Microsoft Surface 5 could be powered by Intel’s Kaby Lake CPU
With the Surface 4/Surface Book doing very well and grabbing more and more market share, Microsoft isn’t saying much about the next generation of its tablet/notebook products. However, a leak from China may have some clues.
All that’s known is that the next generation of Surface products was pushed back to early 2017. A leak to Indian publication Mobipicker.com says one reason for the delay is because Microsoft wanted to use the latest processor from Intel, code-named Kaby Lake. Kaby Lake is expected in the third quarter, which would make shipping by year’s end pretty tough. So, Microsoft simply pushed Surface 5 into next year rather than rushing it.
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