Intel claims that the new chips double the performance, triple the battery life and deliver improved graphics over the previous models.
One new computing device show by Intel was an updated Intel Compute Stick that incorporates the company’s new Core M chip instead of its less powerful Atom processor.
Being present at IFA 2015 in Berlin, Skaugen managed to talk about Intel’s new family of chips and how Intel kept a close collaboration with Microsoft in developing the new central processing unit in tandem with Microsoft’s newest operating system.
Intel has launched its 6th generation Intel Core processor family based on Skylake microarchitecture, with the chip developed using the company’s 14nm manufacturing process technology.
According to the chipmaker, there are 1 billion PCs that are three years old and 500 million PCs that are 4 to 5 years old. They can also be half as thin and half the weight, have faster wake up time, and battery life that lasts virtually all day.
It’s a good job, because Skylake comes to the market as PCs continue to struggle, with steadily declining shipments on both desktops and laptops year-on-year, as mobile devices take the share. They run noticeably faster and use noticeably less power than their predecessors, and Intel made it pretty clear that the development of its sixth-gen Core units was in the name of reinvigorating the laptop and desktop as consumer choices.
Intel claims the 6th Gen is the “most scalable mobile processor ever” with 10x power scaling. For more details, check out Intel’s full PDF download. The 6th Gen Intel Core processors deliver significant improvements in graphics performance to offer stunning visuals for gaming as well as compelling 4K content creation and media playback.
Besides computers with familiar designs, Mr. Skaugen predicts Skylake will help popularize newer ones-including ultrathin notebook PCs that require no cooling fans and “compute sticks”, cartridge-style devices that plug into TVs to provide them computing power. The chips support wireless settings with WiDi, WiGig and Unite.
The firm already has facial recognition technology in its RealSense cameras and the presentation showed this technology being used to gain entrance to your auto, as well as giving “eyes” to drones, which can then manoeuvre around obstacles on their own.
Intel said the new-generation processor family is the most scalable ever for consumers and business, and includes the first-ever Intel Xeon processor for mobile workstations.