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Date:16th Aug 2011
Intel put on the platter $300 Million
with the cool and thin processors chips
Intel as an investor and also as semiconductor chip and
technology supplier has put on the platter a $300 Million
with the cool and thin processors chips for designers who
can marry a notebook to a tablet to give birth to a thin
books (less than 21mm (0.8 inch) thick) with tablet like
usage support and perform like multicore notebook computers.
Intel calls them Ultrabook devices, which can deliver a
highly responsive and secure experience in a thin, light
and elegant design at mainstream prices.
Ultrabooks should be able to achieve all-day usage through
longer battery life, enabling innovative physical designs
and improved storage capacity. The overall goal of the fund,
which will be invested over the next 3-4 years, is to create
a cycle of innovation and system capabilities for this new
and growing category of mobile devices, says Intel.
As per Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital and Intel
executive vice president, Intel Capital Ultrabook fund will
invest in companies building technologies that will help
revolutionize the computing experience and morph today's
mobile computers into the next 'must have' device."
There are three key products phases in Intel's strategy
to accelerate its vision for this new category, which includes
the Intel Core processors. Systems based on these Intel
Core processors are expected to be available for the 2011
winter holiday shopping season.
The second phase of Intel's vision is around its new family
"Ivy Bridge," which is scheduled for availability
in systems in the first half of 2012. Intel says Laptops
based on "Ivy Bridge" will bring improved power
efficiency, smart visual performance, increased responsiveness
and enhanced security.
The third phase in based on the Intel's planned 2013 products,
codenamed "Haswell," and these expected to reduce
power consumption to half of the "thermal design point"
for today's microprocessors.
The ultrabook offers another window of opportunity for
Intel to maintain its lead position in the growing mobile-computing
market. It also depends on who is its software partner?
Microsoft only or a broad set of OS vendors, mainly the
Google.
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