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Otellini releases a raft of chips
INTEL CEO Paul Otellini released shedloads of 32nm processors yesterday.
As we anticipated last week, Chipzilla used CES to launch the company's latest dual- and quad-core Clarkdale and dual-core Arrandale CPUs.
The company announced more than 27 different chips and seven individual chipsets. It marks the first time Intel has stuffed a GPU alongside the CPU in a consumer chip package.
Generally the advance means that there will be smaller motherboards with lower power consumption in the shops in the next coming weeks and months. Both the Clarkdale and Arrandale processors feature lower power consumption than previous Intel CPUs without sacrificing much in terms of processor speed.
Intel uses the Turbo functionality from its Lynnfield family of CPUs to deliver automatic overclocking for supported Clarkdale and Arrandale processors. However if you want the best speed and performance you will still have to opt for Intel's Core i7 line of processors for both desktop and mobile applications as those still deliver Chipzilla's best performance in terms of raw chip speeds.
But the less expensive Clarkdale and Arrandale CPUs still do a fair job of competing against the prices and performance offered by the Core i7 processors. Intel said its Core i5 processors are about twice as fast as comparable existing PCs for visibly faster video, photo and music downloading.
In his CES keynote in Las Vegas, Otellini claimed that the future of computing was in making everything more mobile. He said, "Advances in connectivity, intuitive user interfaces, immersive content and computer chip performance have allowed computing to move into new areas. Computing moving into all manner of devices and experiences all around us improves our personal productivity and enjoyment."
He said the new processors deliver Intel's best media and graphics technologies, including the ability to intelligently adapt, automatically providing an added boost of performance for such demanding applications as HD and 3D video creation. µ
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Ed, you said "As we anticipated last week, Chipzilla used CES to launch the company's latest dual- and quad-core Clarkdale and dual-core Arrandale CPUs."
Well there's no such thing as a quad core Clarksdale. Like the Arrandale, it's only available as a dual core. (Lynnfields are the quads)
You ruin your credibility on ether thing else when you're this sloppy
GW
Oh hell yeah I want an i5 cause my AOL dial-up is way slow for downloading media these days.
"Intel said its Core i5 processors are about twice as fast as comparable existing PCs for visibly faster video, photo and music downloading."