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Intel launches Gemini Lake Refresh chips for low-power laptops, desktops

Intel’s first chips based on the new “Tremont” architecture for low-power, low-cost processors could be available by the end of the year, with around a 30-percent performance boost compared with processors featuring previous-gen “Goldmont+” CPU cores. But Intel isn’t done with Goldmont+ just yet. As anticipated, the company has introduced six new “Gemini Lake Refresh” […]

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Intel outlines changes in the architecture for upcoming Gemini Lake chips

Intel officially introduced its first Gemini Lake chips based on the new Goldmont Plus microarchitecture earlier this month. But apart from promising some improvements for wireless networks, battery life, and displays, the company didn’t tell us much about how the new chips are actually different from the Apollo Lake processors they’ll replace. Now the company […]

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More Intel Gemini Lake chip details leaked (Apollo Lake successor)

Intel is expected to launch a new line of low-cost, low-power Celeron and Pentium chips later this year. Code-named Gemini Lake, the processors are the follow-up to the Apollo Lake chips currently found in entry-level notebooks, desktops, and 2-in-1 tablets. While Intel hasn’t said much about the upcoming Gemini Lake chips yet, a leaked product […]

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These are some of Intel’s first Apollo Lake chips

Intel’s Apollo Lake processors will be the first chips to use the company’s new Goldmont CPU architecture. They’re expected to launch later this year, and they’ll replace the low-power Pentium and Celeron chips in the Braswell family which use Intel’s older Airmont CPU cores. While we know that Intel is promising that Goldmont will offer […]

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Intel Apollo Lake chips to offer 30 percent performance boost over Braswell

Intel’s Apollo Lake processors are set to hit the streets in the second half of 2016. They’re low-power, low-cost chips aimed at laptops, 2-in-1 tablets, and some desktop computers, and they’re the follow-up to the Intel “Braswell” processors we’ve been seeing over the past year in devices like Chromebooks, cheap Windows laptops, and mini-desktops. So what’s […]