Intel announces its First Core i9 Laptop CPU, New Mainstream Desktop Chipsets, 8th Gen vPro Platform and Many more
At an event in Beijing, Intel has rolled out a new ultra high end Core-i9 processor for laptops as well as mainstream Core-i7 and Core-i5 models bringing its 8th Generation Coffee Lake architecture to products.
The new processors feature up to six cores and aiming for high-end laptops designed for gaming and VR and mixed reality applications.
The new Core i9-8950HK processor is claimed to offer the best single-core performance for better frame rates when gaming and also the best multi-core performance for heavy applications. In a demo of gaming, the new Intel processor utilised all the six cores and 12 threads while gaming and live-streaming
The Core i9-8950HK processor has six cores with Hyper-Threading for a total of twelve threads and a 12MB cache. Its base clock speed is 2.9GHz and it has a maximum single-core Turbo Boost speed of 4.8GHz. The new processor is fully unlocked and overclockable. Intel claims up to 41 percent better gamplay(in terms of frames per second) and up to 59 percent faster 4K video editing compared to the previous-generation Core i7-7820HK processor.
Intel has also launched the new six-core Core i7-8850H and Core i7-8750H, the quad-core Core i5-8400H and Core i5-8300H and the six-core Xeon E-2186M, Xeon E-2176M processors for mainstream and workstation laptops. All these new processors will work with Intel's Optane Memory to speed up launch and load times across software.
Intel is also offering its 8th Generation desktop and mobile Core processors as well as Xeon models with its vPro management technology suite for business users. The vPro platform allows business owners to remotely manage large deployments of PCs used by employees. It also include hardware-based biometric authentication and encryption, secure booting with malware protection and BIOS integrity verification.
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