Intel Panther Canyon, Phantom Canyon NUC 11 Family Leaks With Tiger Lake-U, Xe Graphics

by Brandon Hill — Monday, January 20, 2020, 08:21 AM EDT

It was just back in November when Intel officially launched its Frost Canyon NUC 10 family powered by 10^th generation Comet Lake-U processors. But today we're already getting a look at their successors, and as you might imagine, they're powered by Intel's next-generation Core architecture.

According to a fresh leak from FanlessTech, Intel will be releasing Panther Canyon and Phantom Canyon NUC 11 machines, and both will be powered by 11^th generation Tiger Lake-U processors complete with Intel's much ballyhooed Xe graphics architecture.

Panther Canyon is the more "mainstream" NUC 11 and will be spec’d accordingly:

Processors: Tiger Lake-U (28w) in Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 SKUs
Memory: Dual Channel DDR4-3200 up to 64GB
Graphics: Integrated Xe
Intel Optane Memory Support: Yes (M10)
Storage: M.2 NVMe supported
Ports: HDMI 2.1, Mini DisplayPort 1.4, Thunderbolt 3, Intel 2.5G NIC
Wireless: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0

Phantom Canyon, on the other hand, is billed as the true successor to Skull Canyon and Hades Canyon. Like Panther Canyon, it too will feature 28W Tiger Lake-U processors, but will add support for discrete graphics cards.

Processors: Tiger Lake-U (28w) in Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 SKUs
Memory: Dual Channel DDR4-3200 up to 64GB
Graphics: Integrated Xe + Discrete
Intel Optane Memory Support: Yes (M10, H10)
Storage: M.2 NVMe supported
Ports: HDMI 2.1, Mini DisplayPort 1.4, Thunderbolt 3, Intel 2.5G NIC
Wireless: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0

While both NUCs aren't expected until the latter part of the year [hopefully], we’ll likely see more leaks concerning Panther Canyon and Phantom Canyon in the coming months. And given the performance credentials that come attached with 10nm Ice Lake architecture, we have high hopes for its Tiger Lake successor and the accompanying Xe graphics engine.

Tags: Intel, (NASDAQ:INTC), xe, phantom canyon, tiger lake, tiger lake-u, panther canyon

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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