I can't say for certain they're the same issue. They do have some commonalities though.
I'm an Intel employee but I don't work in an official capacity in support. Basically I'm an enthusiast like you with a bit better visibility with the NUC team. I can report issues like this to the NUC development team but I don't have direct contact with the folks who create/update the drivers.
allan_intel will probably have better luck than me getting issues like this looked into but I'll keep trying too.