Intel Nova Lake Hub
Intel's Nova Lake CPUs, expected in 2026, should mark a major leap with up to 16 Performance cores and 32 Efficiency cores. Said to be built using a mix of Intel and TSMC 2nm process technologies, Nova Lake aims to deliver massive performance and efficiency gains across desktop and mobile platforms.
February 22, 2026 | Intel won't be launching its new LGA1954 socket and next-gen Core Ultra 400 series 'Nova Lake-S' desktop processors this year, Zen 6 delayed, too.
February 16, 2026 | Intel's next-gen 52-core Nova Lake CPUs rumored with up to 800W and beyond power usage, with only highest-end 900-series mobos to support full power.
February 10, 2026 | Intel's next-generation Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs with dual compute dies (up to 52 cores total) rumored to use an insane 700W+ of power.
February 9, 2026 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs are on the way with a new LGA1954 socket, with Intel's new 900 series chipsets now leaked.
February 8, 2026 | Intel has added new Z990 and Z970 chipsets to its recently updated roadmap, ready for the new LGA1954 socket and next-gen Nova Lake desktop processors.
December 19, 2025 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake desktop CPU leaks: 4 versions with 'bLLC' cache, up to 288MB on Core Ultra 9 processors, up to 144MB on Core Ultra 7 chips.
December 19, 2025 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-S desktop CPU leaks: up to 52 cores with 16 Coyote Cove P-Cores, X3D competitor, new LGA 1954 socket and late 2026 release.
November 26, 2025 | Noctua updates its FAQ noting that each of its CPU coolers compatible with Intel LGA1700 and LGA1851 sockets will work on the next-gen LGA1954 socket.
November 25, 2025 | Intel's next-generation Core Ultra 400K series 'Nova Lake' desktop CPUs will feature up to 144MB of bLLC cache to battle Ryzen 9000X3D chips from AMD.
November 24, 2025 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake desktop CPUs should have 1.5x more AI performance with new NPU6 over Lunar Lake and Panther Lake with 50 TOPS and NPU4 chips.
October 23, 2025 | Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan excited for next-gen consumer desktop CPUs with Nova Lake in 2H 2026: Intel 18A, up to 52 cores, new Xe3 GPU, new LGA1954 socket.
October 2, 2025 | Intel confirms that Core Ultra 400 series 'Nova Lake' CPUs will have Coyote Cove P-Cores, Arctic Wolf E-Cores, while Panther Cove P-Cores coming to Xeon 7.
September 2, 2025 | Another Nova Lake rumor has floated down from the ever-churning mill and it backs up previous leaks suggesting the flagship has 52-cores.
August 29, 2025 | Intel CFO admits the company 'kind of fumbled the football' on desktop CPUs, but Nova Lake returns as high-end desktop CPU to battle AMD Ryzen supremacy.
July 17, 2025 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-AX processors rumored with up to 28 cores, 48 Xe3 GPU cores and ready to battle AMD's powerful Strix Halo APUs.
July 16, 2025 | Intel reportedly working on Nova Lake-AX enthusiast-class processors with large CPU clusters, bigger integrated GPU and more cache on the way.
June 22, 2025 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-HX high-perf laptop GPUs spotted in new shipping manifest, new BGA 2540 socket: 20% bigger than BGA 2114 on Arrow Lake-HX.
June 16, 2025 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-S desktop 'Core Ultra 400' series CPUs to support DDR5-8000 natively, up to 10000MT/s also supported, 26 PCIe Gen5 lanes.
June 16, 2025 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-S desktop 'Core Ultra 400' series CPU leaks: up to 52 cores of CPU power, support for DDR5-10000+ memory, new LGA 1854 socket.
May 29, 2025 | Even if there's a different socket that requires a new motherboard for Nova Lake, as rumors indicate, you might be okay keeping your Arrow Lake CPU cooler.
April 24, 2025 | Intel has reportedly placed 2nm orders at TSMC for its next-gen Nova Lake CPUs, outsourcing the compute tile for Nova Lake to TSMC, over Intel Foundry.
April 20, 2025 | Intel is reportedly working on a new LGA 1954 socket for its next-gen Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs, LGA 1851 socket is for Arrow Lake, Refresh CPUs.
March 30, 2025 | Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan provides an update on Panther Lake, Nova Lake, Intel Foundry, and more: Panther Lake on Intel 18A later this year, Nova Lake in 2026.
February 7, 2025 | That's the purported core configuration right now, which may change - and the other question with Nova Lake is will it be Intel's next-gen desktop range?
January 31, 2025 | Intel confirms its next-generation Panther Lake CPUs will arrive in 2H 2025, after that we'll see Nova Lake CPUs in 2026 to better compete with AMD.
January 22, 2025 | Intel's next-generation Nova Lake CPUs spotted in new shipping manifests, this is the next-gen mainstream consumer CPU platform from Intel.
January 4, 2025 | Intel's next-generation Nova Lake and Razer Lake CPU architectures appear in 2025: PCI IDs turn up in Linux kernel, right before CES 2025 kicks off.
September 23, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake-S processors are coming soon, with next-gen Nova Lake-S replacing them in the future, and now Razer Lake-S teased.
September 23, 2024 | Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh has reportedly been nixed: Arrow Lake-S will not be happening, Nova Lake now replaces Arrow Lake in 2025.
August 11, 2024 | Intel's upcoming LGA 1851 platform will first house Arrow Lake, while next-gen desktop CPUs will arrive with Nova Lake: Panther Lake is mobile only.
May 23, 2024 | A mammoth leak from Dell has all sorts of juicy details on future laptop hardware, including multiple processor generations from Intel.
February 14, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs will be the biggest architectural uplift in Intel history, bigger than the Core architecture, made on TSMC 2nm node.
September 2, 2021 | Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake, Nova Lake arrive in 2023, 2024, and 2025 -- succeed Alder Lake, Raptor Lake, Meteor Lake.

