Gigabyte has a PC motherboard on display at Computex that's so mysterious it's almost certainly sporting one of Intel's forthcoming Nova Lake motherboards. While we can't know for sure, the odd lack of labels on the Aorus 'board suggests its Intel CPU is something nobody's ready to talk about yet. …
… Nova Lake's CPU cores: Built for AI? Intel's Nova Lake will apparently ship in 8-core, 16-core, 28-core, and 52-core variants, with both Coyote Cove performance cores and Arctic Wolf efficiency cores populating the system, along with an Intel NPU 6 of an undisclosed performance. …
… In this landscape, Intel could emerge as an unlikely champion. With Nova Lake just over the horizon and promising huge performance gains, big-cache chips, and improved socket longevity, Intel's rebrand from "monopolistic overlords" to "underdog who's listening" may be right around the corner. …
… But hardware hasn’t stopped yet, just slowed. In addition to Intel’s Nova Lake CPUs, we may be able to expect another AMD Radeon 9000 graphics card for desktop later in 2026. …