Ultrabook Still Become Main Hotshot Intel

The annual event the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 in San Francisco back so where Intel puts their future range of technologies.

In his keynote speech, Dadi Perlmutter, Intel's Chief Product Officer said that the family of Intel Core Generation 4 has been designed from the start with considering mobility.

Processor, codenamed Haswell, for example, has a power consumption is much lower than the previous generation. In this particular test, Perlmutter said, the power requirement could be 20 times lower.

Family members Haswell for Ultrabook future will have the capability promised equal to or better than the armed Ivy Bridge. However, in terms of power requirements will be much better.

Before the IDF, has been rumored that there is a processor with a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 10W. This is lower than the previous generation has a TDP of 17W. The lower TDP, the more possible that the product is used in lightweight thin devices.

So, does this mean that Intel is ready to foray into mobile products like tablets or smartphones? The answer is not that easy.

So far Intel has indeed been used in some smartphones and tablet products. However, despite the existing products are not exactly "mainstream". In mobility, the platform is still the mainstay Intel Ultrabook.

"Ultrabook is our hero product," Perlmutter said in a question and answer session after his keynote speech.

One interesting thing, Intel Ultrabook on display in the title is not just a thin laptop. A wide variety of forms - also known as form factor - indicated. Starting from convertible type, can be transformed from a laptop to a tablet style; until detachable type, can be removed from the docking areas keyboard so that it becomes a separate unit.

When products based on the 4th Generation Core could come on the market? Perlmutter did not give a definite clue. But he indicated that the products will appear as usual ".

Generally, after the IDF, the products with the latest generation of Intel processors will begin to be introduced to the public at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas (early years). Later, many products are also used to appear at the Computex event in Taiwan (mid-year).