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Intel reportedly preparing surprise return to DDR4 systems with 'Raptor Lake Next'
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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.
Key facts
- The flagship Core 9 273PQE goes up to 12 P-cores, four more than the Core i9-14900K
- Nonetheless, some enthusiasts have managed to get Bartlett Lake chips working on consumer 600-series and 700-series motherboards
- At the event, Tom’s Hardware heard that Intel has plans to launch “Raptor Lake Next” CPUs within the first half of 2027
- AMD recently reintroduced the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, turning back to DDR4 amid memory shortages, and it makes sense for Intel to do the same
Summary
Ryzen to the top: How AMD innovated in the gaming CPU market. The team don’t know the proper name of the CPUs yet, that they’re referred to as “Raptor Lake Next” and will arrive some months after the first Nova Lake chips have hit the market. Now, they simply know the name and a rough timeline when the chips are set to release, which follows a rumor that circulated in April about Intel’s plans to re-introduce Raptor Lake CPUs, as well as comments from Intel’s Robert Hallock that Raptor Lake will be “abundantly available” in the market. The specifications remain a mystery, as well as what exactly the range will look like.