Similarly, a 2023 launch for Windows 12 also does not align with the previous report which suggested that the Redmond giant was moving back to a three-year launch cycle for new OSs since in that case, a 2024 2H launch becomes more plausible.

Regardless though, Meteor Lake would probably require some extra optimization just like Alder Lake did. That's because Intel is going for a tiled architecture with Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake. This approach is very similar to AMD's chiplet design and hence Intel would be able to employ different process nodes across the different tiles inside its CPUs.


According to Intel's process node roadmap, Intel's 20A process, which will be used by Arrow Lake, is going to be ready for manufacturing in the first half of 2024. This also happens to be the year when Windows 12 is most likely to release given the reports we have had.