Intel Meteor Lake 'Desktop' Processor Early Engineering Sample Spotted; Features 14 Cores And Works On LGA 1851 Socket

Intel "Q46W" Engineering Sample Seems to be "Meteor Lake-S" Desktop CPU minus Hyper-Threading

The status of Intel "Meteor Lake-S" (MTL-S) desktop processors was the subject of much speculation throughout 2023—by September of that year, Team Blue leadership projected an upcoming launch in 2024. Technically, Meteor Lake was deployed to "sort-of desktops" platforms—albeit in mini-PCs that utilized Core Ultra mobile chips. Industry moles insisted that Intel was still actively engaged in production of MTL-S samples in late 2023. According to …

Intel Meteor Lake 'Desktop' Processor Early Engineering Sample Spotted; Features 14 Cores And Works On LGA 1851 Socket

The Meteor Lake processors didn't get an official release, but here is how they look in reality, and they also work on select motherboards. Intel Core Ultra 9 185 Early Samples Pictured; Features No Hyperthreading Before Meteor Lake made it to the mobile platform, several previous reports indicated that Intel would release the desktop variants. Even though the processors didn't officially make it to the market, Intel did manufacture many such un…