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Darren Allan

Intel Arrow Lake may not arrive late after all – new rumor suggests next-gen CPUs will hit shelves in October, not December

An Intel Core i9-14900K with its promotional packaging.

Intel has stepped up its pre-release schedule for Arrow Lake processors, and the most recent rumor of a December 2024 launch is no longer true, according to fresh info from the grapevine.

This is the latest word from leaker Jaykihn, who claims on X that the Arrow Lake (Core Ultra 200) desktop (ARL-S) flagship CPU has had its Qualification Sample (QS) testing and validation brought forward by six weeks, which is quite the leap. (QS chips are essentially the finished version of the silicon in all but name – the CPUs in final testing).

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