The Intel NUC has developed over ten generations, spanning from Sandy Bridge-based Celeron CPUs in the first generation through Ivy Bridge-based Core i3 and i5 CPUs in the second generation to Gemini Lake-based Pentium and Celeron CPUs and Kaby Lake-based Core i3, i5, and i7 CPUs in the seventh and eighth generations.
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In early 2015 a new generation of NUCs, powered by 5th generation Intel processors was released and in Q2 2015 the first NUC with Core i7 processor would become available.
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Intel seventh generation NUC models, codenamed Baby Canyon, are based on their Kaby Lake-U processors.
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Refresh of the seventh generation Intel NUC models, codenamed Dawson Canyon, saw a replacement of the USB 3.
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Intel eighth generation NUC models, codenamed Provo Canyon and marketed as NUC 8 Pro, is based on their Whiskey Lake-U processors with a TDP of 15 W and optional vPro.
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Intel tenth generation NUC models, codenamed Frost Canyon and marketed as NUC 10 Performance, is based on their Comet Lake-U processors with a TDP of 25 W They were launched in November 2019.
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Intel twelfth generation NUC models, codenamed Wall Street Canyon and marketed as NUC 12 Pro, is based on their Alder Lake-P processors with a TDP of 35 W They were launched on third quarter 2022.
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The NUC can be seen as an extension or continuation of Intel's earlier mobile-on-desktop initiative that was spearheaded by AOpen as early as 2004.
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Intel NUC later increased the default fan speed for production machines through a BIOS update .
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Skylake and Broadwell-based Intel NUC is a supported device in Google Fuchsia OS.
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