At the beginning of January 2017, the CES 2017 exposition was held in Las Vegas, where Intel showed its new developments. They were the latest "hearts of computers" Core (design Kaby Lake) that are used for desktop PCs. It should be remembered that Kaby Lake was released back in 2016 for tablets and laptops.
Processors were developed based on the latest 14-nanometer process technology. Development of this new Intel lasted about three years, because the company canceled the Tick-Tock system, which had been the basis for developing technologies for decades, and replaced it with a more complex one, adding another Tick. Its main functions are action, structure, optimization.
Initially, such quad-core new Intel processors 2017, like Core i7, Core i5. Each runs on a combined Intel HD Graphics 630 monotype.
The Core i7-7700K is equipped with TDP and tops the entire lineup. He has maximum power, clock frequency it is from 4.2 GHz to 4.5 GHz on the Turbo Boost system. The processor has built-in memory of 8 MB of the third level and a multiplier that guarantees the possibility of overclocking. The cost of this device is about 340 US dollars.
This is followed by the Core i7-7700, but without such a multiplier, with a frequency of 3.6 GHz. The price is approximately 300 US dollars.
The Core i5-7600K is a good option. Its specs are similar to the Core i7-7700K, but it has less memory (6MB) and the processor doesn't support HyperThreading. The amount of such an Intel is about 240 US dollars.
New Intel Kaby Lake Processors
Kaby Lake have a power of 4.5 watts, and their maximum reaches 91 watts. They are considered the most fast processor for modern gadgets such as tablets and laptops in the mass market. Core are identical Skylake chips. Company Intel new processors created for greater comfort and productivity by improving the condition and developing other, more effective concepts.
To date, all Intel products are based on Core chips, which, most likely, will become the main ones in this and subsequent years.
The most popular models for the LGA1151 platform:
- Core i5-7600K;
- Core i7-7700;
- Core i7-7700K.
The table below provides more detailed specifications for each model:
| Characteristics | Core i7-7700K | Core i5-7600K | Core i7-7700 |
| Series | Kaby Lake | Kaby Lake | Kaby Lake |
| Technical process, nm | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| socket | LGA1151 | LGA1151 | LGA1151 |
| Nuclei | 4/8 | 4/4 | 4/8 |
| Cache, MB | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| Cost, $ | 340 | 240 | 300 |
Kaby Lake is an energy efficient series modern processors well-known company Intel, which have their own characteristics and outwardly differ from the rest.
New Intel 2017
Kaby Lake presents the same Skylake chips, only with more advanced internals. Despite this, some interesting models are still present (excluding the most popular processors):
- Core i3-7350K;
- Intel Core i3-7320;
- Intel Core i5-7400;
- Intel Pentium G4620.
The Intel Core i3-7320 is very similar to the Core i3-7350K. The first one is a generic overlocker instance coming soon inexpensive processor. It's fast at 4.2GHz, but overclockable with an expensive Z170/Z270 Express motherboard.
Intel Core i5-7400 is the most budget option for Kaby Lake. There are 4 cores, 3.0-3.5 GHz, memory is 6 MB, 65 W TDP. An updated media block is provided here.
The Intel Pentium G4620 costs about $85. It has 2 cores, commands are partially missing, a small amount of memory (3 MB). The advantage is 4 CPU threads.
The seventh generation processors are high quality and productive for desktop devices like laptop, tablet and can be customized desired model depending on the objectives of the work.
The first full day of Computex 2017 turned out to be very eventful. At 9:30 am local time, the pavilions of the exhibition complexes opened and thousands of people rushed to the stands.
As part of Computex 2017, on May 30, several significant press conferences were held, which will be discussed in this material. At 11:30 a.m., NVIDIA's presentation began at the Grand Hyatt. Jensen Huang himself, his charismatic leader, spoke about the success of the Californian manufacturer.
The main announcement concerned a new reference platform for gaming laptops called Max-Q. Speaking about the principles underlying the platform, Jensen Huang drew a parallel with space technology. After all, even the term Max Q itself came from there - this is the moment of flight at which the aerodynamic drag is maximum. That is, this parameter is a cornerstone in the construction of space rockets. NVIDIA has taken the same granular approach to gaming laptop design philosophy that NASA has taken in developing its space solutions. The Californians set a goal to make products that, with a three times smaller case thickness, would be three times more productive than their predecessors.
As a result, NVIDIA, together with ASUS, created a laptop with a thickness of only 18 mm, which is equipped with a top-end video card - GeForce GTX 1080. Such a computer also weighs relatively little - 2.3 kg. At the event of the Californian company, details about the laptop were not disclosed, but this gap was partially filled at the ASUS ROG presentation.
To achieve a balance of performance and thermal efficiency, NVIDIA has made changes to many components graphics accelerator: these are the frequencies of the graphics core, and the supply voltage, and drivers. was developed and new system cooling that was able to fit in a thin case and at the same time worked efficiently and not too noisy.
The issue of noise was one of the key issues in the development of the Max-Q platform. NVIDIA even announced a special technology called WhisperMode (from the English. Whisper - “whisper”), which should reduce the level of noise during the game by smoothly adjusting graphics settings, albeit leading to a slight drop in frame rate.
Notebooks based on Max-Q will be available on June 27, among the manufacturers of mobile PCs such companies as Acer, Aftershock, Alienware, ASUS, Clevo, Dream Machine, ECT, Gigabyte, Hasee, HP, LDLC, Lenovo, Machenike, Maingear, Mechrevo, MSI, Multicom, Origin PC, PC Specialist, Sager, Scan, Terrans Force, Tronic"5, and XoticPC.
In the afternoon, a press conference was held by Intel, at which the company performed very powerfully. The day before, we had several leaks of information about the company's future processors, so the announcement of new high-performance Intel Core X-Series chips was not a surprise. At the same time, a new brand debuted - Core i9, rumors about which have also been circulating in recent weeks.
So, while Intel has revealed the full details of five new processors: quad-core models Kaby Lake X(Core i5-7640X and Core i7-7740X), as well as more powerful Skylake-X: 6-core Core i7-7800X, 8-core Core i7-7820X and 10-core Core i9-7900X. Later, 12-, 14-, 16- and even 18-core processors will also be introduced. The latter is called the Intel Core i9-7980XE (Extreme Edition) and is priced at $1,999. You can find out the characteristics of the announced processors from the table below:
Intel itself calls the new products 8th generation Intel Core processors, claiming that during internal testing it turned out that the performance improvement exceeds 30% compared to 7th generation Intel Core processors. We will definitely check this statement in the course of our own testing.
The new processors have received support for Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0, which now allows you to select two cores at the same time, working at maximum speed, and redirect critical workloads to these cores, thereby providing, as stated, a significant performance boost for single- and multi-threaded applications. True, an important caveat: the technology will work only on older processors with more than eight cores. That is, if we talk about the already announced models, then this is the 8-core Core i7-7820X and the 10-core Core i9-7900X.
Among other improvements, Intel notes support for AVX-512 instructions, a new cache hierarchy (the second-level cache is increased, but the third-level cache is reduced), four-channel access to DDR4-2666 memory (for all models, except for the six-core Core i7-7800X). The number of PCIe lanes is 16 for Kaby Lake-X processors, 28 for Core i7-7800X and Core i7-7820X processors, and 44 for older models.
New processors also require a new connector - LGA2066, so you will have to change the motherboard to upgrade. Simultaneously with the announcement of processors, Intel introduced a new chipset for them - Intel X299. The main change compared to its predecessor, the X99, was support for 24 PCI-E 3.0 lanes instead of 8 PCI-E 2.0 lanes. The number of USB 3.0 channels has also increased - from 6 to 10, but the number of SATA 3.0 channels has decreased from 10 to 8. The communication interface with the CPU has also been updated - DMI 3.0 has replaced DMI 2.0. You will be able to learn more about all the nuances of the new family of processors and the X299 chipset in the near future from the material of our processor guru Ilya Gavrichenkov. We hope that the new products will soon reach the 3DNews test lab and we will compare them in terms of performance both with their predecessors and with competitors from the AMD camp.
At Computex on stands major manufacturers motherboards yesterday you could see products based on X299.
Let's see how AMD will be able to respond to the Intel announcement, the press conference of which will also be held as part of Computex 2017. It should be noted that the release AMD Ryzen has significantly changed the situation in the processor market, which is why users will only benefit - competition to the market is always good.
At the morning NVIDIA conference in the hands of the head of the company, we saw ASUS laptop, which became the debut product based on the Max-Q platform. Therefore, it is not surprising that Jensen Huang appeared on the stage at the ASUS ROG presentation, after all, it was the new gaming mobile PC that became the highlight of the program.
The novelty is called ASUS ROG Zephyrus. In addition to the above characteristics - width 18 mm, weight 2.3 kg and the presence of the GeForce GTX 1080 - ASUS has declassified a few more features of the device, but detailed specifications have not yet been published. So, the laptop is powered by a seventh generation Intel Core i7 (Kaby Lake) processor, Windows 10 Pro is used as the OS, and the IPS display supports NVIDIA G-SYNC technology and a picture refresh rate of 120 Hz.
As you can see from the image, the laptop has an interesting touchpad location - it is located to the right of the keyboard, and the key block itself, it turns out, is shifted to the bottom edge of the laptop case. As a result, there is a large amount of free space above the keyboard - it looks rather unusual.
ASUS claims that its laptop, despite its small size and the presence of powerful graphics, heats up and makes less noise than competitors. The laptop will go on sale on June 27, perhaps closer to this date the specifications of the ROG Zephyrus will be published.
Approximately ten days before the start of Computex ASUS to announce gaming laptop on the base AMD processor Ryzen. Therefore, many of the audience expected that the announcement of this mobile PC would take place at the ROG presentation. But that did not happen. Perhaps the presence of the head of NVIDIA at the event prevented - after so many kind words addressed to Jensen Huang, the head of ASUS did not dare to praise the product based on the competitor's solution. Nevertheless, we still found information about a laptop based on AMD Ryzen on the official ASUS website. So, meet: ASUS ROG Strix GL702ZC!
In the top version, the novelty is equipped with an 8-core Ryzen processor 7 1700, simpler options carry Ryzen 5 1600 and Ryzen 3 1200 chips. Processor overclocking is not supported. According to ASUS, in terms of performance, the processors do not differ from their desktop counterparts.
The graphics component of the laptop is also all right - the Radeon RX 580 with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory will allow it to cope with almost any game at maximum settings. The resolution and refresh rate of the 17.3-inch display can be different: 4K and 60 Hz, Full HD and 75 Hz or 120 Hz. Of course, AMD Freesync technology is supported. The dimensions of the laptop are larger than those of the record holder in the face of the ROG Zephyrus: the thickness exceeds 3.3 cm, and the weight is 3 kg. Max Volume random access memory DDR4-2400 - 32 GB. The capacity of NVMe SSD can be up to 512 GB, it can be expanded by installing another solid state drive or hard drive into a 2.5" slot. The ASUS ROG Strix GL702ZC will go on sale this summer, the price is still unknown.
In the coming months, Intel will release a platform with a new set of system logic based on the Intel 300 chipset, as well as processors Coffee Lake S to respond to AMD and its revolutionary Rysen processors.
Intel's upcoming chipset will get the 300 series and we can expect the chipset to top level will be called the Z370, which is ironically similar to the AMD X370 chipset. It is also expected that this series Intel chipsets 300 will be revealed in motherboards supporting Q370, H370, B350, Q350 and H310.
The Intel 300 Series desktop board will be based on the current LGA 1151 socket. Earlier rumors claimed that Coffee Lake-S on the 300 Series chipset would get a 6-core Intel processor with Hyper-Threading to increase the number of computing operations.
AMD has already introduced its 8-core Core processors The 8 and 6 core processors are priced below Intel and although there are a few issues, the performance is not bad for the money. Now Intel is promoting its new processors. At this stage chipsets Intel series The 300 will feature built-in USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) and a Wi-Fi adapter, both great additions to this new platform. Everything else will match the Intel 200 series chipsets.
Intel is rumored to release its new Coffee-Lake processors in late summer 2017.
Coffee Lake S will be launched alongside the new Z370 chipset, which is known as CFL-PCH (Coffee Lake PCH). The platform will feature an LGA 1151 V2 socket while it will have the same number of pins as the current LGA 1151 socket and it looks like Intel is moving to drop support for Coffee Lake processors on older motherboards with LGA 1151 such as the Z270 series . Intel is said to explicitly differentiate the chips using the "V2" moniker to prevent consumers from buying the wrong board for their Coffee Lake desktop processor.
The new 6-core parts will contain 50% more cores, threads and cache compared to the current offering. So we're looking at the mainstream next-gen Core i7 processors with 6 cores, 12 threads, and 12MB of L3 cache. The same way, core models i5 will be the first Intel models with full hyperthreading support. The Core i5 models will ship with 4 cores, 8 threads and 8MB L3 LLC (Last Level Cache). This is due to 4 cores, 4 threads and 6MB LLC on the current Core i5 model.
All models of the Coffee Lake S family will be equipped with the following graphics chip Generations of Intel GT2. Pentium Series will include 2 cores, 4 threads and up to 4 MB of L3 cache. There will also be some models with 3MB L3 cache with GT1 level graphics chips.
A slide that Intel showed to partners at a South Korean event on May 23 was leaked to the press. The chart confirms that the chip giant is indeed planning to launch the first wave of Coffee Lake processors in August 2017.
This new line main processors, which will be launched in August/September, will include quad-core and six-core models with TDPs of 65W and 95W. The ICs use the same LGA1151 connector as the current mainstream models and will launch with the new Z370 chipset. On this moment it is unclear whether a new motherboard for Coffee Lake. This is the first time Intel will offer six-core models for the mainstream desktop market.
The second wave of Coffee Lake processors will launch in the first quarter of 2018, this launch will include dual-core models, as well as more advanced 300-series chipsets.
Another interesting note is that the slide shows a maximum of 12 cores for the Skylake-X series. This confirms that Intel's plan to launch HEDT processors with up to 18 cores is a very recent development and a direct response to AMD's Ryzen Threadripper.
It also became known that following the 14-nanometer Coffee Lake, Intel will release a new generation of 10-nanometer processors called Cannon Lake. The company also said that after Cannon Lake, the Ice Lake generation will be released, but it should not be expected until the second half of 2019.
Intel confirmed rumors about the presence of support for new Pentium processors from the Kaby Lake family Hyper technology threading. This means that CPUs targeted at devices from the budget segment will receive twice the number of data processing channels.
Not so long ago, the manufacturer smart watch NO.1 introduced its new product, the D5+ watch. But resting on our laurels is by no means something the company is used to. A few weeks later, the next NO.1 D5 Pro watch was announced, which, as one might assume, became the development of the original NO.1 D5 model. The features of the D5 Pro include powerful hardware - at the level of low-end smartphones.
Over the past few years, Apple has constantly improved the quality of its shooting, eventually achieving very good results in authoritative ratings. In September, a new generation of iPhone was released, and immediately after the start of official sales, it was tested by DxOMark. Experts with prejudice tested the cameras of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, passing their verdict.
Yesterday Meizu announced a "new" Meizu smartphone M6. Why the word "new" is in quotation marks, we will tell today, but for now let's talk about another device that was presented at the same presentation. This is a Meizu M20 external battery. Despite the seeming uselessness of such devices for people who are far from the outlet during the day, it still doesn’t hurt to have one “just in case”.
Action cameras shooting in 4K resolution are no longer a rarity. There is one in the rich assortment of the pioneer of this niche, GoPro. However, until recently, shooting was only possible at 30 fps, which is not very good. Extreme sportsmen were in dire need of a 4K camera with the ability to capture events at a frequency of 60 fps, and the other day it happened. The camera with the name GoPro Hero 6 Black has been officially presented and is already available for order.
In the past year, some iPhone owners 6S and iPhone 6S Plus on new iOS 10 complained about a strange glitch. Smartphones suddenly began to spontaneously turn off when the charge level dropped to 35%. Later, it was possible to establish that the problem turned out to be of a hardware nature, and the fault lay entirely on the side of the company. As a result, owners of defective iPhones got the opportunity to replace the battery for free. But Apple has gone even further.
The other day, Xiaomi introduced a modified version of its Mi Band 2 smart fitness tracker, which will be promoted by the popular Indian actor Hrithik Roshan. The accessory received even more elaborate algorithms for tracking user activity and increased time battery life. Not without irreparable losses, however. All the details are in this article.
After the announcement of a new device, the public almost always wonders how much the company will earn by selling it. Interest becomes the greater, the more famous the brand. Well, when it comes to Apple, it is almost impossible to satiate the curiosity of the public. Needless to say, that the iPhone X presented on September 12, among others, aroused particular interest? Yesterday, Chinese sources close to the supply chain announced the prices at which Apple purchased key components for it.
Recently, a new portion of rumors appeared on the network, according to which the American chip maker Qualcomm is preparing another mid-end mobile platform. This will be the Snapdragon 635 model, which should take the empty space between the Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 SoCs released in early summer. The Snapdragon 635 promises to be interesting solution mainly thanks to the new GPU.
Last night at the new headquarters of Apple, named after Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs Theatre), three new iPhones were announced: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X. All three smartphones are based on the new Apple A11 Bionic processor. The chip aroused interest because, firstly, it turned out to be 6-core, and secondly, almost at the same time with the announcement of smartphones, GeekBench published the A11 Bionic performance, which can be called impressive.
Yesterday, Samsung Electronics announced that the company plans to start production of new single-chip systems with processors based on 11-nanometer process technology soon. For their manufacture, it is planned to use the LPP process technology (Low Power Plus) - the same one is used, for example, for the production of the 14-nanometer Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 SoCs.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 836 processor was expected in the second half of 2017. The most suitable candidate for the debut of this single-chip system was the Pixel family of smartphones. But the other day it turned out that Qualcomm has no plans to release an overclocked version of the Snapdragon 835. It would seem that everything is over, the public is going home. But everything turned out to be a little more interesting.
The range of the company was replenished with a new action camera Explorer Dual. Unlike competitors' models, Elephone tried to make sure that its product attracted attention. First of all, this was achieved thanks to two screens - this option is rarely found in other manufacturers of accessories of this type. The second and perhaps even more important feature is powerful hardware that allows you to shoot video in resolutions up to 4K.
The fact that the iPhone 8 with an OLED screen will cost more than its younger counterparts, the iPhone 7S and 7S Plus, is no longer in doubt. The open question is just how much Apple dares to raise the price. So far, everyone is in favor of the fact that the price of the anniversary smartphone will exceed $1000. At the end of this material, we will give the currently known prices for new iPhone, for now, let's talk about one of its most expensive components.
The Helio X30 processor can be called the failure of the year without exaggeration. Despite the 10nm process, the number of orders for a fresh MediaTek 8-core SoC is staggeringly small. We, at least, are aware of only one smartphone that should come out on this processor - Meizu MX7 Pro. MediaTek itself, one must think, was counting on something more. But maybe the chip maker will get lucky with another Helio P series chipset? Recently, some details about him became known.
For people leading an active lifestyle, having a camera in their arsenal to capture the best moments of life is a must. However, the camera camera is different, not all of them have the required set of properties. Some, for example, are suitable for filming in adverse conditions, others require more gentle handling, but also provide more features, for example, they allow you to shoot panoramic video. Without waiting for a bright future, when cameras will appear that combine everything at once, Insta360 has already tried to combine the latest achievements of science and technology in one device, and what came of it - read in our material.
Pebble's story came to an end last year when it was bought by Fitbit, though Pebble will forever be remembered as the company that not only invented the smartwatch as a wearable accessory, but also made it popular. The other day it became known that the new Fitbit watch will be the Ionic model, which incorporates the best practices of Pebble and the company's own ideas. With the release of Ionic, the developer hopes to challenge Apple Watch and numerous competitors on Android Wear.
Microsoft is developing a new unusual gadget, a patent application for which has already been filed with the relevant authorities. This is a controller for augmented (not virtual) reality, and its tentative name sounds like Augmented Reality Input Device.
In our country, sales of the new modular smartphone Moto Z2 Play from Lenovo began, and at the same time, accessories for it from the Moto Mods series came out. These are additional elements attached to the back of the mobile phone and expanding its functionality.
MediaTek has started sending invitations to a special event to be held on August 29 in Beijing. It is expected that during the presentation, one of the largest chip makers in the Asia-Pacific region will show at least two new single-chip systems: Helio P23 and Helio P30. Details about the new processors will be revealed during the presentation, but some information has already leaked to the network.
According to new data, Apple is almost ready for the third generation of smart phones. Watch. With what to wait for the date of the announcement, it seems, will not be long. No later than September, the main presentation of the Cupertino company in 2017 should take place, during which all the key developments of Apple over the past year will be presented. In addition to the iPhone 7S and 7S Plus, the anniversary iPhone 8 will be announced. It is during this announcement that the Watch 3 will see the light of day.
