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Lake chip (go.pcworld.com/cann), the Core
VIDEO: INTEL LAUNCHES
i3-8121U, in May 2018, it probably never
‘ICE LAKE’ CHIPS
exceeded extremely low volumes. It’s fair to
Watch now at go.pcworld.com/ice
say, then, that Intel has significant latitude to

refine the 10nm process and push up future
clock speeds. though, we can already say that you’ll benefit
“I think that you will be able to see how immensely from knowing what you’re buying.

we optimize the workloads...for more We see 2nd- and a few 3rd-gen Ryzen
segmented and more targeted designs to notebooks crowding the low end of the
meet customer needs,” Senderowitz said of notebook PC market, alongside the 7th- and

what you can expect of Intel’s future 8th-gen Core chips that will give way to Ice
processor positioning. Lake and its future, faster, cousins. Qualcomm

For now, however, Intel’s betting big on claims that its Snapdragon 8cx offers Core
Ice Lake, and you should see numerous i5-class performance, too.
thin-and-light and notebook designs built All of that competition can create

around Intel’s Ice Lake processors this holiday confusion. But you, as a customer, will
season. Remember, too, that those will ultimately benefit.
include ”Project

Athena” designs
(go.pcworld.com/

athe): flashy “halo”
notebooks similar
to HP’s Spectre

Folio (go.pcworld.
com/flio), that try

to accomplish bold
new things with the
next-generation

ultrabook form
factor.

If you’re in the
market for a
notebook PC this
We’ve been waiting for a year or so for Project Athena concepts and other
holiday season, designs to arrive, though they’ve been designed to make a splash when they do.

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