Intel announces new 8th-gen U- and Y-series CPUs
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New Whiskey Lake-U and Amber Lake-Y CPUs

Intel has now officially announced its new 8th Generation Whiskey Lake (U-series) and Amber Lake (Y-series) CPUs which should be coming to notebooks and other devices at the IFA 2018 show, currently held in Berlin, Germany.

Intel also shows 28W low-power U-series 8th gen CPUs
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Quad-core, Iris Plus IGP, and a new chipset

In addition to the new 8th gen performance mobile Coffee Lake parts, Intel has also announced four new SKUs that will be a part of its U-series (ultra-low power) mobile CPUs, featuring four-core/eight-thread design, new Iris Plus IGP with 128MB of eDRAM, new 300-series chipset, and Intel Optane memory support to the thin notebook market.



25W on the way as well