Current News/Innovations

We've known for a while now that Intel will be shipping more than one processor architecture under the 8th generation Core brand . We've been expecting a fourth 14nm generation codenamed Coffee Lake this year and the much-delayed 10nm Cannonlake generation in early 2018, but now it has come to light that a third architecture will be clubbed into the 8th generation as well. Simply called Kaby Lake Refresh, this will be the basis of the 8th gen's U-series processors, which are targeted at mainstream and slim notebooks. Two weeks ago, Intel announced that the first 8th gen Core CPUs will launch at 8:30pm IST tonight, and while the codename 'Coffee Lake' was not specifically brought up, it was widely expected that these would be the first models out of the gate. However, Intel has chosen to unveil Kaby Lake Refresh a few hours before the scheduled event. Four new U-series 15W processors for laptops are being announced: the Core i7-8650U, Core i7-8...