Intel Haswell CPU microarchitecture: news, rumors, leaks, and details
It's not set for launch until 2013, but we already have a good deal of information on Intel's next big microarchitecture shift, the 22nm Haswell.
Intel's new 'Iris' integrated graphics are up to three times better than last year's versions
When you're buying a new computer with performance in mind, integrated graphics are generally not the ones you want. Even though they've improved greatly over the years, "Intel HD Graphics" has become synonymous with "doesn't play things very well," continually lagging behind dedicated GPUs from the likes of AMD and Nvidia.
Now, Intel hopes to break the cycle and the naming association in one fell swoop. The company claims its new Intel "Iris" Graphics, embedded in upcoming Haswell CPUs, can...
Intel posts $13.5 billion revenue in Q4, but sees income drop 15 percent in 2012
Intel has seen itself stuck in a difficult position as its primary business — PC processors — gets marginalized by the growth of smartphones and tablets powered by competitors' chips. The company is managing to keep up with expectations, however, as it revealed in its earnings report today that it earned a total of $3.2 billion on $13.5 billion in revenue during the quarter. While Intel may have met Wall Street's expectations, it is clear that it's feeling the effects of the decline in PC...
Ultrabook, round two: can Intel control the future of the laptop?
There aren't many companies that can set a new direction for the entire computer industry. Right now, three come to mind: PC manufacturers march to the beat of Microsoft's Windows drum, and many follow Apple's design. The third is Intel, which influences the market behind the scenes with ever more powerful processors and aggressive marketing campaigns.
In 2011, Intel told every PC manufacturer that it needed to have an answer to Apple's MacBook Air, and offered $300 million, among other...
Intel's North Cape is a power-sipping, keyboard-detaching blueprint for Haswell PCs (hands-on)
Intel’s fourth-generation Haswell processors were the focal point of the company’s presentation today, and with its North Cape reference design, Intel aims to show the public what it can expect from the new chips. The detachable Windows 8 tablet contains a separate battery in the keyboard for extra power, and the sub–10W design means that users can expect to get in the neighborhood of 13 hours of battery life. But North Cape also has some flashier tricks up its sleeve. Firstly, its...
Intel unveils fourth-generation Intel Core processor with 'all-day battery life'
Intel is launching its latest Intel Core processor today at CES 2013. Formerly known as Haswell, the latest Intel chip will bring all-day battery life to the latest ultrabooks. Intel says this will equate to around 9 hours of continuous battery life on new systems. This new chipset is designed for a new ultrabook detachable reference design codenamed North Cape that converts into a 10mm tablet which will run up to 13 hours while docked.
Intel showed off a reference design on stage that has a...
Intel plans 10-watt Ivy Bridge processors for 2013, signaling longer battery life or thinner PCs
If you want to build or buy an ultrathin laptop with Intel inside, you've got a difficult choice. Right now, you can pick between a powerful Core i3, i5 or i7 processor which might not make it through your average workday, or a comparatively weak Atom chip with an estimated 10 hours of battery life. If you're willing to wait until the middle of next year, though, there might be a third option. Intel's planning to drastically reduce the power consumption of its existing Ivy Bridge silicon...
Intel's power-efficient Haswell processor targets thinner laptops with new 10-watt TDP
Intel's holding its annual developer conference next week, from September 11th through the 13th, and while a certain Cupertino computer company will undoubtedly dominate the news on day two, Intel will also have a few things to reveal. Chief among them is the firm's next-gen Haswell architecture, which is still on track for 2013. Well, actually, it's not merely on track: Intel tells us that at least one version of highly integrated system-on-chip is now slated to have a 10-watt TDP. "It's...
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Intel's 2013 Haswell microarchitecture to use transactional memory, increasing multi-core performance
When Intel announced its Haswell next generation processor microarchitecture (the one after Ivy Bridge) in September of last year, it said that it would re-invent the notebook. We already knew that the 22nm platform would offer a 30 percent power savings over Sandy Bridge, and now the company has let loose a few more details: Haswell is going to use transactional memory, which Intel is calling Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX), to allow high performance on multicore processors...
Intel's 22nm Haswell microarchitecture detailed in a set of leaked slides
What awaits Intel after it crosses the Ivy Bridge on its 2012 horizon? Why, it's Haswell, a processor microarchitecture that will also be built at 22nm, but will include a number of major changes for the company, some of which have now been revealed by a leaked set of slides. Chief among them will be the move to a single-chip solution (a so-called multi-chip package) on the more energy-conscious variants, which means that Intel will be offering mobile device manufacturers something very...
Intel announces Haswell microarchitecture for 2013 CPUs with improved power efficiency
At IDF today, Intel announced the successor to its yet-to-be-released Ivy Bridge architecture, codenamed Haswell. This platform, built at 22nm like Ivy Bridge, has been leaked multiple times dating back to 2008, so hearing it become official today comes as no big surprise. The good news is that Intel already has the chip running with a 30% reduction in active power consumption over current-generation (Sandy Bridge) Core i5 chips and is aiming for a 20-fold improvement in standby time. Both...
