 2026 revela un crecimiento del cuatro por ciento en la participación](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281214252.md) - [Intel's stock has been climbing - and this could be its next big catalyst](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281576484.md)