Intel Raptor Lake refresh rumoured to replace Meteor Lake desktop CPUs

Intel's 2023 roadmap showed Meteor Lake desktop chips would come in late 2023, but that might no longer be the case. As per the latest reports, the rumoured Raptor Lake refresh will replace the promised Meteor Lake-S CPUs.

At CES 2023, Intel will reportedly introduce the 13th Gen Core non-K desktop chips and tell us more about the Core i9-13900KS. The leaked Intel roadmap for 2023 also shows that Raptor Lake chips will be refreshed later in the year (Q3 2023), with no mention of any Meteor Lake-S desktop CPUs.

MTL-S seems maybe canceled.?

— Raichu (@OneRaichu) December 23, 2022

As for why Meteor Lake-S is absent from the roadmap, it could be due to the architecture having been cancelled. That's according to @OneRaichu (via HotHardware), who had previously accurately reported Intel release plans and specs for some of its products. With Meteor Lake-S's reported cancellation, one could only assume the Raptor Lake refresh will act as a replacement.

What's left unanswered is why Intel would avoid releasing Meteor Lake-S. One could assume that the architecture might not have met some performance targets. Still, there's a chance we'll see Meteor Lake chips for laptops.

KitGuru says: If Intel launches a Raptor Lake refresh, then there is a good chance they will run on the LGA1700 socket, so current-gen CPU owners could upgrade without switching motherboards. 

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