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Low-Power Optimized PMICs support Skylake core processor.

2016-01-19 14:31:06| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Respectively available in 4.26 x 4.26 x 0.62 mm and 5.90 x 5.90 x 0.62 mm packages with 0.4 mm pitch, BD99991GW and BD99992GW enable fanless designs of such space-conscious mobile PC products as Ultrabooks™, 2-in-1 detachables, and tablets built around Intel® 14 nm Skylake CPU. BD99991GW supports core power rails required by the Skylake platform and Intel IMVP8 power management interface, while BD99992GW provides additional 10 power rails.

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Microsoft Prods Skylake Users to Take the Windows 10 Plunge

2016-01-18 23:48:02| TechNewsWorld

Microsoft last week announced that within the next 18 months, it will end support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on machines equipped with Intel's 6th generation Core processors, also known as "Skylake." As of mid-July next year, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Skylake systems, and only the most critical security fixes will be released for earlier versions of Windows.

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Skylake bug causes Intel chips to freeze under complex workloads

2016-01-11 22:22:34| Extremetech

Intel has confirmed a significant bug in Skylake when running certain operations. Exact details and proposed fixes, however, remain unclear.

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Thinner Intel Skylake CPUs are breaking because of third-party CPU coolers

2015-12-04 16:45:33| Extremetech

The German tech website pcgameshardware.de discovered that the substrate on the sixth-generation CPU is thinner than older Intel processors, meaning that CPU coolers that put more pressure on the chip and LGA 1151 socket can actually damage one or even both.

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