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Re:Cannon Lake: Intel’s Forgotten Generation – Chips and Cheese by goosedragons on Sunday November 20, 2022 @10:51AM (#33681864)
The AMD changes haven't taken place yet. They start 2023. Also I was slightly wrong with the 3rd digit actually being architecture.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/7/23340934/amd-ryzen-model-n...

The Windows 11 supported CPU list is pretty arbitrary and doesn't have much to do with the capabilities of the CPU. The main real requirement is TPM 2.0 and even that can be worked around. And there are some officially supported 7th gen CPUs because MS realized how dumb it was for the Surface Studio they were still selling to not be supported.

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Re:Cannon Lake: Intel’s Forgotten Generation – Chips and Cheese by wolpoli on Sunday November 20, 2022 @01:50PM (#33683922)
I remember Reddit discussions where they tried to figure out if the CPU support list lined up with any particular CPU features. It didn't make any much sense at all. Basically, Windows 11 supported 3-years old CPUs generations and (and later added) CPUs in Microsoft products that were actively being sold.
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