Intel NUC Extreme roadmap revealed: Raptor Canyon, is expected to be released in 2022Q4
Earlier this year, Intel launched the NUC 12 Extreme, code-named “Dragon Canyon“, and the NUC 12 Extreme Compute Element, code-named “Eden Bay”. Different from the previous BGA way, it supports the replacement or upgrade of the processor for the first time, and is equipped with a standard LGA 1700 socket.
Although the NUC 12 Extreme has not been on sale for a long time, Intel seems to be preparing an updated NUC Extreme product. Recently, a Reddit user exposed the Intel NUC Extreme roadmap. It is shown that the new generation product codenamed “Raptor Canyon” will be equipped with the 13th generation Core series processors with the “K/KF” suffix. At the same time, the new computing module NUC 13 Extreme Compute Element, code-named “Shrike Bay”, is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of this year.
In this roadmap, the specific specifications of the NUC 13 Extreme are not mentioned, however, it can be understood that the volume of the new generation of products equipped with Raptor Lake will be larger, reaching 13.9 liters, which has caught up with some Micro-ATX chassis, and the current NUC 12 Extreme is about 8 liters overall. As processor specifications increase and high-performance graphics cards may be equipped with larger cooling systems in the future, it seems inevitable that the chassis will increase in size if full-length PCIe x16 graphics cards continue to be supported.
Considering the compatibility between the LGA 1700 socket and the desktop platform processor, I don’t know if the NUC 12 Extreme Compute Element can replace Alder Lake with Raptor Lake, which is convenient for old users to upgrade.
In addition, the marketing plan of the NUC series shows that the new NUC X15 series laptops, codenamed Alder County and equipped with Alder Lake and Arc GPUs, were originally planned to be available in the second quarter of 2022. Apparently, the release time is now delayed, which once again confirms that Intel has a problem with the delivery of Arc discrete graphics cards.
