Faster Intel Chip

Intel is unveiling its 8th Generation Intel Core i9 processor

for laptop computers, and it is targeting it at mobile

gamers, virtual reality fans, and content creators. The

new chip offers “enthusiast level” performance, and it is

the fastest laptop processor that Intel has ever built.

The chips are aimed at fueling the growth of the rapidly

expanding PC gaming industry with new laptops that

can provide desktop-like gaming performance and

virtual reality on the run. Overall, the 8th Gen Core

i9 is 29 percent better in performance compared to the

previous generation 7th Gen Core i7.

Intel also announced a new Intel Core platform extension

that brings together the benefits of its processors with Intel

Optane memory, a new kind of flash memory for caching.

It is also rounding out its family of high-performance

desktop CPUs and chipsets which deliver modern standby

and ambient computing capabilities, and shared new

details on the 8th Gen Intel Core vPro platform for

businesses.