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PC market continues to drop as Skylake, Windows 10 fail to spark recovery
2016-04-12 21:59:06| Extremetech
The PC business continued collapsing this past quarter, with sales falling to 2007 levels. While that still means 60 million PCs shipped, a nine-year decline isn't something to be pleased about.
Microsoft gives Skylake a one-year reprieve, will support Windows 7 through 2017
2016-03-21 13:27:50| Extremetech
Microsoft has backed down from its plans to kill Skylake support for Windows 7 by the middle of next year. Instead, it will continue to provide security updates through 2020 and will support shipping systems with Windows 7 until mid-2018.
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Microsoft Extends Update Deadline for Windows 7/8.1 Skylake PCs
2016-03-20 06:04:07| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Windows 7 and 8.1 users on Skylake systems will also get a few more years for critical security updates.
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Patriot DDR4 SODIMMs Approved for Intel Gen 6 Skylake NUCs
2016-02-12 11:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Smaller form, same top of the line performance FREMONT, CALIF., USA Patriot, a long time, leading manufacturer of computer memory has announced the qualification of their 4GB and 8GB DDR4 2133MHz SODIMMs for compatibility with Intel's latest GEN 6 i3 NUC (Next Unit of Computing) and GEN 6 i5 NUC. The...
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End of the line: BIOS updates end non-K Intel Skylake overclocking
2016-02-09 22:15:53| Extremetech
Intel's latest BIOS updates will close a loophole in Skylake overclocking that allowed non-K processors to hit much higher clock speeds. If you're using that kind of configuration, you may not want to update your BIOS at all.