Microsoft is scheduled to announce the newest version of Surface Book in October and it will be powered by Intel's
Ice Lake processor with the support for 4k and better battery life.
Not exact matches
Chipzilla's codename deciphering page has of late added an entry for products called «
Ice Lake» described as the «8th generation Intel Core
Processor Family» and available only to early access users.
Meanwhile, Intel's ninth - generation
processor rollout will start with its 10nm + «
Ice Lake» chips at the end of 2018.
That said, given that Intel hasn't even announced the eighth - generation line of
processors yet, it's probably still a little early to be looking so far ahead to
Ice Lake (which probably won't ship on actual devices until sometime in 2019, at the absolute earliest).
Intel may be preparing to announce its upcoming eighth - generation
processors on August 21st, but the company is already looking to the future with an uncharacteristically early announcement of what seems to be its ninth - generation
Ice Lake chips, as reported by AnandTech.
Intel's ninth - generation «
Ice Lake»
processors for 2019 will have protections against Meltdown and Spectre exploits as well.
Intel's ninth - generation «
Ice Lake» family of
processors is expected to launch by the end of 2018 or in early 2019 based on 10nm process technology.