The architecture of the third-generation Intel Core processor, launched on the market in late 2011 - early 2012, significantly expands the horizons for a modern computer in computing related to graphics and video. With the new development of the American company, quad-core, made according to the technology of 22 nm "stones", the speed when processing three-dimensional objects and decoding HD video is almost doubled.
These computing devices are available for several application models. First of all, they are prepared for professionals with their powerful desktop systems, and they will also squeeze out old solutions in the mobile device market. And, of course, they will find a place for themselves in thin clients and just monoblocks for office use.
The architecture of a new type of processor is not only revolutionary in terms of the size of the process technology, but also, for the first time, three-dimensional Tri-Gate transistors were introduced in it, invented for a long time, but still not used in electronics.
Fans of playing computer toys will be interested to see a powerful increase in speed when passing the latest hits of the gaming industry, and all lovers of high-definition video will certainly enjoy the smoothness of playback and the brightness of colors previously available only on movie theater screens.
According to Kirk Skaungen, vice president of Intel Corporation: “The architecture of the x86 processor in its third edition for a core like Kore has been significantly improved. A new sample was created almost from scratch, and the results of this work exceeded the expectations of the developers. No one could imagine, "a twofold improvement in multimedia processing speed is possible, but it has become a reality. Now, thanks to the constant development of new technologies, the revolutionary processor architecture of Intel has long led the company to market leaders."
Another famous person in the IT world - Gabe Newell, director and co-founder of the world famous brand Valve, who gave the world Counter Strike, Half Life, Portal and other magnificent games, was also optimistic: "The revolutionary architecture of the 3rd generation Core processor, gives fans of PC games amazing opportunities. The new Intel HD 4000 graphics system will help all DOTA fans to see the beautiful graphics created by our experts for the new game - DOTA 2, which is undergoing an open testing phase. "
Summing up, we can conclude that the block consists of new and breakthrough technologies such as Tri-Gate transistors, with the help of which the graphics processing speed was increased, the processor architecture was significantly redesigned and improved, the new 22 nm technical process significantly reduced heat generation (so, according to some estimates, the TDP value was almost halved compared to processors made using the 32 nm process technology). As well as coupled with the latest technologies for displaying graphic images and visualization, all those tasks that various categories of users are used to using their computer, from viewing Internet pages to creating videos and processing photos, as well as launching simple games, are all new tasks the processor will perform much faster, and the picture on the monitors will be sharper and more vibrant than it ever was.
And that’s not all, Intel wouldn’t have been itself if it hadn’t saved the last argument, besides all the above-mentioned advantages of the new microprocessor, it was possible to cram all the above into technologies to increase the speed of information transfer, which, together with an increase in the total computing power by more than 20% consolidates and strengthens the position of the corporation in the market of productive processor solutions.