Rumors indicate that AMD’s next-gen chips will beat Intel’s to market by quite a margin.
According to industry insider HXL, also known as 9550pro on Twitter/X, the release of the Core Ultra 200 desktop CPUs from the Arrow Lake-S line could be pushed back as far as December. HXL does specify that this is only a rumor at the moment.
If accurate, a December release for the Core Ultra 200 series will leave a five-month gap after the launch ofAMD’s Zen 5 processor lineup. With no Intel launch until the Holidays, this leaves a significant portion of time for AMD to be unchallenged in the processor market.
Rumor: ARL-S Sales: December
It is expected that Intel plans to officially unveil the Arrow Lake-S CPU line-up during its ‘ON’ event, due to take place in September. With the original October release date, this would give the company a few weeks to begin sending the chips to retailers.
A December release date might mean customers can give themselves a holiday treat of a PC upgrade, but leaves plenty of room for AMD’s new Ryzen CPUs to gain a solid foothold in the market.
Intel is faced with other issues in its desktop CPU department. The 13th and 14th generation of CPUs continue to beplagued by instability problems. Despitelaunching an investigation, no firm information on the root cause of the problem has been announced. Nor has a solution been forthcoming.
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Between those problems and a potential release delay, we might be seeing a significant uptick in AMD customers.
Rebecca Hills-Duty was a Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team, specializing in PC components, VR, AMD, Nvidia and Intel. She has previously written for UploadVR and The Escapist, hosts a weekly show on RadioSEGA and has an obsession with retro gaming.
