Intel 11th Gen processors takes the fight to AMD with 5.0GHz speeds
Laptops with 11th Gen Intel chips will be available in late 2021
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Intelhas announced a pair of new U-series chips, one of which will be the series' first 5GHzprocessor.
The U-series isIntel’s low voltage chips, and the company had already announced the 11th GenTiger Lake-powered lineup for the series back in September 2020.
However Intel has now taken to the stage atComputex 2021to unveil the new top-of-the-line Core i5-1155G7 and the Core i7-1195G7.
While the Core i5-1155G7 donned the mantle of being Intel’s most powerful Core i5-level chip, the i7-1195G7 becomes the first low-powered chip that can be cranked up to 5Ghz.
Low-power performance
Like the initial Tiger Lake U-series processors, both of the new chips operate between the 12W to 28W range.
Both new chips will reportedly be available in four core/eight thread configurations, and will be paired with Intel’sIris Xeintegrated graphics.
Acer,Asus, andHPhave been announced as some of the first hardware vendors who’ll offer laptops based on the new Tiger Lake processors later this year.
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Along with the new processors, Intel has also announced its latest pluggable5Gmodem solution, which it has developed in collaboration with Mediatek.
The new M.2 card modem is called the Intel 5G Solution 5000 and will offer sub-6GHz 5G support and integrated eSIM technology. Intel has announced that the upcoming range of laptops with the new Tiger Lake U-Series processors will also include the Intel 5G Solution 5000.
ViaThe Verge
With almost two decades of writing and reporting on Linux, Mayank Sharma would like everyone to think he’sTechRadar Pro’sexpert on the topic. Of course, he’s just as interested in other computing topics, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, containers, and coding.
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