Nova Lake CPUs with cut-down E-core clusters may still retain full cache pool, says new leak — 8P+12E config predictions revised from 33MB to 36MB, 4P+4E config from 15MB to 18MB
- ID
- 13536
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026, 9:37 PM
- Fetched
- 12 Aug 2026, 11:38 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/nova-lake-cpus-with-cut-down-e-core-clusters-may-still-retain-full-cache-pool-says-new-leak-8p-12e-config-predictions-revised-from-33mb-to-36mb-4p-4e-config-from-15mb-to-18mb
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 12 Aug 2026, 11:43 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
A new leak suggests Intel's upcoming Nova Lake CPUs with cut-down E-core clusters may retain their full cache pool, revising predictions for the 8P+12E config from 33MB to 36MB and the 4P+4E config from 15MB to 18MB. The article itself is mostly site navigation boilerplate with minimal additional detail beyond the headline.
Why it matters
This is an unverified hardware leak about future Intel CPU cache configurations with no actionable takeaway for builders today. If you provision or budget for developer workstations or CI build servers, you can ignore this until benchmarks exist.
Discussion angle
Skip this segment — there's not enough substance here to justify 15-30 minutes of discussion; consider it only as a one-line mention if someone asks about Intel roadmaps.