Intel is rumored to be moving the launch of its 13-nanometer Coffee Lake processors from January 2018 to August of 2017 due to “increasing competition from AMD’s Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors.” The rumor has it that Intel will release several K-series Core i3, i5, and i7 processors starting in August, along with its […]
Tag: Kaby Lake
As far as rumors go, this is pretty cool. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities released a new investors note today, stating that the current MacBook Pro lineup for 2017 will offer Intel’s latest Kaby Lake chipset along a new 32GB RAM option for the 15-inch model. Intel just announced its 7th generation Kaby Lake […]
Over at CES, Intel formally announced its full lineup of 7th-generation Intel Core processors, known as Kaby Lake. Kaby Lake low-power Y-Series and U-Series processors were announced in late August, but today’s unveiling covers notebook and desktop chips that could be destined for many future Apple Macs. The new processors are built using the “14nm+” […]
It looks like Apple will need some new blood in its Mac product line to stop its decline in sales. According to a new report from IDC, third-quarter PC shipments declined by 3.9 percent compared to the same quarter last year, but Mac shipments dropped by 13 percent. PC shipments totaled 68 million units. Still, […]
The good news is that Intel announced its seventh-generation Core processors during yesterday’s second quarter earnings call yesterday. The bad news is that the processors, known as “Kaby Lake”, which are made via a 14-nanometer process, might not see the Mac until 2017. Intel’s last two chip releases have been plagued with long delays, and […]