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Intel Corp. revealed an array of new chips for numerous product lineups at the Intel Developer Forum recently. Intel’s initiative with the redesign is to offer high performing chips that utilize the minimal amount of power – lack of competitive performance and extraneous power consumption has been a concern for Intel ever since the launch of AMD’s Athlon64 lineup, revealed almost three years ago. The Core micro-architecture, which Intel said will be used in notebooks, desktops and servers later this year, will feature a complete redesign. It’ll be the first major architectural redesign since the launch of the company’s Centrino platform in 2003 and Pentium 4 in 2000. Intel, Microsoft and other technology companies expect to see an upgrade cycle from end-users and businesses with the launch of Windows Vista and redesigned microprocessor in fall of 2006. Though technology companies are hopeful, select industry analysts believe the results may not be as fruitful as Microsoft, Intel and others expect. "We are going to see a whole generation of much more user-friendly systems which are more attractive for use in the home,'' said Justin Rattner, Head of Research, Intel Corp. on Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum. Intel mentioned that all chips will be dual-core, see 40 to 80 percent increase in performance over its previous microprocessors, and notice 40 percent reduction in power consumption. All new chips will be released under the new Core brand as opposed to the Pentium line, which Intel abandoned earlier this year. Related Articles: - Subscribe to CoolTechZone.com's RSS Feed Pat Gelsinger, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Platform Group, Intel Corp. said this is not a mere update to the architecture, but rather a major leap. Intel’s announcement took some analysts by surprise. They said the industry expected an update from Intel, but if performance and power consumption numbers are correct, this would be a major leap that no one expected. AMD, as always, was on hand where the Intel Developer Forum was being held. While AMD did not discuss much about its upcoming products, it’s soon due to launch a new Socket and complementary chips as well. The world’s second largest chipmaker mentioned that it’s continuing to gain market share against Intel Corp. and is hopeful of releasing competitive processors in fall of this year. AMD also announced new chips for notebook and server platforms earlier this week. |
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