First reported back in November
Engadget
PCWorld
As for the NUC talked about above:
Intel's new NUC will show off AMD's Vega GPU
No price in the Engadget article but PCworld says "They'll also appear in new Intel-branded "Hades Canyon" NUCs, with prices beginning at $799 and $999, Intel said."
Engadget
PCWorld
Intel's startling marriage with AMD's graphics chips has finally borne fruit, as Intel announced five new Core H-series chips that use two variants of the AMD "Vega M" GPU. The combination of Intel and AMD technology should outperform a last-gen system with a discrete Nvidia chip, Intel says.
The new 8th-generation, quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 chips, together with what AMD calls the Radeon RX Vega M GPU, will power laptops from Dell and HP. They'll also appear in new Intel-branded "Hades Canyon" NUCs, with prices beginning at $799 and $999, Intel said.
Intel originally disclosed that its new processor contained an H-series Core chip, the AMD GPU, and HBM2 memory, all within the same package. We now know the clock speeds of the five Core i5 and i7 cores will range from 3.8GHz to 4.2GHz, and that 4GB of HBM2 memory will accompany both the Vega M GH and Vega M GL, the two GPU versions whose 20 and 24 compute units appear to be much more powerful than AMD's own Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 for laptops.
Intel says its new chips will be 7 percent faster in 3DMark versus a Core i7-7700HQ system with an Nvidia GTX 1060 Max-Q (6GB) chip accompanying it, and up to 13 percent faster in games.
Most notable among the new chips—which differ in processor speed, vPro capabilities, and whether they use the Vega M GH and Vega M GL—is the Core i7-8809G. That chip, leaked last week, was the first indication that Intel's new chips would indeed include AMD's Vega cores. It's also the only one of the five chips that totally unlocks the CPU, GPU, and HBM.
Alongside the Core i7-8809G, though, are the Core i7-8709G, the Core i7-8706G, the 3.1Core i7-8705G, and the Core i5-8305G. As the chart below shows, they all share a common cache size (8MB), a common integrated Intel GPU (the Intel HD620), and two memory channels connecting to DDR4-2400 memory.
Unfortunately, the Core cores are probably the least interesting element of the new design, as the Radeon RX Vega M is clearly the star of the show. It's worth noting, though, that these new chips actually include two GPUs: Intel's integrated Intel HD 630 GPU can process video and other less stressful video tasks, leaving the Vega M core to power up if needed.
As for the NUC talked about above:
Intel's new NUC will show off AMD's Vega GPU
We've called Intel's NUC "the future of tiny desktops." That's truer than ever with the newest version of the device, which is powered by the company's new 8th generation CPU with AMD RX Vega M graphics. In fact, it sports the fastest version of that chip, making it an even better desktop replacement. Intel claims it's so powerful, the 1.3 liter NUC is the smallest VR-ready system so far. And based on its specifications, we're inclined to believe them.
The new NUC, codenamed "Hades Canyon," is a bit thicker and taller than the "Skull Canyon" version was saw in 2016. It comes in two versions: the most powerful includes a Core i7-8809G chip with powerful RX Vega M GH graphics, running at speeds between 3.1GHz and 4.2GHz. The other model is still pretty capable, with an i7-8705G chip, a clock speed between 3.1GHz and 4.1GHz and slightly slower RX Vega GL graphics.
No price in the Engadget article but PCworld says "They'll also appear in new Intel-branded "Hades Canyon" NUCs, with prices beginning at $799 and $999, Intel said."