A shipping manifest listing an Intel Nova Lake CPU has appeared online. While still unofficial, rumour has it that the CPU is expected to ship out no later than 2026.
Given the supposed launch window, Nova Lake will follow Panther Lake, which is expected to make its debut later this year. Nova Lake, according to the manifest at least, was supposedly sent to Intel Labs for advanced testing back in December last year. Additionally, this could spawn two new CPU core architectures, codenamed Coyote Cove and Arctic Wolf although take that with a grain of salt.
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Nova Lake is important, simply because it will be the only desktop CPU architecture to officially succeed Arrow Lake. Panther Lake isn’t for desktop and will be entirely focused for mobile and laptops. That said, there’s no indication either if Intel will be reusing the same LGA1851 platform or if it will launch an entirely new one.
There’s no additional information beyond this, and Intel has not said anything on an official level. So, as usual, apply scrutiny.
(Source: X, Videocardz, Techspot)
