Whiskey Lake
Intel has begun winding down sales of the majority of its Whiskey Lake-based 8th generation NUCs (NUC8 Series). This month the company issued a product change notification for the UCFF systems, establishing a plan for transitioning the systems to end of life (EOL) status. Like other EOL transitions, Intel is giving themselves and customers a bit of time to prepare, with the final shipments of the systems set to occur in July. The list of SKUs to be discontinued includes such models as the NUC8I5INHJA, NUC8I5INHPA, NUC8I5INHP, NUC8I5INHX, NUC8I7INHJA, NUC8I7INHPA, NUC8I7INHP, NUC8I7INHZ, and NUC8I7INHX. Intel’s customers are recommended to make their final orders by April 30, 2020, with shipments set to end by July 2nd. Interestingly, while Intel is discontinuing most of their Whiskey Lake-based...
CES 2019: MSI PS63 Modern Notebook, a 15.6-inch with 16 Hours Battery Life
Designed with content creators and designers in mind, the new 15.6" MSI PS63 Modern looks to make a bold statement. The key feature for this new notebook is the...
36 by Ian Cutress & Gavin Bonshor on 1/15/2019
Lenovo at CES 2019: ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gets Thinner Aluminum Body, 4K HDR LCD
Lenovo has announced its fourth generation ThinkPad X1 Yoga convertible laptop. The new notebook will come in thinner all-aluminum chassis and will also get lighter than ever when it...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/11/2019
Lenovo at CES 2019: Yoga C730 Gets AMOLED Display
Lenovo at CES announced a new version of its Yoga C730 convertible laptop featuring a 4K Ultra-HD AMOLED monitor. The revamped Yoga C730 also uses Intel’s Whiskey Lake processors...
10 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2019
Lenovo at CES 2019: 7th Gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gets Thinner
Lenovo this week introduced its 7th Generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops. The new notebooks got a number of tangible improvements when compared to their predecessors. The latest ThinkPad X1...
16 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2019
CES 2019: Huawei Launches the Matebook 13
Today one of the best notebooks I’ve ever tested is getting an update: Huawei’s new Matebook 13 is the generational update to the Matebook X. In it we get...
12 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2019
Dell at CES 2019: Latitude 7400 2-in-1 with 24hr Battery, Optional QC Modem
Ahead of CES 2019, Dell introduced its new Latitude 7400 2-in-1 convertible laptop that brings together high portability, a rich feature set, and an extremely long battery life. One...
23 by Anton Shilov on 1/4/2019
Samsung Unveils 2019 Notebook 9 Pen 13 & 15
Samsung on Thursday introduced its next-generation Notebook 9 convertible laptops that will hit the market next year. The new lineup of convertibles includes models with a 13.3-inch display or...
38 by Anton Shilov on 12/14/2018
LG Releases Gram 17 Laptop: An Ultra-Thin Notebook with a 17.3-Inch Display
Due to their size and lack of portability, 17-inch notebooks are not exactly popular among road warriors. Instead this is largely the domain of desktop replacement-class machines, which in...
33 by Anton Shilov on 12/6/2018
Razer Unveils New Blade Stealth 13: Quad-Core Whiskey Lake, dGPU, 4K UHD
Razer on Tuesday introduced its all-new Razer Blade Stealth 13 laptop that became a bit more compact than its predecessors, yet gained a higher resolution display, a discrete GPU...
27 by Anton Shilov on 12/4/2018
ASUS Details ZenBook Pro UX480 with ScreenPad, Whiskey Lake, & dGPU
ASUS at IFA formally introduced its 14-inch ZenBook Pro UX480 laptop featuring the company’s ScreenPad, a touchpad with a built-in display. The notebook was demonstrated back in early June...
12 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2018
Acer’s 14-Inch Swift 3 Gets Whiskey Lake-U CPU, GeForce MX150, Goes on a Diet
In addition to launching its ultra-portable 13.3-inch Swift 3 laptops, Acer also introduced revamped versions of its more traditional 14-inch Swift 3 notebooks on Wednesday. The new mobile PCs...
12 by Anton Shilov on 8/30/2018
Spectre and Meltdown in Hardware: Intel Clarifies Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake
With the launch of Intel’s latest 8th Generation Core mobile processors, the 15W Whiskey Lake U-series and the 5W Amber Lake Y-series, questions were left on the table as...
107 by Ian Cutress on 8/30/2018
Acer’s Swift 3 Laptop Gets 13.3-Inch Display, Slimmer Chassis, LTE Modem
Acer on Wednesday introduced its most portable Swift 3-branded laptop to date. The new Swift 3 notebook features a 13.3-inch display and uses a thinner & lighter chassis than...
11 by Anton Shilov on 8/29/2018
Acer Launches Lightest Ever 15-inch Notebook: Swift 5 at 990 grams / 2.2 lbs
Everyone loves the lack of weight. Carting around a trade show, at least for me, helps the less I’m carrying, and so my work device has transitioned from a...
12 by Ian Cutress on 8/29/2018
IFA 2018: Next@Acer Live Blog (10:30am CEST, 8:30am UTC)
The first official press event this year at IFA 2018 is Acer. We're expecting a glut of Whiskey Lake notebooks, plus a few extras about Predator.
1 by Ian Cutress on 8/29/2018
Intel Launches Whiskey Lake-U and Amber Lake-Y: New MacBook CPUs?
Earlier this year Intel announced that it would be introducing two new families to its low power notebook range: Whiskey Lake for new 15W (U-Series) processors, and Amber Lake...
80 by Ian Cutress on 8/28/2018
Intel 15 Watt Whiskey Lake CPU Specs Disclosed Early: i7-8565U, i5-8265U, & i3-8145U
As the formal launch of Intel’s new codenamed Whiskey Lake-U processors approaches, it is seemingly inevitable that their model numbers and specifications will get published by OEMs ahead of...
40 by Anton Shilov on 8/9/2018
Intel Discuss Whiskey Lake-U, Amber Lake-Y, and ‘Cascade Lake-X’
From Intel’s announcements today, two new unannounced codenames come to the front of the list: Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake. These are new U-series and Y-series processors respectively, and...
16 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
Intel Delays Mass Production of 10 nm CPUs to 2019
Intel on Thursday announced that it would delay mass production of its 10 nm processors from 2018 to 2019 due to yield issues. The company has claimed to be...
156 by Anton Shilov on 4/27/2018
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