Well, it looks like Intel’s Arrow Lake processors are really on the way, with an expected 2024 release date and some seriously impressive performance leaks. These are the ones to watch, folks; forget about Meteor Lake and the underwhelming Raptor Lake refresh expected later this year.
There’s a big problem with these incoming chips, though, and it’s probably not one that Intel can fix. German tech site Igor’s Lab recently leaked a wealth of information about both the Arrow Lake chips themselves and – more pertinently – the motherboard socket that will support them. Surprising nobody, it’s not the current LGA 1700 socket; instead, it’ll be the new LGA 1851 socket.
