Intel has expanded its price list with new mobile processor with low power consumption Skylake-U, according to CPU-World Resource. We are talking about models Core i7-6660U, and it will replace the processor Core i7-6650U, which is used in laptops since September last year.
Thus, according to CPU-World data, Core i7-6660U processor, as well as all members of the generation skylake, will be made on 14-nm process technology. The novelty will receive two cores (four threads) with a frequency of 2.4 GHz, that is 200 MHz higher than the Core i7-6650U. mode Turbo Boost frequency is not yet known, but we can assume that it will also increase by 200 MHz to 3.6 GHz.
Also Core i7-6660U get 4 MB cache in the third level. Most likely, the novelty will receive the graphics controller 540 Iris Graphics, and level TDP is 15 watts, as well as at the Core i7-6650U. The new processor will support AVX instructions 2, AES, and virtualization technology VT-x and VT-d. Processor Core i7-6660U evaluated at $ 415.