Intel has launched its newest cell processors: six new chips designed for Ultrabooks and different thin-and-light techniques. Three 15W U-series chips are codenamed Whiskey Lake, and one other three 5W Y-series components are codenamed Amber Lake.
Mannequin
Cores/Threads
Clock base/increase/GHz
Stage three cache/MB
TDP/W
DDR4/MHz
LPDDR3/MHz
Whiskey Lake
i7-8565U
four/eight
1.eight/four.6
eight
15
2400
2133
i5-8265U
four/eight
1.6/three.9
6
15
2400
2133
i3-8165U
2/four
2.1/three.9
four
15
2400
2133
Amber Lake
i7-8500Y
2/four
1.5/four.2
four
5
1866
i5-8200Y
2/four
1.three/three.9
four
5
1866
m3-8100Y
2/four
1.1/three.four
four
5
1866
The CPU components of those new processors are the identical Kaby Lake Refresh components as Intel launched a yr in the past—simply with barely tweaked clock speeds. The i7-8565U, for instance, at 1.eight/four.6GHz, is only a barely uprated substitute for the i7-8550U at 1.eight/four.0GHz. On account of this similarity, the brand new components retain the “eighth era” branding of final yr’s components. This similarity additionally signifies that the brand new chips do not embody hardware fixes for the Meltdown or Spectre points.
The variations lie within the on-package chipset. The U-series and Y-series processors combine the chipset onto the processor package deal: the CPU is linked to the chipset by an interface that is similar to a PCIe three.zero x4 connection. The chipsets present USB, audio, community, SATA, and different connectivity.
The brand new chipset has two vital upgrades relative to the older processors: first, an built-in Wi-Fi controller supporting 160MHz 802.11ac connections, for notional connection speeds in extra of 1 gigabit per second. OEMs want so as to add one other chip (referred to as a companion RF chip) to the motherboard to finish the Wi-Fi implementation. This could scale back the associated fee to OEMs and see better adoption of Intel’s wi-fi chipsets.
Second, the built-in USB controller has been upgraded to help two USB three.1 era 2 ports; the earlier chipset solely supported era 1. The distinction between generations is pace: era 1 operates at 5 gigabits per second and era 2 at 10 gigabits per second.
The chipset additionally consists of an built-in gigabit Ethernet controller (which once more must be paired with a second element on the motherboard) and audio controller.
Given the minor processor refresh, we might count on to see OEMs producing equally minor system refreshes over the following few weeks.
