Intel 14nm Skylake CPU yields reportedly improving
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Retailers continue to sell out quickly

A recent report by the folks at The Motley Fool suggests that Intel finally seems to have things under control for its high-end 14-nanometer Skylake desktop parts with improving yields and more stock on retail shelves.

Asus announces E3 Pro Gaming V5 Intel Xeon motherboard
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Server chipset designed for gamers

Asus has announced its new gaming-grade E3 Pro Gaming V5 motheboard based on Intel's C232 Express chipset as well as Asus exclusive gaming features.

MSI fixes Skylake bending with CPU Guard 1151 bracket
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Originally developed for overclockers

Due to the recent bending issues with certain Intel Skylake CPUs and aftermarket coolers, MSI has launched a rather simple solution in the form of the new CPU Guard 1151 bracket which should prevent these issues but also be handy to those that decide to delid their CPU.

Asrock releases motherboard BIOS updates for non-K Skylake overclocking
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Calls it Sky OC technology 

Asrock has decided to join in on the fun of non-K Skylake CPU overclocking by releasing new BIOS updates that include the so called Sky OC technology feature and allow BCLK overclocking for non-K series Skylake CPUs on Asrock Z170 Express chipset based motherboards.

MSI brings overclocking to unlock Skylake
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Wednesday, 16 December 2015 12:35

MSI brings overclocking to unlock Skylake


Free the Skylake cores


MSI has issued a BIOS update for its motherboards which will allow users to overclock Skylake based locked Core i5, Core i3 or even Pentium processors.

Skylake top-end shortage suggests few 14nm problems
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Hidden yield issues

Skylake has been on the market for four months but if you try to buy enthusiast-grade Core i7 6700K and Core i5 6600K processors you will have trouble.

Zotac announces ZBOX MI551 mini-PC with Skylake CPU
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Small M-series ZBOX with quad-core Core i5-6400T CPU

Zotac has announced its newest ZBOX mini-PCs which will be a part of the M-series, the Zotac ZBOX MI551 with Intel Core i5-6400T Skylake CPU.

Intel preparing new high-end Skull Canyon NUC
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Tuesday, 08 December 2015 14:59

Intel preparing new high-end Skull Canyon NUC


Powered by an unknown Intel Skylake CPU

According to a published teaser, Intel is working on a new high-end NUC (next-unit of computing) system, codename Skull Canyon, which will be powered by an unknown Skylake CPU, featuring an Iris Pro iGPU.

ITX-i89H0 Mini-ITX gets 14nm 3D tri-gate transistor
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Industrial motherboard 

Arbor Technology is offering the ITX-i89H0 Mini-ITX industrial motherboard based around Intel’s 14nm 3D tri-gate transistor technology

Microsoft faces Surface tablet delays
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Tuesday, 08 December 2015 11:13

Microsoft faces Surface tablet delays


Skylake’s fault

Just when Microsoft has a product that is duffing up Apple, it is suffering from supply problems caused by Intel.