Intel, which enjoy about 87 pecent of share in the desktop CPU market today, is going to consolidate its position even more with its latest processor. The company has announced its 7th generation core processors that are capable of bringing high quality videos to laptop.
Based on the Skylake microarchitecture, the 14-nanometer chips will come in Core m3, Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 variants. The new processors will come to PCs starting early September.
Here is what Intel's 7th Generation core processors for mobile platforms can do:
- More than 70 percent faster mobile productivity than a 5-year-old PC
- 3.5X5 better 3D graphics performance than a 5-year-old PC
- Modify 1400 photos in just one minute
- Combine multiple 4K UHD videos into a highlight reel in 4 minutes
- Play games in HD in an instant
- Allow faster 4K UHD video watching and streaming for longer time
- convert a 1 hour 4K UHD video in 12 minutes
- HEVC 10-bit decode capability delivers premium content playback up to 4K UHD
- VP9 decode capability allows power efficient smooth 4K UHD, 4K 360-degree playback while multitasking
- Quickly and effortlessly create, edit and share 4K UHD 360° video 8X8 faster compared to a 5-year-old PC
Laptops will get slimmer and lighter with the arrival of Intel's 7th generation core processors. Navin Shenoy, corporate vice president and general manager for the Client Computing Group at Intel Corporation, has said that the new processors deliver upto 12 percent faster productivity performance and up to 19 percent faster web performance over our previous generation from just a year ago.
Navin went on to say that the company is "incredibly excited about the strong partnership with our OEM customers and expect more than 100 different 2 in 1s and laptops powered by 7th Gen Intel Core to be available starting in September through this holiday season." However, the powerful processors will come to desktops and enterprise PCs only early next year.
