Intel unviels 7th-gen Core "Kaby Lake" processors

Intel has officially announced its 7th generation Core line up using its Kaby Lake architecture. These include 4.5 watt (Y-series) and 15 watt (U-series), dual-core chips and are expected to show up in new laptops, 2-in-1 tablets  in the coming months.

The Kaby Lake processors succeeds the 6th-gen Skylake processors, both of which are built on the 14nm architecture, so the performance will not receive a huge boost. It will offer up to 12 percent faster productivity performance and up to 19 percent faster web performance when compared to its predecessor.

However, the graphic department has received a boost. It will have native support for 4K HEVC and VP9 video decoding to boost 4K UHD content. Intel also promises better battery life, improved gaming performance and faster video decoding.

Here’s a run-down of the 7th-gen Intel Core chips 

4.5 watt Y series (max 16GB RAM)
1 GHz Core m3-7Y30 (2.6 GHz turbo, 300/900 MHz Intel HD 615 graphics)
1.2 GHz Core i5-7Y54 (3.2 GHz turbo, 300/950 MHz Intel HD 615 graphics)
1.3 GHz Core i7-7Y75 (3.6 GHz turbo, 300/1050 MHz Intel HD 615 graphics) 

15 watt U series (max 32GB RAM)
2.4 GHz Core i3-7100U (300 MHz/1GHz Intel HD 620 graphics)
2.5 GHz Core i5-7200U(3.1 GHz turbo, 300/1000 MHz Intel HD 620 graphics)
2.7 GHz Core i7-7500U (3.5 GHz turbo, 300/1050 MHz Intel HD 620 graphics)

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