thanks for the link.
The article says it's the first time we heard of a Raptor Lake refresh. Not true.
 
A few months ago I read that Meteor Lake would reduce p-core count to 6 while increasing e-core count. That would mean no i9 unless there was a refresh of Raptor Lake for the i9 market. Recently we heard that there were problems with development of Meteor Lake which will cause a delay. So a refresh of Raptor Lake was considered the only recourse.
 
I don't remember where I read all that or I would post a link.
 
When I heard of the p-core reduction I decided to go all in on Raptor Lake and Z790. I will be skipping the next generation whenever it happens.