Read more.Codename Whiskey Lake / Amber Lake are ultra-low / extremely-low power processors.
Read more.Codename Whiskey Lake / Amber Lake are ultra-low / extremely-low power processors.
OK, maybe I'm going mad, but my laptop is running an 8th Gen Core i5 U processor. It's a 4C/8T part @ 1.6GHz base frequency and it has 6MB of smart cache in a 15W TDP.
So ... what exactly are Intel claiming to be "launching" here? They've taken year-old processors, given them a small increase to their boost frequencies, and suddenly they're "launching" 8th Gen Core U processors?
Give me a break....
They are based on improved 14nm tech, cause they boost higher within the same thermal budget. We'll see if that holds true in actual tests or not.
So they're comparing it to a 5 year old design that has been crippled by patching and finding it's a lot faster. Well so was the uncrippled part. How about testing an unpatched 5 year old CPU against the new model?
Nah, we all know why they won't do that.
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