New Processor Family From Intel

A new family of processors has been launched by Santa Clara, California-headquartered Intel Corporation. This family has been targeted at the business community.

Called 2010 Intel Core vPro, the family comprises the following processors: Core i7 vPro processor, Core i5 vPro processor, i7 processor, i5 processor and i3 processor. The platform that is based on this family includes the new Intel Q57 Express chipset. For network connection, in case of notebooks the platform includes 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection, and in case of desktop PCs the platform includes 82578DM Network Connection.

The company has obtained commitments from computer OEM manufacturers such as Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba for lifting the processors in bulk. Software solutions developers too have evinced keen interest in exploiting the features of the new processors, and such companies include Microsoft, Symantec, WinZip, LANDesk, Bomgar, Aternity and the like.

According to the company press release, a notebook built upon the Intel Core i5 vPro processor is capable of handling applications at 180% the present notebook speed. The processor can also multi-task applications upto 200% faster. Further, there is inbuilt facility to protect confidential data.

Read about the latest launch of an entire family of processors from Intel, here.