Updated: Intel has big changes in mind for the new MacBook Pro

By Chuong Nguyen

It’s all integrated

While many are looking forward to Intel’s Sixth Generation Skylake CPU for its improved processing performance and power efficiency, the chip’s graphics may be its most underestimated asset. With Skylake, Intel’s Gen9 integrated graphics not only brings significantly better graphics performance to the average computing users, but Intel is also setting its sights on usurping the role of dedicated graphics, like those from Nvidia and rival AMD’s Radeon line.

Intel hasn’t released specifics about Skylake or its integrated Gen9 graphics at IDF 2015, opting instead to focus on wearables, RealSense and the Internet of Things. However, Intel has made significant progress with boosting its integrated graphics, two Intel insiders told techradar independently, which will “soon result in Apple transitioning its MacBook Pro [solely] to Intel graphics.”

Today’s most expensive 15-inch MacBook Pro configuration comes with a discrete AMD Radeon R9 M370X graphics, but that may no longer be the case in the future if our intel on Intel is accurate. When pushed if this will happen in time for Apple’s Skylake refresh, our sources would not offer additional details. Apple reps have not responded to our request for comment.

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Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components