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Intel Describes First Generation of Ultrabooks.

Intel-Based Ultrabooks Due Late in 2011

[08/03/2011 05:15 PM]
by Anton Shilov

Intel Corp. has revealed the first and preliminary details about so-called ultrabooks, notebooks in thin form-factor with remarkable performance and feature-set. The first generation of ultrabooks will hardly be as impressive as notebooks like Macbook Air or ThinkPad X1, but they will still be a step in the right direction.

"This new breed of devices will combine best in class performance, responsiveness and security in thin and light, elegant form-factors. Eventually you'll think of an Ultrabook as a tablet when you want it, a PC when you need it," said Becky Emmett, a spokeswoman with Intel.

Asus UX21, one of the first ultrabooks

The ultrabooks of late 2011 will be thinner than 22mm, which is not something extraordinary by today's standards, but many designs are projected to be much thinner than that, according to Intel. Naturally, thickness of products will depend on many factors, main of which will be material used to make their case. Naturally, devices made of steel, aluminum and other rugged materials will be more expensive than those made of plastic.

Intel expects ultrabooks to start up very quickly thanks to Rapid Start Technology which caches operating system's data as well as frequently used files onto solid-state storage device that is by definition faster than a traditional hard disk drive. Quite obviously, there will be ultra-books only with SSD, which will make them more expensive, but which will be lighter and will have longer battery life. In fact, instant wake up is one of the things that Intel strongly requires ultrabooks to feature.

Ultrabooks will offer 5 hours of battery life even in the sleekest form-factors with some systems delivering 8 hours or more for all-day usage, according to Intel.

The world's largest chipmaker also demands its partners to integrate advanced security technologies into ultra-books. In particular, BIOS/firmware should be enabled to expose hardware features for Intel Anti-Theft technology and Intel Identity Protection technology.

The first generation of ultrabooks is to be based on ultra low-power Intel Core i-series "Sandy Bridge" processors and will hardly match custom-made proof-of-concept models like Apple Macbook Air or Lenovo ThinkPad X1 in terms of minimal thickness and maximum performance, reliability, security and other features. But Intel admits, ultrabooks are not a new category of products, it is a multi-phase transformation of mainstream notebooks that will span to several years.

"This is an historic change that we believe will redefine the computing experience. We've been mapping out these changes over the past several months and they aren't trivial. They will impact the physical shape and capabilities of personal computing devices and require substantial changes to the way Intel and its partners design, produce and market devices and their components," added Ms. Emmett.

The second generation of  ultrabooks centers around the next generation Intel Ivy Bridge processors, smart visual performance, increased responsiveness, enhanced security as well as faster I/O such as USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt technologies. It is scheduled for availability in 2012. The third generation ultrabooks will feature microprocessors based on Haswell micro-architecture that will enable even lower-power chips and "insanely" sleek systems.

Tags: Intel, Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge, Haswell, Ultrabook

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Expand all threads | Collapse all threads The only one that the ULTRABOOK moniker profits is Intel. What better way to make profits than to start your own ridiculous standard and have everyone pay though the roof for your products. I am sorry INTEL but you will FAIL Again just as you failed with CULV in 2009. There is nothing exciting about ivy bridge. I DO NOT Believe that Intel's "3D TRI-GATE" will lower power consumption by 50%. I think it will be 0 to 25% at best. I have seen the early benchmarks for IVY BRIDGE AND TRUST ME THEY DON'T LOOK VERY PROMISING. The only worthwhile that Intel has done is Increase the CPU performance by about 20%.+ expand thread (1 answer) - collapse thread  25% power saving with 20% performance increment for total 45%.
Wouldn't it make sense to say they save power by 50% with equal performance? That's 3D tri-gate all about right?Yes Iwan you are right however that is NOT VERY impressive when amd llano uses at least half the power that Intel does for about 2/3 of the performance and FAR BETTER GRAPHICS. AMD TRINITY will make it MUCH worse for Intel because of at least 50% power reduction. 2012 WILL be the Time to buy computers and not regret it. Intel mobile quad cores use about 80 watts at full load with IGP. AMD uses about 45 watts for their highest end and if you are will to take a slight hit on performance you can reduce that to 25 watts. You see what I am getting at here.I Hope all your speculation are right for AMD and Intel. So Far no Official/Legit Benchmark we can confirm, only talk and New technology we see and receive. We can assume Trinity will be the best for 2012, what about Ivy Bridge. For Me Ill Buy whats the best for Wallet.

All bad speculation will end when we see the Official Benchmark. Remember, Many People made wrong assumption about Core 2 when it was First Announce.

That can also be said about bulldozer. Yes that is true but remember I am going by what be the statistics or the facts that are out right now and if Intel can not pull a magical rabbit out of their hat of tricks there pretty much screwed for 2012. 30% better graphics Yawn you got to be kidding me and 20% cpu performance which will be more like 10-15%.+ expand thread (1 answer) - collapse thread  I Agree, Intel Doesnt have any agianst AMD's Graphics Processor today.

But Do you remember, I think That was Last Year.
Intel Paid Some $ to Nvidia as a Settlement, and They have agreement Intel will get Technology from Nvidia, same as Nvidia Acquire Technology from Intel but not x86.

Yeah but what do you really expect though Ivy Bridge isn't a new arch it's based on the Sandy Bridge arch. It's going to be an improvement over Sandy Bridge as a mid-life cycle arch like all mid-life cycle arch have that were based on the same arch. The next new arch from Intel will be Haswell. Yeah but Intel could do a lot more with Ivy Bridge like for example raise the EU count to at least 24. Also it could be more efficient but trust me power consumption for IVY Bridge is NOT GOING TO ANY NEAR 50% LOWER even it is a die shrink and has "tri-gate" IT DOESN'T MATTER WITH INTEL GREED nothing will get done. + expand thread (1 answer) - collapse thread  intel never said ivy bridge will consume 50% less.they said transistor 3d will consume 50% less in a 0,7v range.Low voltage chips will have so great improvement.Sandy generally is no near the 0,7v and even with a reduction of 0,2v few chips will consume around 50% less.for the others it depends but generally we should expect around 25%less. 50% less will be for all atoms and for haswell(they said). so me and you know that we should see 25% less power. the point is why are you saying intel is lying/failing?
Yeah Max I think you are right. I doubt it will be 50% less even in 2013 with haswell and Intel's 22nm atom. Thought I think it might close because Intel will pull some kind of copying trick with haswell and the die shrink for Intel's Atom CPU will almost do it for them. But I have trying to say that EVERYONE SHOULD SKIP INTEL'S IVY BRIDGE BECAUSE IT WILL BE NOTHING MORE THAN A MINOR UPGRADE. Well it's obv you are biases against intel. Yes I am afraid you caught me red-handed but actually I built an Intel based PC for myself. STEELCITY1981 AN INTEL FANBOI WHO WILL BUY THE NEWEST IVY BRIDGE CPU EVEN THOUGHT it won't be much better. I made that mistake with buying sandy bridge and I regret it. I never said Intel promised 50% lower power consumption they said it could have 37% Increase in performance and/or 50% decrease power usage for the tri-gate process.