To be fair, the alleged launch date is nothing more than a tweet from Uniko’s Hardware (@unikoshardware). However, the source has often proven themselves to be on the nose about such things in the past, so it is actually worth taking this bit of news with a pinch of salt.

— Uniko’s Hardware (@unikoshardware) January 23, 2021 To that end, we more or less know what to expect of Intel’s next-generation Alder Lake-S lineup: the CPUs will be the first desktop CPU to depart the brand’s archaic 14nm process, moving forward with its new 10nm SuperFin die lithography. Further, the processors will also introduce a new LGA 1700 chipset and 600-series motherboards, as well as support for a new DDR5 memory standard and PCIe 5.0 interface. (Source: Uniko’s Hardware via Twitter, TweakTown)