Intel’s next-gen CPUs are starting to look… kinda ridiculous. And in this case, that’s a good thing. A fresh Nova Lake leak has spilled a ton of details, and if even half of it holds up, Intel might be gearing up for a serious comeback in high-end desktop CPUs.
Nova Lake leak shows Intel going all-in on cache
The biggest headline here is cache. A lot of it. The leaked lineup, courtesy of reliable leaker Jaykihn on X, suggests Intel’s top-end Nova Lake chip could pack up to 288MB of total cache, which is actually more than what AMD currently offers on its X3D chips. That’s thanks to what Intel is calling bLLC (big Last Level Cache), which is basically its answer to AMD’s 3D V-Cache strategy. Instead of stacking cache like AMD, Intel is integrating massive chunks of it directly into the chip design.
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