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Intel’s operation in China has confirmed the company will be launching a Raptor Lake refresh later this year, which is the first time it’s put its stamp of approval on all the recent rumors. The company will still be unveiling Meteor Lake as well, but as expected it will be mobile-only. However, there will also be upgraded Raptor Lake mobile parts as well, which will receive new “1st Generation” branding, which sounds like it will be kind of confusing. Intel isn’t talking about launch dates or core counts yet, but at least we know there will be updates across the board later this year.
Intel China confirmed the company’s plans via the usual methods; a post on the social media site Bilibili. The translated version, via Tom’s Hardware, shows a complete list of revamped products spanning the company’s product stacks for desktop and mobile, and confirms several previous rumors. The first is that the upgraded Raptor Lake for desktop will indeed be named 14th Generation, which is odd since it’s likely just a refresh of the existing CPUs. However, Intel may throw us a bone and bump up core counts in addition to clocks for some of its i5 and i7 SKUs. The chart confirms it’ll be the same lineup as what we have now; Raptor Lake desktop parts in i3, i5, i7, and i9 versions. There will also be upgraded high-end mobile parts with the HX moniker, and all of these will be labeled Intel 14th generation, both desktop and mobile.
According to this leaked roadmap, the Raptor Lake-S refresh is coming in Q3, so most likely in September.
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The twist here is there will be revamped Raptor Lake mobile CPUs for ultra-thin laptops, and these will be named “1st Generation” CPUs. Previously it was confirmed by Intel this would be the branding scheme that would be adopted for Meteor Lake, but now it appears to apply to some Raptor Lake CPUs too. It certainly makes sense for Meteor Lake to get a refreshed generation number since it’s the first of the company’s new tile-based designs, and it’s on the new Intel 4 node too. It’ll also have a brand new LGA 1851 socket, so by all counts, it’s as new as it gets for Intel. Raptor Lake is made on Intel 7 though, and will use the existing LGA 1700 socket. Therefore, all we can surmise is Intel just wants its mobile branding to be different than what it uses for desktop.
Of course, there will still be Meteor Lake with its all-new branding, which is the first time it’s done this in 15 years. These CPUs will be separated into Intel Core, and Intel Core Ultra along with a solo digit such as 5, 7, or 9 to represent their position in the product stack. The Raptor Lake desktop parts will use the current branding, such as Core i9-14900K, as we previously reported.
Intel’s confirmation confirms rumors that appeared on Twitter in late 2022 via a leaked roadmap showing a Raptor Lake refresh was coming. A related leak indicated the refresh was taking place due to Intel cancelling its Meteor Lake desktop plans, so these Twitter rumors do come true sometimes. This month motherboard manufacturers also started updating their BIOS files to prepare for “Intel next generation” CPUs on the LGA 1700 socket, which also confirmed Intel’s plans. However, at least now we have it straight from the horse’s mouth. We’ll just need to patiently wait for Intel to officially discuss core counts, TDPs, and pricing.
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