Intel Meteor Lake-S Desktop CPUs Rumored To Be Cancelled, LGA 1851 Might Support Trio of Core Families

Amid news of Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S processors, rumors of Intel’s Meteor Lake-S CPUs being cancelled have been making their rounds. This discrete processor series was assumed to be Intel’s replacement for Rocket Lake-S, and apparently Intel has decided to forgo the development and launch of Meteor Lake-S.

Meteor Lake-S was expected to offer a considerable boost in performance, with the 10nm SuperFin process node, and was also rumored to incorporate support of the high-end Golden Cove cores. According to leaks, the series was supposed to offer support for up to 18 cores and a TDP of 125W, with the topmost variants expected to offer higher core counts.

The latest reports, however, suggest that the Meteor Lake-S series has been cancelled, and Intel is opting to go ahead with its upcoming family of processors – Rocket Lake-S – that are based on its 14nm process node. Despite its 14nm process, though, Rocket Lake-S is expected to offer considerable performance improvements over its predecessor, Comet Lake-S.

Intel is also reportedly planning to offer a trio of core families that involve support of its LGA 115x sockets. It is expected to include the Iris Xe series with its LGA 1151 socket, the Core i9 KF series with LGA 1155 socket, and the Core i9 XE series with LGA 1851 socket.

The latter is particularly interesting, as this indicates that Intel is likely to bring in a new socket for its high-end series. Intel has relied heavily on its LGA 1151 socket with its 9th and 10th-gen processors, and it looks like the company is now looking to add some much-needed diversity to its core lineup with the help of a new socket.

So far, not much information is available on the LGA 1851 socket and its pairing with the Core i9 XE series. But it can be assumed that the new socket will be tailored for more high-end offerings from Intel, likely paired with the company’s 10nm SuperFin process node.

Overall, these developments in Intel’s core line-up could provide some exciting opportunities, with the launch of a new socket and a new family of processors. That aside, Intel’s decision to cancel the Meteor Lake-S series remains a mystery, and hopefully more details regarding this will surface soon.