Intel’s future Compute Sticks are going to feature Intel’s Core M3 and Core M5 processors. Both of these chips are going to have 2 cores and 4 threads, which should be adequate enough to tackle basic tasks. In addition, more features have been added in comparison to the previous products. The starting model will carry a price of $299, have the model name STK2m364CC and sport an Intel Core M3-6Y30 processor, which has a base clock speed of 900MHz, and a max speed of 2.2GHz thanks of Intel’s Turbo Boost technology. It will not have any operating system installed, so can you choose whichever one to install. The $395 STK2m3W64CC Compute Stick will have the same processor, with the only difference being that it will have Windows 10 installed on it. The most expensive, and might we add the most powerful Skylake powered Intel Compute features a Core M5-6Y57 processor and will come with the model name STK2mv64CC. With a massive price of $485, the CPU has a default clock speed of 1.1GHz that goes all the way up 2.8GHz. Just like the base model, even this Compute Stick will not have any pre-installed software onboard. Other features present in the these products have been listed below 64GB of on-board storage 4GB of low-power DDR3 memory Intel HD Graphics 515 integrated graphics An HDMI 1.4b port 802.11ac wireless adapter Bluetooth 4.2 chip USB 3.0 port 1 MicroSDXC card reader In addition to installing Windows, future users will also have the flexibility to install Linux on them and their reduced size will also mean that portability will become a breeze and they will not become an obstruction between a wall-mounted TV. After being shipped in April, looks like we will find out if these Compute Sticks are worth purchasing. PCWorld
