Really not sure where you're getting your info. The Skylake series is not limited to two cores and can handle more than 16GB. With DDR3 it's 32GB, with DDR4 it'

Really not sure where you're getting your info. The Skylake series is not limited to two cores and can handle more than 16GB. With DDR3 it's 32GB, with DDR4 it's 64GB. This is true of their mobile and desktop parts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)#List_of_Skylake_processors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)#Li... Edit: Maybe you're just confusing Skylake and Kaby Lake?