Some Intel Skylake CPUs become a part of "Bendgate"
Published in PC Hardware


Thinner substrate to blame 

It appears that some Intel Skylake CPUs have now become a part of the new "Bendgate" and can get damaged by pressure from some air coolers, possibly due to a thinner substrate compared to previous generation CPUs.

Asus gives Zenbook UX305 a Skylake Core M CPU
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Thursday, 26 November 2015 10:31

Asus gives Zenbook UX305 a Skylake Core M CPU


Plenty to offer for US $699

Asus' Zenbook UX305 has been a decent Ultrabook even when it was paired up with a Broadwell CPU, but now Asus has made it even better by upgrading it with a Skylake Core m3 CPU without raising the price.

Intel’s Kaby Lake slides leaked
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 18 November 2015 11:19

Intel’s Kaby Lake slides leaked


Skylake successor will have increased Core performance

A Chinese website has got its paws on some Intel slides which talk about Skylake’s successor.

Intel’s four new NUCs revealed
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Friday, 13 November 2015 12:52

Intel’s four new NUCs revealed


Skylake on board

Chipzilla has released four new models of mini PCs which support its sixth generation Skylake chip.

Linux update brings Skylake
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Tuesday, 03 November 2015 11:01

Linux update brings Skylake


Reworked Nvidia support

The new stable Linux kernel is out there supporting Intel’s Skylake and a reworked open source support platform for Nvidia graphics cards.

Asus' flagship ROG Maximus VIII Extreme motherboard announced
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Intel Z170-based high-end motherboard

Asus has officially announced its flagship motherboard based on Intel's Z170 Express chipset – the Asus Maximus VIII Extreme.

ASRock Rack shows off Greenlow motherboards
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Tuesday, 20 October 2015 11:03

ASRock Rack shows off Greenlow motherboards


Featuring Skylake

ASRock Rack announced today the new series of workstation motherboards feature with the latest Intel Greenlow platform which features Skylake processor

MSI packs GTX 970M in new 14-inch GS40 Phantom notebook
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Intel Skylake Core i7-6700HQ quad-core CPU as well

Gaming notebooks usually end up to be a desktop replacement device rather than a portable notebook due to their size, weight and battery life but now it appears that MSI managed to change that a bit by releasing the new 14-inch GS40 Phantom notebook.

Shuttle launches barebones with Skylake
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Monday, 12 October 2015 10:01

Shuttle launches barebones with Skylake


SH170R6 can manage all Skylake processors 

Shuttle computers have released its latest barebone that now supports Intel 170 series chipset and Skylake processor. 

New Dell XPS 13 gets 16GB RAM 1TB SSD
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Friday, 02 October 2015 10:24

New Dell XPS 13 gets 16GB RAM 1TB SSD


Skylake CPU too

The new Dell XPS 13 is coming and we have found some pricing and specs.