Intel supplied a teaser of their upcoming NUC12 Excessive product at CES 2022. Full specs have been promised nearer to launch, however the parts structure of their digital presentation factors to a follow-up similar to the Beast Canyon NUC by way of form-factor and sizing.
The important thing replace from the Beast Canyon appears to be using a socketed processor, which ought to enable for a wider vary of processor decisions for the top consumer. The vapor chamber / CPU blower continues to be the cooling system for the parts within the Compute Ingredient ‘add-in card’. The allowed TDP vary for the supported processors is one thing that may be fascinating to notice whereas constructing programs based mostly on the Dragon Canyon platform. Different facets similar to using DDR4 SODIMMs and a separate entrance panel connector board appear to be much like the Beast Canyon NUC platform launched final 12 months.
From the I/O perspective, we’ve Thunderbolt 4 (as anticipated with Alder Lake) and Wi-Fi 6E. Networking fans ought to be fairly pleased with Intel’s promise of delivering 10GbE LAN within the product. The absence of USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 seems to be a slight dampener in what in any other case appears to be an thrilling SFF platform anticipated to launch within the subsequent few months.