Intel's Next-Generation CPUs Unveiled - Nova Lake-S/U and LGA 1700 Bartlett Lake-S Surface in Official Docs
Hot off the Intel drawing board!
A leaked Intel memo has spilled the beans on some future product lines, as discovered by hardware maestro InstLatX64. The roadmap for these exciting new toys encompasses Novalake for desktops (S) and low-power mobiles (U), along with the whispers about a P-core-only Bartlett Lake-S clan for LGA 1700 platforms. Remember, though, this isn't a set-in-stone confirmation – just a peek into what an Intel department might be gearing up for down the line.
The primary focus of this roadmap is Intel's Time Coordinated Computing (TCC) platforms designed for edge computing. It's crucial to emphasize that Intel hasn't labeled this roadmap as a POR (Plan Of Record), which, in industry lingo, is a document that outlines a company's definitive plans and goals regarding upcoming products over a specific period. In other words, even though Intel's expecting these products to appear at some point, they haven't been officially tied to a development timeline yet.
One of the rumored upcoming products is the Panther Lake mobile processors, which are expected to roll out in High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) later this year, with shelves stocked early next year. Intel flaunted several Reference Validation Platforms sporting these CPUs at Computex, and official die shots reveal a five-tile layout, with three of the tiles – Compute, Platform Controller, and GPU – slated to be operational.
Next up is Bartlett Lake, which Intel debuted the hybrid version of at CES this year for industrial, commercial, and edge applications. All the buzz surrounds the monolithic analogue, with 12P cores and 24 threads, rumored to be a drop-in replacement for 600-series and 700-series LGA 1700 motherboards, and projected to debut in Q3 2025, between July and September.
Following Arrow Lake, Nova Lake is Intel's next major desktop architecture, on track for a 2026 release. Initial sketches hint at up to 52 hybrid cores for the Nova Lake-S family. However, a new motherboard might be in your future, as these chips are said to transition to the LGA1954 platform.
Linux kernel patches hint at the possibility of Nova Lake-H mobile variants, but this slide suggests Intel's also developing Nova Lake-U variants, which are power-efficient and suited for low-power scenarios. While specifics about the launch window for Nova Lake-U remain unclear, it aligns with the broader release schedule for the Nova Lake lineup in 2026.
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Technology advances from Intel are anticipated in the future, with the development of Panther Lake mobile processors and the release of Bartlett Lake for various applications such as edge computing and desktop use. The roadmap also includes gadgets like Novalake for desktops and low-power mobiles, and these devices are expected to leverage technology like Time Coordinated Computing (TCC).
