Intel may refresh Raptor Lake for a third time as DDR5 prices push buyers toward older hardware

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The big picture: The RAM crisis has made the latest hardware so unaffordable that components from four years ago are storming sales charts. AMD and Nvidia have already responded to the demand by re-releasing chips from 2022, and now Intel is poised to follow suit.

Robert Hallock, Intel's vice president and general manager of enthusiast channel business, recently told Tom's Hardware that the company plans to continue offering Raptor Lake CPUs, first launched in 2022, for a while longer. Intel, like AMD, is responding to sustained demand for hardware that supports DDR4 RAM.

During a lengthy interview, Hallock noted a spike in demand for Alder Lake and Raptor Lake processors, which have recently become harder to find. While the exec did not mention specific products, he confirmed that the company aims to stabilize and maintain the supply of 10-nanometer chips that support Intel's LGA 1700 socket "for years to come."