By Joe Osborne
Intel is poised to solidify its dominance of the mobile computing world with its 2018 release of new Coffee Lake H-series and U-series Intel Core processors, Core i9 CPUs for laptops and Intel Optane taking over mobile memory.
All three new types of product are aimed to give Intel what it needs to deliver top-tier performance for every laptop price point, purpose and form factor. Based on Intel’s promises and early hands-on time with several of these 8th-generation and Core i9 laptops, Intel seems well on its way to delivering.
Starting with the fun stuff, Intel Core i9 brings the firm’s most powerful CPU into the mobile space. The one and only Core i9 processor is the i9-8950HK, clocked at 2.9GHz and maxing out at 4.8GHz across its six cores and 12 threads. The processor has a relatively massive 12MB cache, and it is unlocked for overclocking.
Clearly, the idea with this processor was to bring desktop, hexa-core power to gaming laptops and prosumer devices. Laptops we’ve seen already possess this power include the Asus ROG G703, Aorus X9 DT and MSI GT75 Titan.
Better performance for all
Unlike the laser focus on enthusiast gaming of Core i9 on mobile, Intel looks for its …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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