Nova Lake Architecture Breaks From Intel Tradition with Family 18 ID

Nova Lake architecture breaks from Intel tradition with Family 18 ID

Intel engineers recently submitted a few lines of code that contain a major change to the company's long-standing CPU identification scheme. The patch defines two new CPU...

Intel Nova Lake: Family 18 CPUs Arrive in 2026 with 52 Cores to Rival AMD Zen 6

In the ever-evolving world of semiconductor technology, Intel Corp. is charting a bold new course with its upcoming Nova Lake processors, marking a significant departure from decades-old architectural conventions. Recent developments in open-source software communities have shed light on this shift, as Intel engineers begin integrating support for what promises to be a groundbreaking CPU family. According to a report from Phoronix, the company h…

Intel prepares for Nova Lake CPUs with new Linux support — retiring 20-year-old 'Family 6' designation in favor of 'Family 18'

(Image credit: Intel) For the first time in more than two decades, Intel is moving past its long-standing CPU classification system in favor of a new one. With Nova Lake, the company’s next generation of processors, Intel is signaling the end of the Family 6 era that has defined x86 processors since the late ’90s. This change was unearthed as part of the Linux enablement Intel is doing for Nova Lake as we speak.The initial patch, spotted in the…