Intel hamstrung by supply shortages across its business, including production capacity — says it will prioritize data center CPUs over consumer chips, warns of price hikes

Intel is facing supply shortages across its business, impacting production capacity and leading to price hikes. The company plans to prioritize data center CPUs over consumer chips due to constraints on Intel 10 and Intel 7 technologies. As demand for server CPUs rises, Intel is diverting capacity to meet this need, resulting in a shortage of client CPUs and increased prices for Raptor Lake processors. Shortages are expected to persist into 2026, driven by limited production capacity and substrate shortages, with potential relief in Q1 after peak shortages.