Intel Says Agentic AI Workloads Drive CPU Demand; 18A Enters Mass Production

At the Intel Technology and Innovation Ecosystem Conference 2026, Chen Baoli, Vice President of Intel's Data Center Group and General Manager of Intel China, said that as the industry moves into the Agentic AI era, agent tasks have become increasingly complex, involving task decomposition, scheduling, code execution and external tool calls. This has increased the workload on CPUs and influenced Intel's CPU design approach.

Regarding supply pressure, Intel said its 18A process has entered mass production, and the company hopes the new capacity will help address supply demand.