While it may be odd to read about new Pentium processors in 2021, you have to carry me. Intel has just announced its N-Series Pentium Silver and Celeron processors at CES, and this could only lead to sweeping changes for low-cost education computers. These chips are based on a modern 10 nm architecture and the company claims to be 35 percent faster than the previous generation. You can also expect 78 percent better UHD graphics performance, which should be especially helpful for the cool teachers Minecraft and Rocket League in their lessons.
Of course, it’s probably easy for Intel to show impressive performance improvements when it’s upgrading a working series of processors. But this new hardware can still make a difference to the plethora of students connected to cheap Windows computers and Chromebooks. The Pentium Silver and Celeron chips in the N Series also offer gigabit WiFi, faster storage and memory speeds and up to ten hours of HD video playback. It ranges from the dual-core Celeron N4500 to the quad-core N6005, which can reach up to 3.3 GHz. Do not mock, even children deserve decent achievements.