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Tom’s Hardware
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Jake Roach

Intel reportedly preparing surprise return to DDR4 systems with 'Raptor Lake Next' — LGA 1700 platform apparently slated for first half of 2027, takes a page from AMD's book by extending budget platform longevity

The Intel Core i7-14700K sitting on RAM sticks.

Some of the most interesting topics at Computex happen around the announcements themselves, and that’s certainly the case when it comes to Intel’s plans beyond Nova Lake. At the event, Tom’s Hardware heard that Intel has plans to launch “Raptor Lake Next” CPUs within the first half of 2027. The CPUs would mark the third refresh of Intel’s Raptor Lake range, which first debuted with 13th-Gen chips. The chips will reportedly live alongside Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake range, which the company intends to introduce at CES next year.

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