Intel's 14th Gen Meteor Lake-S Desktop CPU support has been added to the upcoming Linux 6.3 Kernel as a part of a patch.
There's more evidence now that Intel is going to launch its 14th Gen Meteor Lake CPU family on the desktop platform. We have seen various leaks over the past few months and the latest information comes within the Linux 6.3 patch which adds support for Meteor Lake-S SPI serial flash along with a list of Meteor Lake-S PCI IDs to the driver list of supported devices. This patch was released recently on the 6th of May.
Despite earlier rumors saying that Intel had canceled its 14th Gen Meteor Lake-S Desktop family, it is looking more likely that desktop users will be getting some form of Meteor Lake. Just a few weeks back, we reported that the Meteor Lake-S Desktop CPUs will comprise of up to Core i5 SKUs & TDPs of 35-65W. These chips will exist alongside the higher-end Arrow Lake-S parts which will scale up to Core i9 SKUs with 125W TDPs. Both chips will feature support on the brand-new 800-series chipset platform.
The new Intel 800-series chipset platform will support at least two generations of CPUs including Meteor Lake-S and Arrow Lake-S. The platform will drop the existing LGA 1700/1800 socket & use the new LGA 1851 socket which has a similar package size as the existing socket making sure that cooler compatibility remains intact and will come in Z890, H870, B860 & H810 solutions. The 800-series motherboards will also support faster DDR5 memory. Based on the previous information, the 800-series platform will offer the following SKUs within the Meteor Lake-S lineup:
Meanwhile, the Intel Arrow Lake-S Desktop SKUs are expected in the following configurations:
Intel's own confirmation that they are testing
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