Overview
- A VideoCardz roadmap leak, reported Monday by PC Gamer, Tom’s Hardware and others, outlines Intel’s Core Ultra 400S (Nova Lake) plan from single‑die mainstream chips to dual‑die parts reaching 52 cores, with Intel itself having slated the family for late 2026.
- Multiple outlets say the lineup adds a Big Last Level Cache, a much larger pool of on‑chip memory rumored at 144–288 MB that reduces trips to system RAM and could lift gaming performance against AMD’s 3D V‑Cache parts.
- The materials describe a modern platform with a new LGA1954 socket aimed at longer support, DDR5‑8000 memory, 24 PCIe 5.0 lanes for add‑in devices, Thunderbolt 5 ports, Wi‑Fi 7, and an NPU6 block for on‑device AI, plus support noted for several PCIe and Thunderbolt‑attached SSDs.
- SKU tables shared in the reports point to 35 W, 65 W and 125 W models and high‑end chips at a reported 175 W, with Coyote Cove performance cores, Arctic Wolf efficiency cores, four low‑power E‑cores on the hub die, and baseline integrated graphics listed as two Xe3 cores.
- A separate tip from leaker Jaykihn, treated as preliminary by outlets, claims a midrange 16‑core Nova Lake‑S variant with a much larger 12‑core Xe3P integrated GPU that would target APU‑style desktops and mini PCs, a configuration Intel has not confirmed.