Intel rolls out Skylake chips to fuel Microsoft Windows 10 hardware push

Charlee Gothard
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But will this new offering from the hardware and software giants reignite interest in an ailing PC market?

Intel is to launch its "6th generation" Skylake processors next week, paving the way for Microsoft's first serious hardware push on the Windows 10 operating system. Representing the "tock" on In...

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