DigiTimes has heard rumours that Intel will be refreshing their processor lineup with Apollo Lake processors in June and August 2016, with devices powered by the new processors in October. This is rather good news considering how slowly new PC sales have been growing over the past year, it is nice to see that we will still have some new CPUs in the coming year. Details are rather scarce, the 14nm chips will come in dual and quad-core options and use the new Gen9 GPU which will support Ultra HD output. You can expect 6-10W TDP, these are very much mobile oriented chips.
"Seeing the trend, Intel is scheduled to mass produce its next-generation Apollo Lake-based processors in June-August 2016 with related entry-level PC products becoming available in the market in October 2016, according to sources from the upstream supply chain."
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How will Intel’s Gen 9 GPU
How will Intel’s Gen 9 GPU cores compare to the PowerVR cores in the Apple A9X, Intel’s graphics cores on its low power SKUs are not going to be its top end versions. Intel clocks its graphics cores higher because they do not have the EU/other execution counts compared to the PowerVR, AMD, or Nvidia GPU SKUs which are clocked lower and make up the difference with more EU/CU counts. So Intel’s 6 to 10 Watt TDP SKUs are going to have to be clocked lower and may not have comparable EU/CU counts compared to the other maker’s mobile GPUs. It’s easier for Intel to clock its non mobile parts higher to make up for the EU deficiency, but not for tablet and any phone SKUs.