Intel roadmap reveals Nova Lake CPUs, Wildcat Lake, and new 12-core Bartlett Lake SKUs

[DragonSlayer101]

In brief: An official Intel document has seemingly revealed the company's future CPU roadmap, which includes the Wildcat Lake and Bartlett Lake-S families. The slide also confirms that Team Blue is developing Nova Lake-S for desktops and a low-power Nova Lake-U variant for laptops.

The leak originates from an Intel support document about the Time Coordinated Computing (TCC) platform, which outlines how the technology can be used for real-time applications at the edge. However, the roadmap section was removed from the document after being spotted by tipster InstLatX64, who shared a screenshot of the slide on X.

The slide referenced several unreleased Intel platforms expected to be announced soon. These include Nova Lake-S for desktops and Nova Lake-U for laptops, both believed to follow Arrow Lake. It also mentions Wildcat Lake, which is speculated to be a new low-power mobile platform likely to succeed Twin Lake.

Additionally, the slide listed a Bartlett Lake-S SKU with just 12 performance cores, something long rumored in the media but not yet officially announced. Intel first introduced the Bartlett Lake platform at CES in January, unveiling three SKUs with up to 24 cores in a hybrid configuration, based on Alder Lake or Raptor Lake silicon.

The current Bartlett Lake-S chips are primarily targeted at industrial, commercial, and edge computing applications, suggesting that the upcoming 12-core model will serve the same market. Earlier reports indicate that it will be compatible with existing 600- and 700-series LGA 1700 motherboards and is expected to launch by September 2025.

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– InstLatX64 (@InstLatX64) June 2, 2025

The now-deleted document also referenced the upcoming Panther Lake mobile processors, which are projected to enter high-volume manufacturing later this year and begin shipping to OEMs in early 2026. Intel reportedly showcased several Reference Validation Platforms featuring these chips at Computex 2025 last month, indicating a formal announcement may be imminent.

Although the slide did not detail hardware specifications for any of the upcoming processor families, recent leaks have revealed information about Intel's next major desktop architecture: Nova Lake. Reports suggest that Nova Lake-S could feature up to 52 hybrid cores and will use the new LGA 1954 socket, meaning users upgrading from LGA 1851 will require a new motherboard.

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Intel roadmap reveals Nova Lake CPUs, Wildcat Lake, and new 12-core Bartlett Lake SKUs

 

[Squid Surprise]

And will any of the desktop CPUs compare favourably with AMD? I’m betting no…

 

[daffy duck]

And will any of the desktop CPUs compare favourably with AMD? I’m betting no…

Nova Lake should be a massive uplift over Arrow to head Lake. In fact Panther Lake should see a big improvement despite being a laptop only apu at this stage. Arrow Lake outside of gaming is very good and Intel is redesigning things like memory controller and ringbus to greatly improve latency. I doubt Nova Lake will be bad at gaming.

 

[YudaHnK]

Nova Lake should be a massive uplift over Arrow to head Lake. In fact Panther Lake should see a big improvement despite being a laptop only apu at this stage. Arrow Lake outside of gaming is very good and Intel is redesigning things like memory controller and ringbus to greatly improve latency. I doubt Nova Lake will be bad at gaming.

Bro please stop the cap, nobody but the most ardent shintel fan believes they will release a competitive desktop CPU any time soon.

 

[Burty117]

Intel kinda have to move from 8p cores to 12p cores in their desktop parts, all rumours and leaks suggest Zen6 is moving to 12 cores per CCD, so AMD will have a 12 core X3D chip, which will absolutely rip in games, sounds like AMD are making a lot of changes so the Infinity Fabric is less of a bottleneck as well.

If Intel stick with 8p cores, they'll probably get left behind again.

 

[johnwinter87]

If Nova Lake really delivers on the latency and architecture changes, we might finally see Intel close the gap — but matching Zen6 in gaming still feels like a stretch unless core counts scale too

 

[Rudyduu]

Bro please stop the cap, nobody but the most ardent shintel fan believes they will release a competitive desktop CPU any time soon.

I wouldn't speculate the competitiveness of an unreleased CPU ever, good or bad. Real world results are what matters and it's in Intel's best interest to bring a competitive product to market. Computer enthusiasts like most of the people here aren't Intel's most profitable segment or even close to it, so it doesn't really matter who you fanboy over. Speculation and fanboying doesn't matter actual results do. They shouldn't be judged until their products actually hit the market, don't forget AMD once put out a string of poor performing CPU's, too.