Intel's Upcoming Nova Lake CPUs Set to Feature Revolutionary LGA1954 Socket

Shipping documents obtained from NBD Ltd suggest that Intel could potentially shift to the LGA1954 platform for their upcoming generation of processors. Nova Lake Processors for desktops (as mentioned by Olrak) come with PCH tools presumably designed for the 900-series chipsets. It’s worth noting that these entries don’t suggest an upcoming release. The confirmation of Nova Lake further clarifies this situation. 2026 product .

Nova Lake has been formally included in Intel’s lineup and is scheduled to replace Arrow Lake in the coming year. Early reports from silicon samples suggest that Nova Lake may feature dual groups of eight Coyote Cove performance cores along with sixteen Arctic Wolf efficiency cores. Additionally, it could include four low-power efficient (LPE) cores within the system-on-chip tile, bringing the total core count to an impressive 52 hybrid cores. Given that Intel’s designers are considering various architectural approaches, it remains uncertain whether this extensive 52-core configuration will ultimately be realized.

The details contained in the manifest suggest that Intel is currently disseminating LGA1954 testing equipment to various international locations. These devices aren’t complete motherboards; instead, they seem to be particular types of intermediaries designed to assess voltage control for future systems. Regardless, these sets are labeled under the code “NVL-S,” which stands for Nova Lake Desktop.

The documents also reference reball jigs or reballing stations designed specifically for an 888-ball BGA component with dimensions of 600 square millimeters (25mm by 24mm). These appear to pertain to Nova Lake’s Platform Controller Hub (PCH). The current generation of 800-series chipsets like Z890, B860, and H810 utilize packages approximately 650 square millimeters in size. Thus, although Nova Lake's southern bridge may be slightly more compact at 600 square millimeters compared to what seems expected from Arrow Lake, this detail doesn’t provide much significant information.

The short lifespan of LGA1851 is disappointing, although there are rumors about Arrow Lake Refresh might offer some solace to enthusiasts who've invested a lot in this platform. Intel platforms typically last for two generations, and while LGA1700 was an exception, the 13th and 14th generations were mere refreshes, using the same process nodes, and (almost) similar architectures, stemming from Alder Lake.

LGA1954 will include 1,954 electrically functional landing pads. When counting those used for debugging purposes, the number might surpass 2,000 since numerous connectors have additional pads beyond what their names suggest; this detail has been accurately verified through a thorough individual tallying of every pad. LGA1851 motherboard at an event in Japan . If this leak holds, Nova Lake and possibly even Razer Lake should be compatible with the LGA1954 platform, but the provided details are stretched too thin for us to draw any conclusive statements.

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