Intel's Meteor Lake processors will apparently make it to socketed motherboards after all, but not those for traditional desktops.
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Since its launch in mid-December, Meteor Lake has only been used for laptops and NUCs, but not desktops. Intel instead relies on its Raptor Lake Refresh processors for the desktop, processors that offer much higher performance but lower efficiency than Meteor Lake.
Nevertheless, an upcoming iBase motherboard revealed on the X shows that it has an LGA 1851 socket with explicit support for Meteor Lake PS, an otherwise uncommon variant of Meteor Lake. Materials referencing the motherboard say it's "preliminary" and "coming soon," but iBase has a full spec sheet for what the motherboard will offer, so it doesn't seem like this is some kind of mistake on its part.
We've asked Intel to confirm and will update if we hear back.
