Intel Arrow Lake Refresh Flexes Faster DDR5 Memory, Nova Lake Gets A Big NPU Boost

We reported last week on some leaked details for Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh processors. As a refresh, these new chips don't seem to do much to differentiate themselves from the extant Core Ultra 200S family, but one small upgrade mentioned in that leak was a move to DDR5-7200 memory as standard. Now, we have confirmation on that direct from Intel itself, as well as a trio of new rumors regarding Intel's actual next-gen desktop processors code-named Nova Lake.

First up, the Arrow Lake Refresh memory speed confirmation. This comes by way of Uniko's Hardware, who points out on Xwitter that Intel has updated its Plan of Record document for the Core Ultra 200S family. This is probably happening because the refreshed chips are not going to be called the Core Ultra 300S family, but rather branded with model number increases and "Plus" after the number ...