When asked whether the company would continue using this design, CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed that future architectures such as Panther Lake and Nova Lake won't use on-package memory. Moreover, Gelsinger described Lunar Lake as a one-off project initially intended for a niche market before it grew in response to the emerging AI PC market.
Intel CFO David Zinsner admitted that integrating system memory significantly impacted Lunar Lake's gross margins. The comments were made during an earnings call following the company's Q3 2024 financial report, which showed a $16.6 billion net loss – 10 times the previous quarter's loss of $1.6 billion. Analysts expect Intel to post billions in losses for 2024 overall, Chipzilla's first annual net loss since 1986.