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https://hothardware.com/news/intel-roadmap-leak-reveals-nova-lake-branding
Intel Roadmap Leak Confirms Nova Lake Launch Schedule and 52-Core Flagship Delay
We already know quite a bit about Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors. This includes the fact that these chips will boast up to 52 cores and roughly 474W of power consumption, as well as what appears to be a fairly complete SKU list for the desktop lineup. However, until now, we didn't know what branding they would actually use.
VideoCardz has revealed the first marketing materials for Nova Lake-S, which are the logos for these chips. This confirms the "Core Ultra Series 4" branding that people had been expecting, but there's more information they shared.
Along with the new series branding, VideoCardz claims to have obtained news, reviews, and embargo lift dates for "multiple Nova Lake-S packages." The site explains that "this scope encompasses multiple embargo stages rather than a single launch date," meaning it's unclear exactly when Intel will release the CPUs, but this information is still valuable.
According to the leak, the "28-core DS package" is listed on an embargo list running from January to March. The overclockable 28-core "K" SKU is expected to launch between March and April, while lower-tier 16-core and 8-core models will be rolled out sequentially between March and May. The much-discussed 52-core package won't appear until late next year, with an embargo period running from May to September.
This is quite interesting considering that AMD is expected to launch its 24-core Zen 6 CPU very late this year or (more likely) early next year. While the 24-core Zen 6 CPU will naturally have fewer CPU cores than the 28-core Nova Lake chips, we've seen this pattern before.
AMD's chips are at least filled with the same type of "big" cores on the desktop side, and its 16-core Zen 5 processor is currently competing well against Intel's 24-core Arrow Lake CPU. With a smaller core count advantage, Nova Lake will need to demonstrate truly exceptional performance.
"DS" is a new designation for us when it comes to Intel CPUs. VideoCardz says that this typically (though not always) refers to chips with dual compute tiles. Given that Intel hasn't released a client processor with dual compute tiles before, it makes sense why we aren't familiar with the term.
As far as we know, the 28-core Nova Lake CPU was thought to use a single compute tile, but there may have been some misunderstanding along the way. After all, this is leaked information. Regardless, if you've been eagerly awaiting Intel's 52-core CPU, it seems like you'll be waiting quite a while.
▶ Source: https://hothardware.com/news/intel-roadmap-leak-reveals-nova-lake-branding
