From PC World: Fans of tiny PCs have some interesting new toys to play with. Intel announced several fresh bare-bones NUC kits rocking eight-generation Core processors late Wednesday, as well as two interesting NUC mini-PCs that introduce several firsts to the mainstream Next Unit of Computing lineup.
Christened the NUC8i3CYSM and the NUC8i3CYSN, both palm-sized computers (pictured above) come equipped with the 2.2GHz, dual-core “Cannon Lake” Core i3-8121U, bringing chips built on Intel's beleaguered 10nm process to small form-factor PCs for the first time.
Like the low-volume Chinese laptops that Cannon Lake CPUs originally appeared in, the NUC mini-PCs rely on discrete graphics rather than an integrated solution. That's another first for mainstream NUCs, though the AMD Radeon 540 GPU inside isn't anywhere near as powerful as the custom Radeon Vega graphics inside the enthusiast-class Hades Canyon NUC. Intel says the mini-PCs can play e-sports like League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at 1080p resolution, however.
The NUC mini-PCs come with everything you need to get going, with either 4GB or 8GB RAM, a 1TB hard drive, and Windows 10 Home. The boxes have two HDMI ports, four USB ports, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and can support two storage drives. Pricing was not announced.
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