An image of an upcoming LGA1851 desktop CPU has made its method onto the web. Although an image of a CPU that is a 12 months or extra from launch is not notably superb, what’s attention-grabbing is that it seems to be a Meteor Lake pattern. Whereas Meteor Lake-S was seemingly canceled, the existence of CPUs akin to these tells us Intel bought a great distance down the Meteor Lake-S growth path.
The pictured CPU comes from @wxnod (through Videocardz). The CPU is unquestionably an LGA1851 pattern because the notches close to the sting of the chip align with schematics we have seen beforehand. What’s attention-grabbing is the date of manufacture.