Intel CPUs: Arrow Lake-S/HX must survive with a refresh by 2026

Intel CPUs: Arrow Lake-S/HX must survive 59 comments with refresh by 2026

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Intel Arrow Lake-S and the mobile offshoot with the same should receive a refresh that takes them to 2026. Only then does the replacement follow, which probably means Nova Lake. Because Panther Lake, which was announced as a product for 2025, is currently the focus on the classic mobile segment.

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Arrow Lake must hold by 2026

After Arrow Lake-S’s brilliant false debut in the office, the latest performance updates haven’t brought any real improvement. The platform is a little rounder and better, but the product hasn’t been justified yet – and it shouldn’t be. In addition, prices are high and many models are not available – the complete debut was ultimately a disaster. Mobile chips aka Arrow Lake-H will make it better shortly. The signs are also a little different here, because they are also the opponents. More on this shortly.

It ultimately comes as no surprise that there is a refresh for Arrow Lake-S and Arrow Lake-HX, which is known to be the same as in a notebook BGA package. In the portfolio, however, there is a gap, because a successor is simply missing here. Intel with Nova Lake recently named it in the quarterly report, but it doesn’t come until 2026, Intel’s product manager explained.

Only Panther Lake is really new in 2025

Panther Lake as a product for 2025 has the mobile focus on the other side, so it is more likely to be understood as a successor for Arrow Lake-H. At Panther Lake, Intel puts almost everything on a card, here your own production Intel-18A is to be used for the first time. If it doesn’t work out and a compelling complete package, the recent free fall linked to the company and, above all, the foundry should be almost unstoppable.

Intel and AMD taking steps towards 2026

This year you can see in many other areas at Intel rather than bridging, the IT base summarized a week ago. The new rumors about refreshments underlie this, there are no innovations, rather an infusion. This year, however, Intel is not alone, at AMD it looks a lot like something in terms of time: even in 2026 there are still few new offshoots to AMD and AMD Strix Halo are eagerly awaited.