Intel will launch new series of P67 and H67 chipsets in Jan 2011 with 25% graphics improvement

It is annual update with chipsets. Intel is slated to launch the P67 and H67 chipsets in Jan 2011. Board manufacturers are eagerly awaiting for the new processors and chipsets as they already have the boards ready for the new yr.

For those who have seen our report of Computex 2010, you would have seen some early static boards of P67 or H67.

Basically, the P67 and H67 do not differ much from it’s predecessors the P55 and H55. Basically the P67 is discrete while the H67 has graphics output ports on the mainboard.

One thing to note is that the P67 and H67 will support new series of processors with LGA1155 socket. Thus, your current processors won’t run on the new boards with new chipsets.

The new processors with 1155 is slated to be lanuched in January 2011 or so. The new embedded graphics on these processors is said to have a 25% improvement in performance over the current LGA1156 processors.

Currently, Intel P55 and H55 boards support overclocking. Unfortunately, the next generation H67 will not support overclocking. So, if you need to overclock, you would have to go for discrete solution, the P67.

Local distributor CDL Trading and Gigabyte Technology of Taiwan held a gathering of power users at a Thai restaurant in town. Rockson Chiang was here in town to give us a view of the technologies available on the Gigabyte mainboards.

The event started at 7.20pm with crowds streaming in from all parts of Singapore. To my surprise, some of the attendees are probably Secondary school kids. Of course, the older ones would be close to 50 yrs old. It simply shows that Gigabyte boards are well accepted by all age groups.

Much of the presentation was on the current technologies like USB 3.0 super charge of iPhone, iPad and stability design using ferrite chokes etc. The most interesting demonstration was the demonstration of Cloud OC where he uses a iPad (or any phone with wifi). The wifi device is connected to the AP. With the device (ipad or phone), you can access the IP address of your machine and overclock the system remotely over the WiFi network.

The video presentations are on the 2nd page.

INTEL Corp is to expand into TV and mobile handheld devices through a new unified software platform launched in the second half of the year and an online application store in China, the world’s biggest chip maker said in Beijing yesterday.

It is to launch a cross-device platform called MeeGo, which is designed for phones, cars and home appliances such as TVs with various services. The first device with MeeGo will be available in the domestic market in the second half of this year. Intel will also open an online store called AppUp Center for MeeGo device users in China in future, Renee James, senior vice president and general manager of the software and services group at Intel, said during the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing.

“MeeGo is a unified operating environment running across a common computer architecture therefore it can give developers broader reach and easier access to end users, on any device,” James said.

Intel dominates the global chip market in the personal computer sector with more than 80 percent market share but still faces strong competition in mobile and home appliance chip markets from rivals such as Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek and Trident.

The MeeGo platform was developed by Intel and Nokia. It is available to original equipment manufacturers, operating system vendors, network operators and others, targeting a wide range of devices, including smartphones, netbooks, tablet PCs, TVs and in-vehicle systems.

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http://mobile.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434099

Good news for everyone. The Sandy bridge Intel processors will go into production by end of this year and we should be able to get our hands on it early next year when it goes to the retail stores. It will replace the aging 45nm Nehalem processors.

The initial editions will be for the desktop and notebook. Servers will come later. The new microprocessor family is built using the second generation of Intel’s High-K metal gate 32-nanometer production technology. Sandy Bridge includes processing cores, a memory controller, cache subsystem and Intel’s sixth-generation graphics processing core all on one chip.

The processors will come with Intel’s Advanced Vector Extension instructions which will speed up video, image and audio processing with improved color and image clarity. They will also include Intel AES New Instructions (AES-NI), software instructions that accelerate data encryption and decryption.

While Intel is ready to manufacture it’s 32nm processors, it has never stop it’s Tick Tock mechanism. Ivy bridge is the next big thing and it is said to be shrinked down to 22nm.

Digitimes reports that Intel is preparing its 6-series desktop chipsets including Q67, Q65, B65, H67 and P67 for a first-quarter 2011 launch. Of the new chipsets, the H67 and P67 will mainly target the consumer market.

In related news, Intel is in the process of streamlining its CPU marketing labels for motherboard packaging with plans to get rid of the current multiple logos for each series of CPU supported e.g. i3, i5, i7, in favor of a single “Intel Core CPU” message. The plans are expected to be implemented starting in the third quarter of 2010.

However, Intel will keep the Core i7 label for motherboards that are capable of running its Core i7 Extreme CPUs.

Intel commented that the changes will only affect motherboard boxes, and will not affect messaging for desktops and notebooks