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Specifically, the Ice Lake U and Y SKUs (Intel 10th Gen mobile) and Comet Lake (Intel 10th Gen desktop and mobile) have been removed. Support for the 8th and 9th Gen (Coffee Lake) chips has also been removed. Here is a complete list of Intel 10th, 9th, and 8th Gen processors that have been "removed" on Windows 11 24H2:
Generation 10:
- Intel® Core™ i3-1000G1
- Intel® Core™ i3-1000G4
- Intel® Core™ i3-1005G1
- Intel® Core™ i3-10300T
- Intel Core™ i3-10305
- Intel® Core™ i3 10305T
- Intel® Core™ i3-10320
- Intel® Core™ i3-10325
- Intel® Core™ i3-10300
- Intel® Core™ i3-10100
- Intel® Core™ i3-10100E
- Intel® Core™ i3-10100F
- Intel® Core™ i3-10100T
- Intel® Core™ i3-10100TE
- Intel® Core™ i3-10100Y
- Intel® Core™ i3-10110Y
- Intel® Core™ i3-10105
- Intel® Core™ i3-10105F
- Intel® Core™ i3-10105T
- Intel® Core™ i3-10110U
- Intel® Core™ i5-10210U
- Intel® Core™ i5 10210Y
- Intel® Core™ i5-10300H
- Intel® Core™ i5 1030G4
- Intel® Core™ i5-1030G7
- Intel® Core™ i5 10310U
- Intel® Core™ i5-10310Y
- Intel® Core™ i5-1035G1
- Intel® Core™ i5-1035G4
- Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7
- Intel® Core™ i5-1038NG7
- Intel® Core™ i5-10400
- Intel® Core™ i5-10400F
- Intel® Core™ i5-10400H
- Intel® Core™ i5-10400T
- Intel Core™ i5-10500
- Intel® Core™ i5-10500E
- Intel® Core™ i5-10500H
- Intel® Core™ i5-10500T
- Intel® Core™ i5-10500TE
- Intel® Core™ i5-10505
- Intel® Core™ i5-10600
- Intel® Core™ i5-10600K
- Intel® Core™ i5-10600KF
- Intel® Core™ i5-10600T
- Intel Core™ i7-10510U
- Intel® Core™ i7-10510Y
- Intel® Core™ i7-1060G7
- Intel® Core™ i7-10610U
- Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7
- Intel® Core™ i7-1068G7
- Intel® Core™ i7-1068NG7
- Intel® Core™ i7-10700
- Intel® Core™ i7-10700E
- Intel® Core™ i7-10700F
- Intel® Core™ i7-10700K
- Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF
- Intel® Core™ i7-10700T
- Intel® Core™ i7-10700TE
- Intel® Core™ i7-10710U
- Intel® Core™ i7-10750H
- Intel® Core™ i7-10810U
- Intel® Core™ i7-10850H
- Intel® Core™ i7-10870H
- Intel® Core™ i7-10875H
- Intel® Core™ i9-10850K
- Intel® Core™ i9-10885H
- Intel® Core™ i9-10900
- Intel® Core™ i9-10900E
- Intel® Core™ i9-10900F
- Intel® Core™ i9-10900K
- Intel® Core™ i9-10900KF
- Intel® Core™ i9-10900T
- Intel® Core™ i9-10900TE
- Intel® Core™ i9-10900X
- Intel® Core™ i9-10920X
- Intel® Core™ i9-10940X
- Intel® Core™ i9-10980HK
- Intel® Core™ i9-10980XE
9th and 8th Generation:
- Intel® Core™ i5-8200Y
- Intel® Core™ i5-8210Y
- Intel® Core™ i5-8250U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8257U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8259U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8260U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8265U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8269U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8279U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8300H
- Intel® Core™ i5-8305G
- Intel® Core™ i5-8310Y
- Intel® Core™ i5-8350U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8365U
- Intel® Core™ i5-8365UE
- Intel® Core™ i5-8400
- Intel® Core™ i5-8400B
- Intel® Core™ i5-8400H
- Intel® Core™ i5-8400T
- Intel® Core™ i5-8500
- Intel® Core™ i5-8500B
- Intel® Core™ i5-8500T
- Intel® Core™ i5-8600
- Intel® Core™ i5-8600K
- Intel® Core™ i5-8600T
- Intel® Core™ i5-9300H
- Intel® Core™ i5-9300HF
- Intel® Core™ i5-9400
- Intel® Core™ i5-9400F
- Intel® Core™ i5-9400H
- Intel® Core™ i5-9400T
- Intel® Core™ i5-9500
- Intel® Core™ i5-9500E
- Intel® Core™ i5-9500F
- Intel® Core™ i5-9500T
- Intel® Core™ i5-9500TE
- Intel® Core™ i5-9600
- Intel® Core™ i5-9600K
- Intel® Core™ i5-9600KF
- Intel® Core™ i5-9600T
- Intel® Core™ i9-8950HK
- Intel® Core™ i9-9820X
- Intel® Core™ i9-9880H
- Intel® Core™ i9-9900
- Intel® Core™ i9-9900K
- Intel® Core™ i9-9900KF
- Intel® Core™ i9-9900KS
- Intel® Core™ i9-9900T
- Intel® Core™ i9-9900X
- Intel® Core™ i9-9920X
- Intel® Core™ i9-9940X
- Intel® Core™ i9-9960X
- Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK
- Intel® Core™ i9-9980XE
- Intel® Core™ m3-8100Y
- Intel® Core™ i7-8086K
- Intel® Core™ i7-8500Y
- Intel® Core™ i7-8550U
- Intel® Core™ i7-8557U
- Intel® Core™ i7-8559U
- Intel® Core™ i7-8565U
- Intel® Core™ i7-8569U
- Intel® Core™ i7-8650U
- Intel® Core™ i7-8665U
- Intel® Core™ i7-8665UE
- Intel® Core™ i7-8700
- Intel® Core™ i7-8700B
- Intel® Core™ i7-8700K
- Intel® Core™ i7-8700T
- Intel® Core™ i7-8705G
- Intel® Core™ i7-8706G
- Intel® Core™ i7-8709G
- Intel® Core™ i7-8750H
- Intel® Core™ i7-8809G
- Intel® Core™ i7-8850H
- Intel® Core™ i7-9700
- Intel® Core™ i7-9700E
- Intel® Core™ i7-9700F
- Intel® Core™ i7-9700K
- Intel® Core™ i7-9700KF
- Intel® Core™ i7-9700T
- Intel® Core™ i7-9700TE
- Intel® Core™ i7-9750H
- Intel® Core™ i7-9750HF
- Intel® Core™ i7-9800X
- Intel® Core™ i7-9850H
- Intel® Core™ i7-9850HE
In terms of new SKUs added to the list, Intel has added the Core UL and HL Raptor Lake (1 series) mobile chips as well as the "Core 3 100U with IPU" to the list. Additionally, Intel Atom embedded CPUs have also been added.
You can find the full list HERE on Microsoft's official website. If your Intel CPU is on the support list for version 24H2, that SKU will also work on previous versions of Windows 11.
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