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| Intel launches first Sandy Bridge chips for Ultrabooks |
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| Written by Will Smith - Posted on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 03:51 |
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I want one! ... Imagine a super thin Windows PC that beat the cr@p out of the Macbook Air ... I'm 100% for it! "Intel has released new low-voltage versions of its second-generation Core processors designed to power a new class of so-called Ultrabooks. The first Ultrabooks, from companies such as Asus, Lenovo and LG Electronics, promise to combine the performance of full-fledged Sandy Bridge systems with the portability and long battery life of ultra-thin laptops and netbooks.
The key difference between these new chips and the existing Sandy Bridge processors is that they run at slower frequencies (though they can reach much faster speeds with Turbo Boost) and have a power rating of 17 watts, compared with 35 watts for the standard Sandy Bridge processors. The three new processors–all dual-cores with the same on-die graphics–include the 1.7GHz Core i5-2557M, 1.7GHz Core i7-2637M and 1.8GHz Core i7-2677M. The Core i7 versions have a larger L3 cache and faster Turbo modes." Source: ZDNet |