Intel has corrected itself in terms of the brand new Raptor Lake Refresh vary of desktop processors, clarifying that these 14th-gen chips received’t assist Thunderbolt 5 in spite of everything.
When Raptor Lake Refresh launched, Intel’s launch assertion noticed that the 14th-gen processors “embody assist for … upcoming Thunderbolt 5 wired connectivity.”
A correction has now been issued – as flagged up by Tom’s {Hardware} – by which Intel clarifies that the above assertion was incorrect.
Intel notes: “Whereas some processors within the Intel Core 14th Gen processor household will embody assist for Thunderbolt 5, Intel Core 14th Gen desktop processors, particularly, won’t assist it.”
Evaluation: A watch-opening launch blunder
Thunderbolt 5 connectivity is hardly the largest subject round Intel’s Raptor Lake Refresh – naturally, all the main focus has been (as ever) on how a lot sooner they’re gen-on-gen, in addition to how a lot energy they chug, and pricing. Nonetheless, it’s fairly dangerous for Intel to get a elementary reality on the 14th-gen mistaken in its launch announcement.
A minimum of we now know that the desktop CPUs received’t get Thunderbolt 5, which can depart you questioning – which 14th-gen processors will, then? Intel should be referring to the opposite household of chips launching in December, working alongside Raptor Lake Refresh, specifically Meteor Lake.
Meteor Lake are laptop computer (cell) processors, and so this is sensible – that’s the place Thunderbolt ports are most prevalent. They’re current on way more notebooks than desktops.
It’s additionally value noting that Thunderbolt 5 has not lengthy been introduced, and gadgets utilizing the usual received’t be round till 2024 (later within the yr, in all probability). So, there’s nonetheless a good bit of highway to go earlier than it actually arrives, however Thunderbolt 5 is a big deal merely due to how blazing-fast it’s. Nonetheless, it’s one thing Raptor Lake Refresh PC house owners must stay with out, it appears.
