Intel confirms, more or less, the launch timing for its “Razor Lake-AX” chips in 2028

Intel has officially acknowledged it is working on the much talked about “Razor Lake-AX” processors, after a bunch of months where leaks floated around about their specs and such. As reported by the South Korean outlet “The Elec”, the plan is to ship them in 2028, and the performance target is said to reach around 700 TOPS, basically that “trillions of operations per second” idea.

Intel also wants to bring its “Nova Lake” platform, aimed at robotics use cases, early in 2027. Then, after that, Razor Lake-AX would show up in 2028, like a next step in the line, with some extra oomph for AI style workloads.

To put it in perspective, the existing “Panther Lake” platform is listed at 180 TOPS total. So yes, that looks like a large jump for theoretical processing muscle, but Intel hasn’t really explained how those numbers are made up, or which parts are doing what. In other words, it is not super clear yet whether the CPU, GPU, or AI processing blocks each contribute the lion’s share.

Earlier rumors point toward a setup with as many as 32 GPU cores, tied to the “Xe3P” architecture, plus on-package memory meant to boost data bandwidth. People also think it could reuse the same CPU cores found in Nova Lake, but Intel is still quiet on that.

The chip is expected to land in humanoid robots and autonomous mobile robots, both kinds of machines that really need heavy computation for data handling, faster decisions, and real-time control. Commercial production for autonomous mobile robots is reportedly expected to start in 2027. Humanoid robots would follow, roughly in 2028.

Even with the general schedule now being confirmed, there are still lots of missing pieces. Intel hasn’t shared details about power draw, memory capacity, or even how the graphics side might perform. Also, the company has not clearly said whether “Razor Lake-AX” is limited to robotics, or if it will also be aimed at laptops and small-form-factor devices, too.