Intel's Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200 series CPUs have appeared in a number of leaks now, and some benchmarks of the new chips have even started appearing on sites like Geekbench, however, there are still some questions surrounding the launch date of the new CPUs. Previous leaks indicated that the original mid-October launch was pushed back to October 24, and new information from VideoCardz sheds more light on the exact specifics of the launch, with October 24 pegged as the day Arrow Lake reviews and sales will be available to the public.

According to the leak, Intel will host a private media briefing for a select few press outlets and influencers on October 7. This will be followed by the official public announcement on October 10 and the review embargo and official retail launch on October 24. The October 7 event will reportedly feature a keynote from both Robert Hallock, Intel's VP and general manager of Client AI and technical marketing, and Roger Chandler, vice president of enthusiast PC and workstation product marketing.In addition to the launch date confirmation, the VideoCardz also leaked what it claims will be the first Z890 motherboard, which will launch at the same time as Intel's new CPU series. The board, pictured above, will allegedly be an ASUS ROG Z890 Maximus APEX, which will be a high-end board that looks like it has sizeable heat sinks for VRM thermal management and a plethora or ports on the rear, as well as a debug screen in the top left corner and a number of surface-mounted buttons for entusiasts.