The line between Ultrabooks and powerful laptops may be disappearing. Intel is evidently readying a quad-core i5 processor that even a new Surface could use.
September is set to kick off IFA in Berlin where new PCs from the world's leading manufacturers are likely to be unveiled. Intel is also expected to announce its new 8th generation line of Core processors dubbed "Coffee Lake." - while not a true generational shift in the 10nm range coming with "Cannonlake," the 14nm Coffee Lake CPUs could harbor a few surprises.
The site NotebookCheck has spotted some online benchmarks with the forthcoming processors including the Intel Core i5-8250U. What's interesting is for the first time we may be seeing 15W quad-core processors hitting Ultrabooks.
Up until now, the Ultra-Low Voltage (ULV) 15W processors found in devices like the Surface Pro, HP Spectre x360, Lenovo X1 Carbon, and Dell XPS 13 have all been dual-core in design. Only bigger, more expensive machines running battery-thirsty 45W processors like the 14-inch Razer Blade or Dell XPS 15 grabbed the quad-core packages due to power requirements and thermal restrictions.
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