Leaks have been coming via thick and quick for Intel’s upcoming lineup of Nova Lake-S processors, together with final month’s alleged benchmarks of a high-end chip which signifies it’ll comfortably outperform lots of Intel’s present Arrow Lake-S processors. Now, we have had but extra info seem on-line from third get together sources, which recommend a launch window for the brand new processors, together with a roadmap for desktop chips even additional into the longer term.
The snapshot from the presentation, posted by wxnod on X, suggests the producer is on monitor for a retail launch of the Nova Lake-S lineup within the first quarter of 2027, with manufacturing of the chips themselves beginning later this yr. This close by launch does considerably line up with what an Intel supervisor confirmed in August, in that shopper chips could be prioritised forward of server purposes for the Nova Lake era.
It additionally confirms that Intel will swap to a brand new LGA 1954 socket sort for its Nova Lake-S processors, which suggests you will even be needing to seize your self a brand new motherboard in the event you’re trying to improve. Nonetheless, the snapshot additionally means that these 900-series motherboards with the LGA 1954 socket will even help future ‘Razor Lake’ and ‘Hammer Lake’ CPU generations – which, the slide suggests, may arrive from late 2027 onwards.
The slide additionally mentions the implementation of a ‘bLLC’ cache, with a capability of as much as 288MB. It instantly compares this to AMD’s 3D V-Cache know-how which we have seen on a few of its Ryzen chips, and identical to these processors from workforce purple, the a lot bigger L3 cache may carry considerably improved gaming efficiency – notably in CPU-heavy titles.
We’re nonetheless ready for extra official info on the computing efficiency that the Nova Lake-S era will supply, but when this leak holds true and we’re certainly on monitor for a Q1 2027 retail launch, count on to listen to extra particulars on these chips from Intel very quickly.
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