A gobsmacking 52-core Intel CPU could be on the way
Who could argue with more cores?
Intel could be working on a monstrous desktop CPU. Although Intel pushed core counts up on its desktop chips with the release of 12th-gen Alder Lake processors, the most recent Arrow Lake chips like the Core Ultra 9 285K have dialed things back. Intel's Nova Lake chips, which will reportedly use the Core Ultra 400 name and arrive in 2026, are rumored to take things up a notch with a flagship chip reaching up to 52 cores.
