Microsoft updated its support document in mid-February 2025 to list Intel processors compatible with Windows 11 24H2, including several 8th, 9th, and 10th-generation Intel processors excluded.

Intel's 8th-generation CPUs was the biggest performance ... It certainly helps, but it mostly has to do with manufacturing processes and CPU die sizes, which I won't go into here.

Intel said this approach limited it to fitting eight cores on the processor’s die, down from the 10 core count maximum of the 10th-gen Core desktop CPUs. Rocket Lake also used a 14nm version of ...

Intel has released its latest WHQL-signed Windows driver for 7th Gen (Kaby Lake) CPUs all the way up to the 10th Gen (Comet Lake/Ice Lake) chips, as well as Lakefield. If you recall, Lakefield was ...

Interestingly, while Microsoft had stated in its original Windows 11 minimum requirements that only 8th gen and newer Intel processors would be compatible with its next OS, the company later said ...

Intel's 8th-generation CPUs was the biggest performance ... It certainly helps, but it mostly has to do with manufacturing processes and CPU die sizes, which I won't go into here.