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As Core m3-8100Y reaches end of life, Intel launches nearly identical Pentium Gold 6500Y

The Intel Core m3-8100Y is a low-power processor designed for use in thin and light laptops and tablets, and it’s proven particularly popular since the chip launched in 2018 among Chinese PC makers like GPD and One Netbook, who have used it in a number of mini-laptops. But Intel began phasing out the processor earlier […]

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One Mix 3S+ Yoga mini-laptop now available with Core i3-10110Y for $800 (or less)

Two months after launching the first mini-laptop powered by an 10th-gen Intel Core processor, the folks at One Netbook are introducing a cheaper option. The new One Mix 3S+ Yoga is a compact laptop with an 8.4 inch touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, pen support, a backlit keyboard, and 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. […]

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Apple’s new MacBook Air features a 7W Intel Core i5-8210Y Amber Lake chip

When Apple unveiled the 2018 MacBook Air this week, the company announced it would be powered by a dual-core Intel Core i5 processor… but the company didn’t say which processor. Now we know. The thin and light laptop is the first device to ship with the previously unannounced Intel Core i5-8210Y processor. That’s a low-power processor […]

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Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 will soon support Intel Amber Lake-Y CPU options

Intel promised last month that it would begin shipping its first 8th-gen Intel Core Y-series chips soon. The new chips, code-named “Amber Lake,” are expected to be low-power processors that will eventually replace chips like the Core M3-7Y30, Core i5-7y54, and Core i7-7Y75 in upcoming thin, light, and often fanless computers. Intel still hasn’t announced […]