Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake S desktop platform has been publicly spotted for the first time in an ECS Liva P300 mini PC shown at the Embedded World 2026 event, where ECS demonstrated an Intel Core Ultra 400 series Nova Lake S system built around Intel’s new B960 chipset. The system supports DDR5 memory running at 8,000 MT/s, which suggests that Intel is upgrading the integrated memory controller on the Nova Lake platform to handle these DDR5 speeds before any XMP and factory overclocked memory are applied. German outlet ComputerBase identified the compact 3.5 liter mini PC running this yet unannounced platform, indicating that Nova Lake S is moving toward a late stage of platform validation.
The presence of DDR5 memory running at 8,000 MT/s indicates that Intel’s memory controller, which reportedly achieves DDR5 speeds of 7,200 MT/s in the upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh, is being further enhanced alongside new core intellectual property and configuration changes. The ECS Liva P300 unit on display is currently powered by a 120 W PSU, but ECS plans to ship the mini PC with a 210-240 W power supply so it can support Nova Lake in its highest tier configurations. ComputerBase reports that the 52 core top SKU of Nova Lake will have a TDP of 175 W, and additional variants with a TDP of 65 W will also be offered for more mainstream or efficiency focused builds.
Graphics output in the Liva P300 is handled by Xe3P GPU intellectual property, aligning with previous rumors about the graphics architecture planned for Nova Lake S. For Artificial Intelligence capability, Nova Lake is designed to deliver more than 100 TOPS using the 8-bit INT8 data type, combining the on board neural processing unit with the compute resources of the Xe3P GPU. The configuration suggests that Nova Lake S aims to pair higher bandwidth memory support and increased core counts with significantly stronger integrated graphics and on device Artificial Intelligence acceleration in compact desktop systems like the 3.5 liter Liva P300.
