Intel unveils hexocore mobile Core i9 chip and gets within spitting distance of 5GHz

In Bejing today, Intel revealed its first mobile Core i9 chip. The hexocore processor (yep... no fewer than six cores) is an eighth-generation chip, and the company says it is "the highest-performance laptop processor Intel has ever built". Intel also claims that it offers the "best gaming and content creation experience on the go," and with the top-of-the-range Intel Core i9-8950HK processor reaching speeds of up to 4.8 GHz, it's a claim that's easy to believe. A total of 12 threads bring serious improvements over the previous generation chips. See also: Apple could drop Intel and start making its own… [Continue Reading]