CES 2012: Intel provides new details on the Ultrabook "experience"
Intel’s Ivy Bridge announcement will have to wait–at least until later this week. Instead of announcing its third-generation Core processor, Intel executives devoted this morning’s CES press conference to the user experience they hope to deliver with Ultrabooks.
But Mooly Eden, the general manager of the PC Client Group, couldn’t resist a bit of chip talk. He boasted that Sandy Bridge–the processor family announced last year at CES–was the “fastest ramp” in Intel’s history, adding that the company had already sold more than 150 million of these second-generation Core processors. And he hinted that Ivy Bridge would deliver a big boost in graphics performance.
Intel isn’t stepping entirely away from its focus on “speeds and feeds” because, Eden said, users want computers that can be used not only to consume content, but also to create it, and they don’t want to wait. But he said this is only one part of the overall user experience. Users also wants PCs that are always connected, secure, “sleek and sexy,” and affordable–all themes that Intel has been talking about since the Computex tradeshow last June. The first wave of Ultrabooks has been priced at around $900 and up, but he said Intel’s goal is to make them much cheaper (the company has previously said prices would come down to around $700 later this year).
To illustrate the capabilities of the current Ultrabooks, Intel gave a quick series of demonstrations on some current models from Lenovo, Toshiba and HP. These included the creation of a large photo album (using ArcSoft Album), a physics demo with the Havok engine, and a graphics demo–all using Sandy Bridge processors. More interesting, Eden then showed a demo of the Microsoft DirectX 11 graphics support in Ivy Bridge using Codemasters’ F1 2010, a Formula 1 racing game.
Intel also gave a demonstration of a security feature for online shopping that uses built-in NFC (Near-Field Communications) technology to read a credit card and complete a transaction. The security scheme is tied to both the user and the laptop, so that if your credit card is stolen it can’t be used to make transactions on other devices with NFC receivers. Intel did not say, however, when this kind of technology will be integrated into laptops.
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The Windows 8 concept laptop also included GPS sensors and accelerometers, which Intel demonstrated using a flight simulation game. Eden said that even traditional clamshell designs will be light enough that users will be willing to pick them up and
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