Intel Confirms Coyote Cove and Panther Cove Architectures for CPU Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids

Intel has officially revealed architecture of high-performance cores (P-Core), which will be used in future Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids client and server processors. Information published in issue 59 ISA Extensions Reference, where it is stated that Nova Lake will receive cores Coyote Cove, and the Diamond Rapids server line is Panther Cove.

ruler New Lake, aimed at desktops and laptops, will be released in the second half of 2026. It will be the successor to Panther Lake and will offer Coyote Cove cores paired with energy-efficient Arctic Wolf E-Core, replacing Darkmont. This promises significant improvements. performance per clock (IPC) and energy efficiency. Desktop Nova Lake processors are expected to use the new socket LGA 1954 and include up to 52 cores, and mobile ones - up to 28 cores on HX platforms, as well as integrated graphics based on the architecture Xe3.

In the server segment, Diamond Rapids will be Intel's next flagship, replacing Granite Rapids. These CPU will be built on Panther Cove P-Core, which is a modified version of Cougar Cove. The number of cores will reach 256, however in them there will be no support SMT — Intel acknowledged this as a temporary solution, promising to return SMT в Coral Rapids, the next generation of servers CPU.

Work on the project has also been confirmed Wildcat Lake — a new entry-level platform with Cougar Cove and Darkmont cores, which will replace Twin Lake.

In this way, Coyote Cove и Panther Cove will become the basis CPU Intel in 2026. Nova Lake will face AMD Ryzen on the Zen 6 architecture, and Diamond Rapids will face the EPYC Zen 6 server line, which promises fierce competition in the client and server segments.