Shares of processor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) jumped another 25.9% in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The January surge was all the more impressive considering Intel had already rallied 84% in 2025. Yet, whereas the 2025 surge largely reflected a change in sentiment amid the appointment of new CEO Lip-Bu Tan and investments in the company from the U.S. government, Nvidia, and Softbank, January's surge was based on the release of an actual new product: Intel's Panther Lake ...