Information about Skylake processors appears regularly, and thanks to these leaks, we learned what we can expect from future MacBookov For a Air. But they are not the only ones MacBooky which Apple produces, and the company announced a return by the third MacBookin a completely new design and with a completely new idea of how it will look ultrabook of the future On paper, it's a relatively weak machine, but it's enough to work with the Internet, and it's also enough to drive Retina display which is really nice. There is an economical Core M processor that does not need active cooling and can do with passive cooling, and all future Core M Skylake models will also offer this feature. Compared to Broadwell chips, they are up to 17% faster, offer up to 41% higher graphics performance, and finally can have an extended battery life of 1,4 hours.
Intel could split its Core M processors into several series this year, and it looks like we'll see Core m3, Core m5 and Core m7 chips, where the number will determine the performance (and remind you of BMW). The basic model is supposed to have a Core M3-6Y30 processor, which is a dual-core chip with a frequency of 900 MHz and Turbo Boost up to 2.2 GHz. The chip contains a 4MB L3 cache and an Intel HD 515 graphics card with a frequency of 850 MHz. It could be the processor we will see in the base model MacBooku, which is sold here at a price of around €1400.
But it is possible that Apple decides to use processors that have more power. After all, Apple uses Core i5 processors in all of its computers and it is quite possible that u MacBooku decide to use Core m5. The company plans to introduce three different processor models, Core m5-6Y54, m5-6Y57 and m5-6Y75. The first two processors have a base frequency of 1.1 GHz and a graphics chip with a frequency of 900 MHz, but they differ in the Turbo Boost frequency. The first one is 2.7 GHz, the second one 100 MHz more. The trio is rounded off by the Core m5-6Y75 with a frequency of 1.2 GHz, Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz and a graphics chip with a clock speed of 1000 MHz.
All of the processors otherwise have very similar characteristics, i.e. 4MB L3 cache, a TDP of 4,5 watts and an Intel HD 515 graphics chip. All processors can also consume 7 watts due to higher frequencies, which Apple used at this year's MacBookat. He overclocked the processors by 100 and 200 MHz compared to normal. All processors from the Core M Skylake family support up to two SATA 6Gb/s ports, 6 USB ports, an eMMC 5.0 interface, as well as 10 lines for the PCIe interface. There is also support for USB On-The-Go and Rapid Storage Technology 14. The processors support DDR3L-1600 and LPDDR3-1866 operating memories.
*Source: CPU World
