Posted inNews

Intel launches NUC 11 Essential “Atlas Canyon” mini PCs with Jasper Lake chips

Intel has launched a line of compact desktop computers powered by the company’s inexpensive, low-power Jasper Lake processors. The new Intel NUC 11 Essential, also known by the code-named Atlas Canyon is available with a choice of Intel Celeron N4505, Celeron N5105, or Pentium Silver N6005 chips. Intel has published details on its website and […]

Posted inNews

Intel NUC 12 Performance may be canceled (but NUC 12 Extreme, Enthusiast, and Pro are coming)

The Intel NUC line of compact desktop computers usually comes in four flavors, but it looks like this year there may be just three. According to a report from FanlessTech, Intel currently has no plans to to offer an Intel NUC 12 Performance model. But the company will still produce a similarly-sized NUC 12 Pro as […]

Posted inNews

Intel NUC 12 Extreme “Dragon Canyon” has a socketed desktop CPU, discrete graphics support

Intel’s NUC Extreme line of computers tend to be compact, high-performance systems with the latest Intel mobile chips and support for discrete graphics. But this year’s NUC 12 Extreme is something a little different – it will have an LGA1700 socket with support for 12th-gen Intel Alder Lake desktop processors. Code-named Dragon Canyon, the new Intel […]

Posted inNews

Lilbits: AMD Ryzen 6000 Mobile, Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 and other leaks on the eve of CES 2022

Many big tech companies and news outlets may have opted not to actually go to Las Vegas for the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, but the show is still going on both in-person and virtually. So expect a flood of announcements over the next few days. Kicking things off, the Consumer Technology Association has announced a […]

Posted inNews

Intel discontinues some Panther Canyon NUC months after limited launch (mini PC with Intel Tiger Lake)

The Intel NUC 11 Performance, also known by the code name Panther Canyon, is a small form-factor desktop computer with support for up to an Intel Core i7-1165G7 Tiger Lake processor. First announced in January, the computer was never widely available: initially having only  launched in the Asia Pacific region, although a limited number of […]

Posted innofollow

Lilbits: A smartphone with a smartwatch on the back, mini PCs, and Linux for phones, PCs, and servers

Over the past few years Unihertz has made a habit of zagging in the smartphone space when the rest of the world is zigging. Looking for a BlackBerry-style phone with a physical keyboard? There’s the Unihertz Titan. Want a small screen? Check out the Jelly, Atom, or Titan Pocket lines. But the upcoming Unihertz TickTock […]

Posted inNews

Lilbits: New Surface hardware, and more on what Windows 11 will and won’t run on

Microsoft is has announced it’ll hold an event on September 22 to show off “what’s next” from the company, and it’s widely expected to be a hardware event. Maybe that means the Surface Duo 2 will become official. Maybe it’s time for the company to update its Surface Book 2-in-1 laptop. An updated Surface tablet […]

Posted inNews

Build your own fanless NUC 11 Pro with this passively cooled case

The Intel NUC 11 Pro, also known by the code-name “Tiger Canyon” is a compact desktop computer with support for up to a 28-watt Intel Core i7-1185G7 processor and 64GB of RAM stuffed into a chassis that measures just 4.6″ x 4.4″ x 2.1″ (or less). But the little computer also requires active cooling to […]

Posted inNews

Intel NUC X15 laptop packs an NVIDIA GPU and a 240Hz display

Intel releases a whole range of compact NUC desktop PCs every year. They even offer larger more “extreme” NUCs aimed at gamers. Laptops from Intel are much more rare… and a gaming laptop is almost unheard of. That’s exactly what the new NUC X15 “King County” Laptop Kit is, however. Think NUC 11 Extreme, but […]

Posted inNews

Tiger Canyon Porcoolpine is a fanless Intel NUC 11 Pro for $679 and up

The Intel “Tiger Canyon” NUC 11 Pro is a 4.6″ x 4.4″ desktop computer powered by a choice of 11th-gen Intel Core “Tiger Lake” processors. But like most Intel NUC mini computers, it’s an actively cooled computer with a fan inside the case. Prefer a fanless option for silent operation? SimplyNUC has introduced the new […]