<s>
Next	B-Device
Unit	I-Device
of	I-Device
Computing	I-Device
(	O
NUC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
small-form-factor	B-Device
barebone	B-Device
computer	I-Device
kits	I-Device
designed	O
by	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NUC	O
has	O
developed	O
over	O
ten	O
generations	O
,	O
spanning	O
from	O
Sandy	O
Bridge-based	O
Celeron	B-Device
CPUs	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
through	O
Ivy	O
Bridge-based	O
Core	B-Device
i3	I-Device
and	I-Device
i5	I-Device
CPUs	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
generation	O
to	O
Gemini	O
Lake-based	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
and	O
Celeron	B-Device
CPUs	O
and	O
Kaby	O
Lake-based	O
Core	O
i3	O
,	O
i5	O
,	O
and	O
i7	O
CPUs	O
in	O
the	O
seventh	O
and	O
eighth	O
generations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NUC	O
motherboard	B-Device
usually	O
measures	O
approximately	O
,	O
although	O
some	O
models	O
have	O
had	O
different	O
dimensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
barebone	B-Device
kits	I-Device
consist	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
plastic	O
case	O
with	O
a	O
fan	O
,	O
an	O
external	O
power	O
supply	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
VESA	O
mounting	O
plate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
also	O
sells	O
bare	O
NUC	O
motherboards	B-Device
,	O
which	O
have	O
a	O
built-in	O
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
(	O
)	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
a	O
NUC	O
motherboard	B-Device
is	O
very	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
corresponding	O
cased	O
kit	O
;	O
third-party	O
cases	O
for	O
the	O
NUC	O
boards	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
generation	O
Intel	B-Device
NUC	I-Device
launched	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
and	O
system	O
kit	O
are	O
codenamed	O
Ski	O
Lake	O
(	O
DCP847SK	O
)	O
and	O
Deep	O
Canyon	O
(	O
DCCP847DY	O
)	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
and	O
kit	O
without	O
Thunderbolt	B-Protocol
or	O
USB	O
3	O
are	O
codenamed	O
Golden	O
Lake	O
(	O
D33217GK	O
)	O
and	O
Ice	O
Canyon	O
(	O
DC3217IY	O
)	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Thunderbolt	B-Protocol
capable	O
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
and	O
kit	O
are	O
codenamed	O
Campers	O
Lake	O
(	O
D33217CK	O
)	O
and	O
Box	O
Canyon	O
(	O
DC3217BY	O
)	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
USB	O
3	O
capable	O
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
and	O
kit	O
are	O
codenamed	O
Rend	O
Lake	O
(	O
D53427RK	O
)	O
and	O
Horse	O
Canyon	O
(	O
DC53427HY	O
)	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
absence	O
of	O
Ethernet	O
may	O
be	O
mitigated	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
USB	O
2.0	O
to	O
10/100	O
fast	O
Ethernet	O
dongle	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Kawasaki	O
LSI	O
one-chip	O
adapter	O
(	O
KL5KUSB102	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
similar	O
dongle	O
based	O
upon	O
a	O
Realtek	O
chip	O
;	O
the	O
Kawasaki	O
Logic	O
dongle	O
requires	O
a	O
proprietary	O
driver	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
X	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
driver	O
for	O
the	O
Realtek	O
dongle	O
is	O
built	O
into	O
macOS	B-Application
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DC3217BY	O
runs	O
macOS	B-Application
X	O
(	O
10.9	O
,	O
and	O
any	O
of	O
its	O
updates	O
)	O
flawlessly	O
as	O
the	O
processor	O
's	O
HD4000	O
is	O
fully	O
supported	O
by	O
macOS	B-Application
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
(	O
DN2820FYB	O
)	O
and	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
DN2820FYKH	O
)	O
model	O
were	O
codenamed	O
Forest	O
Canyon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keyboard	O
escapes	O
for	O
BIOS	O
interfacing	O
had	O
been	O
problematic	O
,	O
legacy	O
booting	O
was	O
not	O
supported	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
elected	O
to	O
only	O
include	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
booting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
(	O
DE3815TYB	O
)	O
and	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
DE3815TYK	O
)	O
models	O
were	O
codenamed	O
Thin	O
Canyon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
(	O
D34010WYB	O
and	O
D54250WYB	O
)	O
and	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
D34010WYK/D34010WYKH	O
and	O
D54250WYK/D54250WYKH	O
)	O
models	O
were	O
designated	O
Wilson	O
Canyon	O
containing	O
Haswell	B-Device
processors	O
were	O
revealed	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
(	O
NUC5i3RYB	O
,	O
NUC5i5RYB	O
and	O
NUC5i7RYB	O
)	O
and	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
NUC5i5RYK/NUC5i3RYH	O
,	O
NUC5i5RYK/NUC5i5RYH	O
and	O
NUC5i7RYH	O
)	O
models	O
were	O
designated	O
Rock	O
Canyon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UCFF	O
motherboard	B-Device
(	O
NUC5i3MYBE	O
and	O
NUC5i5MYBE	O
)	O
and	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
NUC5i3MYHE	O
and	O
NUC5i5MYHE	O
)	O
models	O
were	O
codenamed	O
Maple	O
Canyon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
UCFF	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
NUC5CPYH	O
and	O
NUC5PPYH	O
)	O
models	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Pinnacle	O
Canyon	O
,	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
5th	O
generation	O
Celeron	B-Device
and	O
Pentium-branded	O
Braswell	O
14nm	O
processor	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
UCFF	O
complete	O
system	O
(	O
NUC5PGYH	O
)	O
model	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Grass	O
Canyon	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
5th	O
generation	O
Pentium-branded	O
Braswell	O
14nm	O
processor	O
family	O
and	O
comes	O
with	O
2GB	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
32GB	O
of	O
eMMC	O
with	O
Windows	O
10	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UCFF	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
NUC6i3SYK/NUC6i3SYH	O
and	O
NUC6i5SYK/NUC6i5SYH	O
)	O
models	O
were	O
designated	O
Swift	O
Canyon	O
,	O
containing	O
Skylake	B-Architecture
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UCFF	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
NUC6i7KYK	O
)	O
models	O
were	O
codenamed	O
Skull	O
Canyon	O
,	O
containing	O
Skylake	B-Architecture
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
UCFF	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
NUC6CAYS	O
and	O
NUC6CAYH	O
)	O
models	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Arches	O
Canyon	O
,	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
6th	O
generation	O
Celeron-branded	O
Apollo	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
SoC	O
14nm	O
processor	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
refresh	O
of	O
the	O
seventh	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Dawson	O
Canyon	O
,	O
saw	O
a	O
replacement	O
of	O
the	O
USB	O
3.1	O
Type-C	O
port	O
with	O
a	O
second	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
2.0a	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
Optane	O
M.2	B-Protocol
support	O
remains	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
models	O
with	O
a	O
preinstalled	O
module	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
M.2	B-Protocol
support	O
was	O
updated	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
22×	O
42/80	O
slot	O
to	O
dual	O
22×30	O
(	O
key	O
E	O
)	O
and	O
22×80	O
(	O
key	O
M	O
)	O
slots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UCFF	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
NUC7PJYH	O
and	O
NUC7CJYH	O
)	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
June	O
Canyon	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
7th	O
generation	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
&	O
Celeron-branded	O
Gemini	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
SoC	O
14nm	O
processor	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
eighth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Hades	O
Canyon	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Kaby	O
Lake-G	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
from	O
65	O
W	O
to	O
100	O
W	O
.	O
It	O
features	O
a	O
custom	O
AMD	O
GPU	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Vega	O
and	O
Polaris	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
eighth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Bean	O
Canyon	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Coffee	O
Lake-U	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
28	O
W	O
.	O
They	O
were	O
launched	O
in	O
Q3/2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
eighth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Islay	O
Canyon	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Whiskey	O
Lake-U	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
15	O
W	O
.	O
They	O
were	O
launched	O
in	O
Q2/2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
eighth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Provo	O
Canyon	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
NUC	O
8	O
Pro	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Whiskey	O
Lake-U	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
15	O
W	O
and	O
optional	O
vPro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
eighth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Chaco	O
Canyon	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Apollo	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
15	O
W	O
,	O
and	O
64GB	O
of	O
eMMC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
4GB	O
of	O
RAM	O
are	O
soldered	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
motherboard	B-Device
and	O
are	O
therefore	O
non-upgradeable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
NUC	I-Device
8	O
Rugged	O
specifications	O
,	O
first	O
fanless	O
NUC	O
since	O
2014	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
ninth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Ghost	O
Canyon	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
NUC	O
9	O
Extreme	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Coffee	O
Lake	O
Refresh-H	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
45	O
W	O
.	O
They	O
newly	O
support	O
an	O
8	O
"	O
desktop	O
discrete	O
graphic	O
cards	O
and	O
a	O
NUC	O
compute	O
element	O
for	O
CPU	O
upgrades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
ninth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Quartz	O
Canyon	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
NUC	O
9	O
Pro	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Xeon	O
E-2200M	O
and	O
Coffee	O
Lake	O
Refresh-H	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
45	O
W	O
.	O
They	O
were	O
launched	O
in	O
Q1/2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
tenth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Frost	O
Canyon	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
NUC	O
10	O
Performance	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Comet	O
Lake-U	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
25	O
W	O
.	O
They	O
were	O
launched	O
in	O
November	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
eleventh	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Phantom	O
Canyon	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
NUC	O
11	O
Enthusiast	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Tiger	O
Lake-U	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
from	O
150	O
W	O
.	O
It	O
features	O
an	O
Nvidia	O
GeForce	O
RTX	O
2060	O
discrete	O
GPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
eleventh	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Panther	O
Canyon	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
NUC	O
11	O
Performance	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Tiger	O
Lake-U	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
40	O
W	O
.	O
They	O
were	O
launched	O
on	O
January	O
13	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
eleventh	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Tiger	O
Canyon	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
NUC	O
11	O
Pro	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Tiger	O
Lake-U	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
15	O
or	O
28	O
W	O
.	O
They	O
were	O
launched	O
on	O
first	O
quarter	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UCFF	O
system	O
kit	O
(	O
NUC11ATKPE	O
and	O
NUC11ATKC4	O
)	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Atlas	O
Canyon	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
Silver	O
&	O
Celeron-branded	O
Jasper	O
Lake	O
SoC	O
10nm	O
processor	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
twelfth	O
generation	O
NUC	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Canyon	O
and	O
marketed	O
as	O
NUC	O
12	O
Pro	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
Alder	O
Lake-P	O
processors	O
with	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
35	O
W	O
.	O
They	O
were	O
launched	O
on	O
third	O
quarter	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NUC	O
was	O
seen	O
by	O
some	O
reviewers	O
as	O
Intel	O
's	O
response	O
to	O
(	O
or	O
adoption	O
of	O
)	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Mac	I-Device
Mini	I-Device
format	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
actually	O
smaller	O
,	O
physically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
its	O
kit	O
nature	O
,	O
other	O
reviewers	O
have	O
seen	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
more	O
powerful	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
,	O
particularly	O
since	O
the	O
NUC	O
boards	O
could	O
be	O
bought	O
without	O
a	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	O
PC	O
Review	O
notes	O
that	O
“	O
The	O
original	O
Intel	B-Device
NUC	I-Device
had	O
"	O
the	O
distinction	O
of	O
being	O
the	O
quietest	O
fan-cooled	O
mini-computer	O
we	O
've	O
come	O
across.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NUC	O
D54250WYK	O
[Haswell-based],	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
cooling	O
system	O
,	O
sounds	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
power	O
consumption	O
,	O
in	O
their	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
D54250WYK	O
with	O
a	O
Haswell	B-Device
i5-4250	O
,	O
Silent	O
PC	O
Review	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
An	O
idle	O
power	O
level	O
of	O
just	O
6W	O
and	O
typical	O
use	O
power	O
barely	O
into	O
two	O
digits	O
is	O
very	O
impressive	O
in	O
one	O
sense	O
;	O
in	O
another	O
sense	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
what	O
you	O
find	O
in	O
current	O
Ultrabooks	B-Device
using	O
similar	O
components.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Gigabyte	O
Technology	O
launched	O
their	O
BRIX	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
attempts	O
to	O
differentiate	O
itself	O
using	O
more	O
powerful	O
components	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
processor	O
,	O
which	O
embeds	O
Intel	B-Application
Iris	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NUCs	O
support	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
most	O
distributions	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
virtualization	O
with	O
VMware	B-Application
vSphere	I-Application
;	O
multiple	O
NUCs	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
together	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
home	O
lab	O
for	O
learning	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
technically	O
possible	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
limitations	O
in	O
functionality	O
,	O
to	O
install	O
an	O
unauthorized	O
copy	O
of	O
MacOS	B-Application
on	O
a	O
NUC	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
"	O
Hackintosh	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pre-Haswell	O
Core	O
i3	O
and	O
Core	O
i5	O
NUCs	O
will	O
run	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.9	I-Operating_System
Mavericks	I-Operating_System
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skylake	B-Architecture
and	O
Broadwell-based	O
NUC	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
supported	O
device	O
in	O
Google	B-Language
Fuchsia	I-Language
OS	O
.	O
</s>
