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Jeremy Laird

It looks like there will be no new Intel desktop CPUs until 2026 now that next-gen Nova Lake is officially a 2026 product

A screenshot from a video by Ordinary Uncle Tony, showing the internal structure of Intel's Arrow Lake desktop CPU.

Intel won't launch a new desktop CPU until 2026. That's the clear implication from comments made this week by the company's interim co-CEO.

Speaking on an earnings call to an assembly of the usual financial analyst types, Michelle Holthaus said, "2026 is even more exciting from a client perspective as Panther Lake achieves meaningful volumes, and we introduce our next-generation client family code-named Nova Lake."

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