Intel Nova Lake Hub
Intel's Nova Lake CPUs are expected in late 2026 as the Core Ultra 400 series, bringing new Coyote Cove P-cores and Arctic Wolf E-cores. Current leaks point to flagship desktop chips with up to 52 cores, including 16 P-cores, 32 E-cores, and 4 low-power E-cores. Nova Lake is also expected to introduce a new LGA 1954 platform, larger cache options, and major performance and efficiency gains across desktop and mobile.
June 3, 2026 | Intel's upcoming LGA1954 socket may support CPUs beyond Razor Lake on 64MB SPI boards, with Z-series motherboards expected to qualify.
May 30, 2026 | The B0 stepping tape-out includes both standard desktop and X3D variants, enabling a potential simultaneous launch on the AM5 platform.
May 25, 2026 | The leaked Nova Lake CPU has 8 efficiency cores and 12Xe GPU cores, but it completely lacks any performance cores, which is a first.
May 22, 2026 | Arriving in late 2027, the Nova Lake successor is rumored to isolate new Griffin Cove cores for desktop, while mobile gets rebadged with older silicon.
May 19, 2026 | Nova Lake will come in single and dual compute tile options, with up to 52 cores and 288MB of cache, making it Intel's most ambitious desktop CPU recently.
May 7, 2026 | The report indicates Intel is on schedule with its CPU roadmap to tackle AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple, spanning everything from mobile to high-end desktops.
April 23, 2026 | Intel's Z970 chipset is rumored to cover both the Z890 high-end and B860 mainstream tiers for Nova Lake, bringing overclocking to a much wider audience.
April 19, 2026 | Nova Lake will mark Intel's largest shift in cache architecture since Nehalem, which introduced private L2 caches almost 17 years ago.
April 14, 2026 | Details on the upcoming release of Intel Core Ultra 400 Series CPUs are starting emerge, and Intel could be planning a SoC-style model with Arc Graphics.
April 6, 2026 | While the smaller number may not be as enticing, the move to Xe3P should still deliver efficiency gains and introduce support for next-gen media codecs.
April 4, 2026 | Scrapped plans have left Intel with an abundance of 6P+12E tiles; these bLLC-equipped dies are now being allocated for locked, gaming-focused processors.
April 2, 2026 | Intel is expected to use a single compute tile for Nova Lake-HX, a step down from the 52-core dual-tile configuration leaked for the desktop counterpart.
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.



