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Intel’s 2nd generation Core i3/i5/i7 CPU

Chips Ahoy at CES

Today, Intel takes the wraps off of its Sandy Bridge processor chips that come in Mobile and desktop flavors.

Intel’s 2nd generation Core i3/i5/i7 microrpocessors will be formally introduced this Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The quad-core desktop Sandy Bridge packs in some 995 million transistors.

According to Intel, the new 32nm microarchitecture is more energy efficient with improved 3D and graphics performance. The integrated Intel HD graphics (Intel HD Graphics 2000/3000) are said to enable video game performance, unlike the earlier Intel dedicated graphics chips. Turbo Boost 2.0 lets each core boost performance past its base clock speed as needed for dynamic workloads.

Sandy Bridge highlights:

• 20 new Core i3, i5, i7 processors: First chips available (January) in laptops will be quad-core.
• Enhanced graphics silicon: built directly onto the main processor.
• Quick Sync Video: accelerates encoding/decoding of media formats.
• Turbo Boost 2.0: power-efficient overclocking of processor.
• Intel Wireless Display 2.0: WiDi 2.0 beams content to big-screen HDTVs at 1080pHD resolution.
• Intel Insider: direct access to movies, not available before, on PCs in high definition.
• More than 500 new PC systems: coming from PC makers worldwide.

Anand Tech’s Desktop Sandy Bridge coverage, Mobile Sandy Bridge and Sandy Bridge Architectural Overview, appear to have the best coverage.

Sandy Bridge should be faster clock-for-clock than the previous Arrandale/Clarksfield, and pricing will be lower, enabling affordable laptops with desktop speed. The first laptops will use the more expensive quad core chips, while value-oriented laptops based on dual core designs are due in February.

Intel, which owns 80% of the desktop processor market, isn’t the only game in town.

• Marvell, which bought Intel’s ARM unit for $800 million a few years ago, will demonstrate mobile solutions which enable consumers to access live digital content — voice, data, video, photos, music and news — seamlessly, in any format from wherever they are, whenever they want. Marvell says it is the only silicon design company that provides a complete, end-to-end technology ecosystem to enable this next-generation of mobile communicators and provide the ultimate user experience with their ARMADA, AVANTA, Pantheon and Avastar family of products.
• Freescale Semiconductor introduced the i.MX 6 series of quad-, dual- and single-core applications processors targeting smart mobile, automotive infotainment and embedded device categories. The i.MX processor family are based on ARM9, ARM11 and ARM Cortex-A8 core technologies.
• Atheros today announced two new wireless solutions that bring energy-efficient Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to notebooks, netbooks, desktops and tablets. Atheros cut the power consumption of its standalone and combination solutions in half, enabling better battery life on mobile devices. The new AR9485 extends their Align 1-stream 802.11n solutions, leveraging silicon integration and advanced process technology while the AR9004WB-1NG is the world’s first to combine WiFi and support the new Bluetooth 4.0 standard, which features a low-energy mode to extend Bluetooth connectivity to sensors and other battery-powered devices. Posted by Sam Churchill on Monday, January 3rd, 2011 at 7:40 am. http://www.dailywireless.org/2011/01/03/chips-ahoy-at-ces/