New Skylake Products and Upcoming Kaby Lake Improvements

January 11, 2017 | Martin Rudloff

Due to the interest generated by our Skylake line release...

We have decided to add even more products, like the Q170 ATX board with 4 PCI slots (for those diehard PCI lovers out there).

We are also offering this version of the board with the C236 chipset, adding ECC memory and XEON processor support - making it a high-performance workstation. This is a powerful lineup!

If you are not sure about the new feature set and processing power, try our new H110 mini-ITX board. It has the same basic functionality as the Q170 chipset, but at a lower price point. Some of the features that were removed form the H110 include software RAID and triple display support - but still an impressive set of features.

We also made sure to add support for the new Kaby Lake processors to all of our Q170 and C236 boards.

With a new and improved graphics engine and DDR4-2400 support, a noticeable boost is seen with the onboard graphics quality. This new processor line is set for release Q1' 2017.

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The table below illustrates some of the improvements over the Skylake line.

Feature	Skylake	Kaby Lake	Benefit
Display Resolution	4K @ 60Hz (3) Displays 5K @ 30Hz Ready	4K @ 60Hz (3) Displays 5K @ 30Hz Ready	Same display support as Skylake
Visual Enhancement	Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) Rec. 709	High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rec. 2020	Enhanced picture color and quality
Display I/O	eDP 1.3 DP 1.2 HDMI 1.4 integrated HDMI 2.0 via LSPCON	eDP 1.3 DP 1.2 HDMI 1.4 integrated HDMI 2.0a via LSPCON	HDCP 2.2 support HDMI 1.4, DP 1.2 - integrated HDMI 2.0a - LSPCON HDR content playback
Hardware Codec	HEVC 8-bit encode/decode VP8 8-bit encode/decode	HEVC 10-bit encode/decode VP9 10-bit decode	Netflix UHD playback
Secure Content	PlayReady 3	PlayReady 3 SGX-CP (Adobe DRM)	Enable Premium Content Access Deliver TV on the go to PC's

We are excited to share more Skylake product offerings! If you need help deciding which one is best for you, contact us.

About the Author

Martin Rudloff is Chief Technical Officer at Corvalent. With 30+ years of experience in Electronics, Martin manages Concept to Development, Production and Validation, and Product Support.