About this tag
The bllc cache tag covers reporting about Intel’s large cache design as it relates to upcoming desktop processors and gaming performance. The current tagged discussion focuses on a rumor that Nova Lake-S may include 22-core Core Ultra 400 chips with performance, efficiency, and low-power efficiency cores, alongside Intel’s bLLC cache. It also examines the possibility that Intel could bring this gaming-oriented cache below its flagship range, increasing competition with AMD’s 3D V-Cache-equipped processors. This archive is useful for tracking leaks and analysis about Intel’s potential midrange CPU strategy, rather than confirmed product specifications or performance results.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Intel Nova Lake-S 296W Leak May Be PL2, Not Sustained Power

    A reported 296W power limit for Intel’s rumoured 28-core Nova Lake-S desktop processor should be read as a warning about the platform Intel may be preparing, not as proof that the chip will draw 296W in ordinary use. TweakTown first flagged the figure from Weibo leaker Golden Pig Upgrade...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Rumored Nova Lake-S bLLC Core Ultra 5 Could Bring AMD X3D Cache Fight to Midrange

    Intel’s rumored Nova Lake-S desktop lineup now reportedly includes two 22-core Core Ultra 400 chips with 6 performance cores, 12 efficiency cores, 4 low-power efficiency cores, and Intel’s large bLLC cache, according to July 3 reporting from VideoCardz and HotHardware based on leaker Jaykihn...