The team at FanlessTech have detailed what seems to be the next iteration of Intel NUC PCs. They have described two models: the Panther Canyon or Intel NUC 11 Performance, and the Phantom Canyon or Intel NUC 11 Extreme. Both models come equipped with Tiger Lake-U CPUs and are scheduled to be available later this year.

The Intel NUC 10 PCs, carrying 10th-gen Comet Lake CPUs, have only been released a couple of months ago, but FanlessTech already has the details for the next generation of Intel's NUC.

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Starting with the Panther Canyon, or Intel NUC 11 Performance, this mini-PC reportedly comes equipped with a Tiger Lake-U CPU (i3, i5, i7) with a 28W TDP. It also has a GPU using Xe architecture (which might be integrated graphics), dual-channel DDR4-3200 SODIMMs with a maximum capacity of 64GB of RAM, PCIe x4 Gen4 NVMe, an M.2 22×80 key M slot, and supports Intel Optane Memory M10.

In order to connect the NUC 11 Performance to a display, there is 1x HDMI 2.1 port, 1x Mini DisplayPort 1.4 port, and 2x Thunderbolt 3 ports that support up to 8K resolution. For general connectivity, there is 1x Intel 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps Ethernet port, Intel Wireless-AX 201, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.

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The Phantom Canyon, or Intel NUC 11 Extreme, is supposed to succeed the Skull Canyon and the Hades Canyon families, but it won't carry the usual 45W TDP H-series CPU. Instead, it will use a 28W TDP CPU, just like Panther Canyon, but only i5 and i7 models. To differentiate it from the Panther Canyon, it will carry a 3rd party discrete GPU (not know yet) with 6GB or 8GB of VRAM.

Connectivity is the same, with a few extra options: there's an additional M.2 22×110 key M slot, an HDMI 2.0b port instead of the HDMI 2.1, and supports Intel Optane H10.

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