Intel's next-generation SoC "Apollo Lake" makes the low price laptop drive thinner and longer lasting

Intel held a meeting in Shenzhen, China on April 13, 20162016 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Shenzhen"Next-generation processors for PC"Apollo LakeWe announced. With the Apollo Lake generation SoC (CPU) used for mobile PCs for entry that can be said to be the only hope in a low-profile PC market, the performance of low-priced mobile PCs seems to greatly improve.

Intel Unveils New Low-Cost PC Platform: Apollo Lake with 14 nm Goldmont Cores
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In the PC market that continues to shrink in response to the growth of mobile terminals such as smartphones, the only thing growing up is the low price PC for entry with Windows 10. Intel himself emphasizes this market, and advocates a standard of a low price notebook PC called "Cloudbook".


Cloudbook is expected to be priced from $ 169 (about 18,000 yen) to $ 269 (about 29,000 yen).


So Intel plans to launch the next-generation processor called "Apollo Lake" for low-cost PCs in the second half of 2016. Apollo Lake, "BraswellIt is the successor x86 micro architecture SoC.


AnandTech of a news site centered on PC related information summarizes the entry SoC in a table. Tablet-centered SoC for mobile terminals has been developing from "Bay Trail" of 22 nm process to "Cherry Trail"Following generational replacement, generation change will be advanced from Braswell to Apollo Lake for mobile PCs mainly laptop PCs. In Apollo Lake, the CPU core is upgraded from Airmont to Goldmont, and the GPU adopts the ninth generation Intel graphic Gen 9 as well as Skylake, greatly enhancing graphic performance.


The basic package design of Apollo Lake generation's Cloudbook looks like this. The Apollo Lake generation 4 core SoC, 4 GB LPDDR 3 memory, 32 GB eMMC are adopted within 55 mm × 82 mm, and Type - C USB port and LTE modem are also expected to be supported.


Optional screen resolution of 11.6 inches to full HD (1920 × 1080), storage seems to be able to dual configuration of 64GB · SSD of M.2 connection and 32GB · eMMC.


Intel is aiming to expand the market size of low-priced notebook PCs and 2in1 terminals that continue to grow, Apollo Lake will be able to realize thinner terminals, and battery driving time will also increase. We also support IEEE 802.11 ac Wi-Fi as standard.


Apollo Lake scheduled to be released in the second half of 2016 is expected to be pre-displayed on various installed products with COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2016 to be held in Taiwan from May 31, 2016.

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