Intel's Upcoming CPU Generations Unveiled - Nova Lake-S/U and LGA 1700 Bartlett Lake-S Surface in Official Documents
Intel's Sexy-As-Hell Roadmap:
Unraveling Intel's hotly anticipated lineup, master geek InstLatX64 at X spills the beans on Intel's seductive product rollout. This temping roadmap teases a suite of new technology titbits, including Nova Lake for desktop and low-powered mobile (U), as well as the rumored Bartlett Lake-S family, heading straight for LGA 1700 platforms.
Now, let's not jump the gun here – this intel isn't a guaranteed guarantee. Remember, a simple mention doesn't necessarily equal ironclad confirmation.
This tantalizing tidbit gives us a peek into Intel's Time Coordinated Computing (TCC) platforms, aimed squarely at edge computing. But hang on a second – a footnote cautions us that this ain't officially an Intel Plan Of Record (POR), which is industry lingo for a company's definitive plans and objectives. While an Intel department grins and bears these products in mind, they haven't been blessed with a holy development schedule yet.
In the meantime, let's zoom in on Panther Lake mobile processors. They're scheduled to hit High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) this year, with stores stocking 'em early next year. Intel flaunted several RVP (Reference Validation Platforms) equipped with these bad boys at Computex. Offical die shots, baby, show a five-tile layout, though only three of 'em seem primed to party: Compute Tile, Platform Controller Tile, and GPU Tile.
Bartlett Lake catches our eye next. Intel launched its hybrid cousin at CES this year, with the pornstar of our eyes – the monolithic analogue – targeted at industrial, commercial, and edge applications. The scandalously good-looking P-Only iteration rumored to boast a dozen P cores and 24 threads is eagerly awaited for a launch in Q3 2025, specifically between July and September.
Now, Nova Lake is our whopping main course on the menu, baby – Intel's next major architecture after Arrow Lake. We're told to expect it on the scene in 2026, and preliminary specs whisper up to a whopping 52 hybrid cores for the Nova Lake-S family, assuming you've got the cash to invest in a sexy new motherboard.
Linux kernel patches hint at potential Nova Lake-H (H: High Performance Mobile) variants, but this slide gives us more than a tantalizing glimpse: Intel's also working on Nova Lake-U (U: Power Efficient/Low Power) variants. But let's not get ahead of ourselves – it's still early days to make any concrete conclusions.
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- The tantalizing roadmap from Intel's product rollout includes a range of gadgets powered by new technology, such as the Nova Lake for desktop and low-powered mobile (U), which are part of Intel's Time Coordinated Computing (TCC) platforms.
- In the midst of discussions about Intel's future technology, the rumored Bartlett Lake-S family, targeted for LGA 1700 platforms, is another gadget that is expected to join the lineup, with a potential launch in Q3 2025.
