New Microsoft Surface Tablets Could Use Intel Pentium Processors

Preparations for the launch of the next Microsoft Surface $ 400 tablet were filled with leaks and rumors, all of which ended on Monday, July 9, when a report was released to Tom's Hardware. The article let the cat out of the bag, revealing the name and official characteristics of the Surface Go. As has already been disclosed on Reddit, the $ 400 tablet will use the Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold Y-series processors. . Leaked specs details suggest that it could pack up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage space. The Surface Go will come with 4GB or 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. Meanwhile, the basic $ 400 model will come with 64GB of storage. Like what is available with Surface Pro, the leak indicates that the LTE versions of these two configurations will be released later, although the price has not been announced.

Other details for the 10-inch device include a thickness of 0.3 inches, 1.2 pounds (without the keyboard), nine hours of battery life, a USB-C port and Windows 10 Home in mode S. The Surface Go is on sale August 2nd.

Whatever the configuration chosen by the new surface buyers, they should have a much more powerful hardware than the last Surface tablet, the Surface 3. Although we liked this 2015 convertible tablet with its Intel Atom processor, the Three-year hardware does not support new Pentium chips. The Atom and Pentium Silver chips have four cores, where the Gold chips have two (with support for the hyperthreading), but the newer architectures are significantly more powerful in all scenarios than the old Atom chips and the options. Extended Memory Should

That said, those who are hoping for real power will want to opt for heavier devices because these chips are not designed to be draft horses. While perfectly able to look at Netflix or write documents, more intense tasks will definitely put emphasis on the system. As Engadget points out, this is not a problem because Microsoft simply wants students and budget tablet users to consider these devices instead of Apple's alternative hardware.

For everyone, there are many laptops and 2-in-1 surface line that offers an industry leading battery life and real performance hardware.