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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by SyneRyder on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @03:21PM (#18340410)
I'm not sure it's an i7-8510Y - note that the MacBook Air specs [1] say it's an i5 chip. (And you can't upgrade it to an i7 either.) I'm not sure we know what chip it actually is yet.

[1] https://www.apple.com/au/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air/silver-1.6...

Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by pinewurst on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @03:57PM (#18340751)
The i7-8510Y is the only one with the specified 617 graphics, but thanks for pointing out that difference. Maybe they have a slightly lower-spec custom i5 SKU from Intel? I'd be surprised though if it wasn't a Y-device nevertheless.
Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by SyneRyder on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:48PM (#18348276)
Looks like it's landed in Intel ARK now - i5-8210Y:

https://ark.intel.com/products/189912/Intel-Core-i5-8210Y-Pr...

Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by pinewurst on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:35PM (#18349467)
Thanks for posting - that's a pretty big yawn part. The Haswell in my current old Macbook Pro (a wonderful laptop) beats that easily enough.
Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by dogma1138 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @04:41PM (#18341099)
The only thing custom in it is the naming, the GT2 is a single slice iGPU there is nothing to enable in it over the 615 which is already a full slice my bet is that if there is any difference is that the 617 has a boost clock of 1100 instead of 1050mhz or something silly like this.
Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by dogma1138 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @04:39PM (#18341086)
i5 and i7 are the same chip with HT enabled on the latter but disabled on the former.

It’s still the same Amber Lake dies which are the same as KBLY.