Intel is once again down for another Refresh for its Raptor Lake series and as per the report, it's set to launch it next year.
Intel Aims for DDR4 Abundance in the Market Through Releasing New Raptor Lake Refreshes Alongside Nova Lake CPUs
Intel Raptor Lake has witnessed multiple refreshes in recent years. After the success of the 13th-gen Raptor Lake family, Intel followed up with the 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh. Even after the release of Intel's Arrow Lake, aka Core Ultra Series 2 processors, Intel re-released the Raptor Lake Refresh with a different naming convention (Core Series). According to the latest report, Intel is set to release the Refresh once again in the coming months.
As per Tom's Hardware, Team Blue is aiming for an early 2027 launch for another Raptor Lake Refresh series. The information doesn't come from Intel, but from industry insiders, which could be true or not; based on the fact that many vendors are now aiming to increase production of DDR4 motherboards, Intel could be aiming for a re-release of Raptor Lake Refresh chips, which, to this day, outsell the Arrow Lake CPUs.
The new lineup has been given a new title, "Raptor Lake Next", but it isn't official. Considering we already have two Refreshes of the Raptor Lake family, the "Next" will distinguish the new launch. As per the information, Intel is set to release the Raptor Lake Next after releasing the Nova Lake processors. It's said that both Raptor Lake Next and Nova Lake will exist side by side, each fulfilling the demands of DDR4 and DDR5 platform owners. It's unclear whether Intel will release newer SKUs under a new naming convention or will bring back older specifications in the new lineup.
According to some reports, Intel is not going to discontinue the Raptor Lake Refresh anytime soon, as it's one of the only major lineups that are fulfilling the demands of users who don't want to overspend on DDR5 platforms. Currently, expensive DDR5 memory has made DDR5 platforms such as LGA 1851 and AM5 unaffordable. Given the current state, even AMD brought back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D anniversary edition, which it claims to have "re-engineered" due to the absence of the older bonding process AMD used for the processor.
Considering that AMD itself expects that the DDR5 prices will stay high for the next two years, Intel and AMD both know that DDR4 is the only way the current market demands can be fulfilled.
News Source: Tom's Hardware
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