Currently, the PC and even the entire technology industry are in chaos. Although the AI craze has not brought many actual benefits, it continues to heat up. Affected by this, the price fluctuations in the hardware market have intensified. Memory prices have tripled, and the prices of solid-state drives and graphics cards have also risen simultaneously. Now, this fluctuation has spread to the CPU field,The latest news shows that both AMD and Intel, the two major chip giants, plan to postpone the release of their next-generation desktop processors.
According to Benchlife,AMD's Ryzen 10000 "Olympic Ridge" series desktop processors are expected to be postponed to 2027.
Previously, AMD had clearly listed the Zen 6 architecture as a 2026 roadmap product. In 2025, it publicly stated that the EPYC "Venice" server CPU based on the Zen 6 architecture would be launched in 2026.
According to industry practice, after data center and server-level products are released, consumer-level desktop products often follow closely.
Coincidentally, Intel's next-generation desktop CPU has also been delayed.A blogger broke the news that,The Nova Lake series will be postponed to 2027, which is contrary to Intel CEO Chen Liwu's previously confirmed statement of "release at the end of 2026."
However, there is also news that the initial models of the Nova Lake series may still be launched in the fourth quarter of 2026.The desktop version of Nova Lake-S will most likely be officially unveiled at 2027 CES.
Behind the postponement, it is inseparable from the adjustment of industry resource allocation. Last year, Intel made it clear that it would shift its production capacity from consumer chips to data center CPUs. The delay of the Nova Lake series may be closely related to this adjustment.
In fact, almost all technology companies are currently giving priority to the field of artificial intelligence and competing for AI-related market share. Although Intel has not yet clearly stated the specific reasons for the delay of Nova Lake-S, based on existing information, the impact of tilting its production capacity towards the AI and data center fields has gradually emerged.
The release time has not been determined, but the core specifications of the next generation desktop CPUs of the two giants have been leaked.It is reported that Zen 6 will introduce a 12-core CCD for the first time and will launch a new 24-core Ryzen flagship processor. At the same time, this series will use TSMC’s 2nm process with a frequency exceeding 6GHz and maintain AM5 slot compatibility.
On the other side, the high-end models of the Intel Nova Lake series will be equipped with a 52-core design and a bLLC cache of up to 288MB, fully competing with AMD's X3D.
The industry predicts that after the official launch of the two series, the desktop CPU market will usher in fierce competition, which is expected to bring consumers a more powerful performance experience.
At present, neither of the two major manufacturers has officially confirmed the rumors of new product delays and related specifications details, and subsequent progress still needs to be further disclosed.
