Intel® NUC Kit NUC6CAYS

Specifications

Supplemental Information

  • Embedded Options Available No
  • Datasheet View now
  • Description Other features: 2GB DDR3L SO-DIMM; 32GB eMMC on-board; Windows® 10, 64-bit Home pre-installed. Includes SDXC card slot, dual microphones

Memory & Storage

Processor Graphics

Expansion Options

I/O Specifications

  • # of USB Ports 6
  • USB Configuration 2x front and 2x rear USB 3.0; 2x USB 2.0 via internal headers
  • USB Revision 2.0, 3.0
  • USB 2.0 Configuration (External + Internal) 0 + 2
  • USB 3.0 Configuration (External + Internal) 2B 2F + 0
  • Total # of SATA Ports 1
  • Max # of SATA 6.0 Gb/s Ports 1
  • RAID Configuration N/A
  • Audio (back channel + front channel) 7.1 digital; L+R+mic (F); L+R+TOSLINK (R)
  • Integrated LAN Realtek 8111HN
  • Integrated Wireless Intel® Wireless-AC 3168 + Bluetooth 4.2
  • Integrated Bluetooth Yes
  • Consumer Infrared Rx Sensor Yes
  • S/PDIF Out Connector TOSLINK
  • Additional Headers CEC, 2x USB2.0, AUX_PWR, FRONT_PANEL

Package Specifications

  • Chassis Dimensions 115 x 111 x 51mm

Security & Reliability

Ordering and Compliance

Retired and discontinued

Boxed Intel® NUC Kit, NUC6CAYS, Single Pack

  • MM# 950794
  • Ordering Code BOXNUC6CAYSAJL
  • MDDS Content IDs 708741

Boxed Intel® NUC Kit, NUC6CAYS, Single Pack

  • MM# 950796
  • Ordering Code BOXNUC6CAYSAJ
  • MDDS Content IDs 708741

Trade compliance information

  • ECCN 5A992C
  • CCATS G157815L2
  • US HTS 8471500150

PCN Information

Drivers and Software

Latest Drivers & Software

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Realtek* High Definition Audio Driver for Windows® 10 64-bit for Intel® NUC Kits & Mini PCs - NUC6CAY

Realtek* Ethernet (LAN) Driver for Windows® 10 64-bit for the Intel® NUC Kits & Mini PCs - NUC6CAY

Intel® Trusted Execution Engine (Intel® TXE) Driver for Windows® 10 for Intel® NUC6CAYS & NUC6CAYH

Intel® Wireless Technology-Based Driver for Windows® 10 & Windows* 11 for Intel® NUC Products

BIOS Update [AYAPLCEL]

Intel® EMA Cloud Start Tool Terraform Scripts

Intel® Graphics DCH Driver for Windows®10 and Windows 11* for 6th through 10th Generation Intel® NUC Products (except NUC6i7KYK) and most Intel® Element Intel® NUC Products

Realtek* Card Reader Driver for Windows® 10 for several Intel® NUC Product Families.

ITE Tech* Consumer Infrared (CIR) Driver for Windows® 10 for several Intel® NUC Products families

Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® Driver for Windows® 10 64-Bit for Intel® NUC

Intel® Integrator Toolkit

HDMI Firmware Update Tool for NUC6CAYH, NUC6CAYS

Realtek* Card Reader Driver for Windows® 10 64-bit for Intel® NUC6CAYH & NUC6CAYS

eMMC Firmware Update Tool

Intel® Serial IO Driver for NUC6CAY

Intel® Chipset Device Software for NUC6CAY

Support

Launch Date

The date the product was first introduced.

Pre-Installed Operating System

Pre-Installed Operating System indicates the operating system that comes factory loaded on the device.

Embedded Storage

Embedded Storage indicates the presence and size of onboard storage capacity that is built into the board, in addition to any drives that could be added via other interfaces.

TDP

Thermal Design Power (TDP) represents the average power, in watts, the processor dissipates when operating at Base Frequency with all cores active under an Intel-defined, high-complexity workload. Refer to Datasheet for thermal solution requirements.

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.

Processor Base Frequency

Processor Base Frequency describes the rate at which the processor's transistors open and close. The processor base frequency is the operating point where TDP is defined. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second.

Lithography

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

Warranty Period

Warranty document for this product is available on https://supporttickets.intel.com/warrantyinfo.

Embedded Options Available

Embedded Options Available indicates products that offer extended purchase availability for intelligent systems and embedded solutions. Product certification and use condition applications can be found in the Production Release Qualification (PRQ) report. See your Intel representative for details.

Included Memory

Pre-Installed Memory indicates presence of memory that comes factory loaded on the device.

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

Memory Types

Intel® processors come in four different types: Single Channel, Dual Channel, Triple Channel, and Flex Mode. Maximum supported memory speed may be lower when populating multiple DIMMs per channel on products that support multiple memory channels.

Max # of Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

Max Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).

Max # of DIMMs

DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) is a series of DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory) IC's mounted on a small printed circuit board.

ECC Memory Supported

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

Integrated Graphics

Integrated graphics allow for incredible visual quality, faster graphic performance and flexible display options without the need for a separate graphics card.

Graphics Output

Graphics Output defines the interfaces available to communicate with display devices.

PCI Express Revision

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

PCI Express Configurations

PCI Express (PCIe) Configurations describe the available PCIe lane configurations that can be used to link to PCIe devices.

Removable Memory Card Slot

Removable Card Slot indicates the presence of a slot for removable memory cards.

M.2 Card Slot (wireless)

M.2 Card Slot (wireless) indicates presence of an M.2 slot that's keyed for wireless expansion cards

USB Revision

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an industry standard connection technology for attaching peripheral devices to a computer.

Total # of SATA Ports

SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is a high speed standard for connecting storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives to a motherboard.

RAID Configuration

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a single logical unit, and distributes data across the array defined by RAID levels, indicative of the level of redundancy and performance required.

Integrated LAN

Integrated LAN indicates the presence of an integrated Intel Ethernet MAC or presence of the LAN ports built into the system board.

Consumer Infrared Rx Sensor

Indicates presence of an infrared receiver sensor on Intel® NUC products, or capability of previous Intel® Desktop Boards to accept infrared receiver sensor via header.

Additional Headers

Additional Headers indicates presence of additional interfaces such as NFC, auxiliary power, and others.

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.

TPM

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a component on the desktop board that is specifically designed to enhance platform security above-and-beyond the capabilities of today's software by providing a protected space for key operations and other security critical tasks. Using both hardware and software, the TPM protects encryption and signature keys at their most vulnerable stages - operations when the keys are being used unencrypted in plain-text form.

Intel® HD Audio Technology

Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) is capable of playing back more channels at higher quality than previous integrated audio formats. In addition, Intel® HD Audio has the technology needed to support the latest and greatest audio content.

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.

Intel® Platform Trust Technology (Intel® PTT)

Intel® Platform Trust Technology (Intel® PTT) is a platform functionality for credential storage and key management used by Windows 8* and Windows® 10. Intel® PTT supports BitLocker* for hard drive encryption and supports all Microsoft requirements for firmware Trusted Platform Module (fTPM) 2.0.

Intel® AES New Instructions

Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) are a set of instructions that enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption. AES-NI are valuable for a wide range of cryptographic applications, for example: applications that perform bulk encryption/decryption, authentication, random number generation, and authenticated encryption.