Intel launches its first 11th Gen Tiger Lake H-series processors for more powerful laptops in early May 2021, but at Computex 2021, the company is also announcing a pair of new U-series chips, one of which will be the first to feature a 5.0GHz clock speed for the company's lower voltage U-series lineup.
Intel is launching the Core i7-1195G7, which is the company's latest top-of-the-line U-series CPU, as well as the Core i5-1155G7, which is Intel's most powerful Core i5-level CPU.
The new chips, like the original 11th Gen U-series chips, operate in the 12W to 28W range. Both CPUs have four cores and eight threads, as well as Intel's Iris Xe integrated graphics (the Core i7-1195G7 comes with 96 EUs, while the Core i5-1155G7 has 80 EUs.)
The Core i7-1195G7 has a basic clock speed of 2.9GHz, but because to Intel's Turbo Boost Max 3.0 technology, it can reach a maximum single-core speed of 5.0GHz. The Core i5-1155G7, on the other hand, offers a 2.5GHz base clock speed and a 4.5GHz boost speed. Getting a laptop CPU to run at 5GHz right out of the box is a very recent development: The first Intel laptop processor to reach 5GHz.
Along with the new processors, Intel also unveiled its latest 5G modem solution for laptops, the Intel 5G Solution 5000, a new M.2 card that device makers will be able to incorporate into their designs. (While Intel's smartphone 5G division was famously sold to Apple, the company has continued to work on other aspects of the next-generation connectivity standard.)
The new modem is a collaboration between Intel, Mediatek (which handles modem firmware), and Fibocom (which produces the modules), and it will support sub-6GHz 5G and integrated eSIM technology. Acer, Asus, and HP will all sell laptops with Intel's Tiger Lake CPUs and new 5G Solution 5000 cards later this year, according to Intel.
