(Image credit: Intel) As we get closer to the expected launch of Intel's upcoming desktop CPU family, Nova Lake , rumors and leaks about the next-gen lineup are only intensifying. The latest report comes from reliable tipster Jaykihn, who's claiming that a special 16-core Nova Lake-S SKU is in the works featuring an iGPU rocking 12 Xe3P cores. The chip will purportedly require two VccGT VRM phases, pinning it as powerful, high-performance silicon on the graphics front. Preliminary.4+8+4+12 Xe3p desktop SKU.Two VCCGT VRM phases required. April 13, 2026 With 12 Xe3P cores, this rumored SKU would compete with AMD's Ryzen G-series APUs instead of the mainline Ryzen family, and would mark Intel going beyond basic display functionality, giving budget-conscious gamers an affordable entry point to run modern titles. Of course, DDR5 RAM is still overpriced, and integrated graphics are entirely reliant on system memory, so not needing a discrete GPU may not turn out to be as much of a relief.…