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Jacob Fox

The latest influx of Intel Arrow Lake rumours make me cautiously hopeful about desktop and mobile processors for a change

Intel Core i9 14900K CPU on a box and inside a motherboard socket.

It's been such a rough year for CPUs, especially for Intel, that I feel like a scared dog tentatively approaching a treat when I hear rumblings about upcoming processors. It's part of the reason I don't like to cover too many rumours, because I don't want others suffering the same potential disappointment. But these latest ones have rekindled the slightest glimmer of hope inside me.

Here's the latest, in short. Firstly, we might now know some clock speeds of entry-level and mid-range Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs thanks to an apparent leak conveyed by X user Raichu (via VideoCardz). And they're decent considering other rumoured architectural and efficiency improvements.

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