It looks like news is starting to leak re the forthcoming and much anticipated arrival of of the enthusiast Broadwell-E, consumer Kaby Lake-S processors and the Apollo Lake chips which will bring welcome features to cheaper budget devices. There has been several leaks regarding Intel’s upcoming mainstream and enthusiast platforms and we look forward to developments over the coming weeks and we are hoping to see some specs on the 7th generation mobile processors. Watch this space.
Besides its $1,723 10-core Core i7 Extreme Edition processor, Intel just teased some other chip news during its keynote presentation at Computex. There aren’t many details available, but the company confirmed the the seventh generation of its Core CPU technology will go on sale later this year. They will be joined by its Apollo Lake chips, which are a cheaper version of the current sixth-gen Skylake family. Apollo Lake should bring 4K video capability and USB-C to cheaper, 2-in-1 laptop/tablet style devices with smaller batteries. As far as the seventh generation of Core CPUs, buyers can expect support for Thunderbolt 3, and IR cameras used for features like Windows Hello’s facial recognition.
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