Intel seems to have confirmed that its 14th generation Core processors (codenamed “Meteor Lake”) will have versions for desktops. After rumors that the line would be exclusive to high-efficiency notebooks, the latest leaks indicate that the new hardware family will be much larger than expected.
On Monday (24), the leaker @momomo_us from Twitter discovered that the manufacturer’s website started to list a tool with an enigmatic name, but that suggests the existence of new processors for desktops under the 14th generation Core line. Check below:
The term “LGA 1851” indicates the new socket that should debut with the launch of the next generation of Intel processors. The platform should have improvements in power delivery, in addition to an increase in the number of contact surfaces. “MTL” is short for “Meteor Lake”, and the suffix “-S” indicates that this is desktop hardware.
The tool is described as an interposition module that serves as an electrical conduit to connect one socket to another on the manufacturer’s hardware test platform, so it is a resource aimed at its partner companies.
It is deduced that Intel is conducting tests with the 14th generation Core processors for desktops before their launch in 2023 – forecast provided by the manufacturer itself. The LGA 1851 will be the socket that will succeed the LGA 1700 which, in turn, debuted with the 12th generation Core in October 2021.
Intel dropped several hints about the 14th generation Core. The company submitted an update to the Linux source code suggesting that the “Meteor Lake” line will have L4 cache, and we later discovered a patent filing that reinforced this speculation.
The next generation of chips should be announced in the middle of the second half of this year, possibly after the debut of the upgrade of the 13th generation Core processors. So far, Intel has not revealed the specifications of the products in the “Meteor Lake” line, but confirms that these processors will have a design of chiplets.
