Intel Core i3-7101E 7th Gen Embedded Processor, 2-Core, LGA1151
The Intel Core i3-7101E is an embedded processor with two cores and four threads, built on Intel's 7th generation Core architecture, codenamed Kaby Lake. It runs at a fixed 3.90 GHz with no Turbo Boost, backed by 3 MB of Intel Smart Cache within a 54 W thermal envelope. It installs in an FCLGA1151 socket and supports ECC memory, either DDR4 at up to 2400 MT/s or DDR3L at up to 1600 MT/s, which suits it to industrial systems that need predictable clocks and memory error correction.
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Compatibility and integration considerations
Kaby Lake runs on Intel 200 series chipsets, and on 100 series boards only after a BIOS update, so confirm the board's processor support list and firmware revision before ordering. The FCLGA1151 socket is also used by the 8th and 9th generation Core parts, which require 300 series boards and will not work in place of this one. Being an embedded SKU it supports ECC memory, which the desktop i3 parts of the same generation do not, though the board and chipset have to support ECC as well for it to be active. There is no Turbo Boost, so 3.90 GHz is the sustained clock rather than a peak, which keeps thermal and performance behaviour predictable over long duty cycles. Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 requires display outputs on the board, and cooling should be rated for 54 W.
Typical use cases
This processor appears in industrial controllers, fanless box PCs, machine vision systems and similar embedded platforms with long service lives, where ECC memory and a fixed clock matter more than peak performance. Demand is dominated by maintenance and replacement for equipment that was designed around Kaby Lake and cannot be requalified onto a newer platform.