Intel Kaby Lake: Announced 7th generation Core processors

The Intel has unveiled the Core Processors 7nd generation, who were listed as "Kaby Lake". New processors based on 14nm (or 14nm ) architecture of Intel and are improved versions of smash series "Skylake".


The highlight this year for the Intel is the 4K, with the company to be earmarked by processors for 4K material (creation and consumption). For those who are desktop users and wonder why it has been so great importance the 4K encode/decoding, to say that the new chipsets aimed primarily at notebooks and all-in-One computers that usually come without special GPU and can take all possible assistance for processing high-res media.

In accordance with the Intel Processors 7nd generation is above 70% faster in the performance of the CPU and 3.5x on performance 3D graphics, from a PC 5 years. Compared with the previous series Skylake, Kaby Lake gives 12% faster performance productivity and 19% faster web performance. The membership HEVC 10-bit and VP9 decode helps improve playing content 4K UHD. The Intel promises 15% faster times for creating and editing 4K UHD files.

In addition, new processors come with native support Thunderbolt 3 VIA USB Type-C, with 40Gbps bandwidth, dual 4K 60Hz monitor support, 100W power output, external graphics, Thunderbolt networking support, all these via a single cable. There is support for Gen 3 PCIe, with higher data transfer speeds 8 GT/s instead of GT/s with PCIe Gen 2.

The Intel promises improved battery, 3x improve battery life in local 4K UHD video playback. The chips have lower temperatures, allowing more fanless acclaim.

The Intel announced their 6 first series processors, the three (Kaby Lake-Y) feature 4.5W TDP and intended mainly for tablets and 2-in-1 devices with Dual Core CPU, HD 615 GPU, the other three (Kaby Lake-U) have TDP 15W and intended for notebooks with dual core CPUs and HD 620 GPU. The Parties of the ROW Y include a i7, i5, and m3, while the pieces of U series have i7, i5 and i3.

Within the next few months will see manufacturers to launch new products based on Intel processors, among them very likely to be and the apple.