Thursday, August 1st 2019
Intel Launches First 10th Gen Core Processors: Redefining the Next Era of Laptop Experiences
Today, Intel officially launched 11 new, highly integrated 10th Gen Intel Core processors designed for remarkably sleek 2 in 1s and laptops. The processors bring high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) to the PC at scale, feature new Intel Iris Plus graphics for stunning entertainment and enable the best connectivity with Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) and Thunderbolt 3. Systems are expected from PC manufacturers for the holiday season.
"These 10th Gen Intel Core processors shift the paradigm for what it means to deliver leadership in mobile PC platforms. With broad-scale AI for the first time on PCs, an all-new graphics architecture, best-in-class Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) and Thunderbolt 3 - all integrated onto the SoC, thanks to Intel's 10nm process technology and architecture design - we're opening the door to an entirely new range of experiences and innovations for the laptop."
-Chris Walker, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of Mobility Client Platforms in the Client Computing Group
10th Gen Intel Core processors are foundational to Intel's journey in enabling uncompromising and workload-optimized PC platforms with performance leadership across all vectors of computing. In addition to performance and responsiveness gains, AI, graphics, connectivity and I/O are optimized on the SoC for a solution that delivers a feature-rich suite of capabilities for OEMs to create laptops for people to watch, game and create more.
10th Gen Intel Core processors are the first purpose-built processors for AI on thin-and-light laptops and 2 in 1s. They deliver the intelligent performance needed for modern AI-infused applications, with a suite of features and capabilities:
Product Line-up:
Intel is also introducing a new processor number naming structure starting with this first set of 10th Gen Intel Core processors. Read more about Intel processor numbers.
The processors, code-named "Ice Lake," are the first to debut in the 10th Gen Intel Core processor family and will be available in new designs from PC manufacturers for the holiday season. This year at Computex, Intel previewed some of the first systems expected to arrive and on track for verification through the innovation program code-named "Project Athena," including Acer Swift 5, Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, HP Envy 13" and Lenovo S940.
Today's announcement is just the beginning. Addressing the increasing diversity of modern computing needs, Intel will announce additional products in the 10th Gen Intel Core mobile processor family. The upcoming processors will deliver increased productivity and performance scaling for demanding, multithreaded workloads, including the flagship built-for-business Intel vPro platform. Expect to hear more details this month.
"These 10th Gen Intel Core processors shift the paradigm for what it means to deliver leadership in mobile PC platforms. With broad-scale AI for the first time on PCs, an all-new graphics architecture, best-in-class Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) and Thunderbolt 3 - all integrated onto the SoC, thanks to Intel's 10nm process technology and architecture design - we're opening the door to an entirely new range of experiences and innovations for the laptop."
-Chris Walker, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of Mobility Client Platforms in the Client Computing Group
10th Gen Intel Core processors are the first purpose-built processors for AI on thin-and-light laptops and 2 in 1s. They deliver the intelligent performance needed for modern AI-infused applications, with a suite of features and capabilities:
- Intel Deep Learning Boost, a new, dedicated instruction set that accelerates neural networks on the CPU for maximum responsiveness in scenarios such as automatic image enhancements, photo indexing and photorealistic effects.
- Up to 1 teraflop of GPU engine compute for sustained, high-throughput inference applications like video stylization, analytics and real-time video resolution upscaling.
- Intel Gaussian & Neural Accelerator (GNA) delivers a dedicated engine for background workloads such as voice processing and noise suppression at ultra-low power, for maximum battery life.
- These are the first GPUs from Intel to support VESA's Adaptive Sync display standard, which enables a smoother gaming experience across games like Dirt Rally 2.0 and Fortnite.
- Based on Intel's Gen11 graphics architecture, they are also the industry's first integrated GPU to incorporate variable rate shading for improved rendering performance.
- With support for the BT.2020 specification, watch 4K HDR video in a billion colors.
Product Line-up:
Today's announcement is just the beginning. Addressing the increasing diversity of modern computing needs, Intel will announce additional products in the 10th Gen Intel Core mobile processor family. The upcoming processors will deliver increased productivity and performance scaling for demanding, multithreaded workloads, including the flagship built-for-business Intel vPro platform. Expect to hear more details this month.
53 Comments on Intel Launches First 10th Gen Core Processors: Redefining the Next Era of Laptop Experiences
Its potato potatoe stuff, really, if you're using a machine for work. I do it every day. With Sharepoint, Azure devops, a cloud based dev environment or two open in two different browsers and a few excel sheets on the side, you're presenting more than enough load to make it sweat all the time. And this is NOT an exceptional use case for a business laptop - go figure - almost all that I do happens in the cloud! There is no serious processing going on, yet every few minutes that fan goes overdrive and the machine is hot.
I also have a Skylake HQ quad core. Yes, it doesn't last as long browsing the web as the ultrabook - although even that depends on how I'd configure its power plan (!). But in the use case of 'doing work', it gets more done in a shorter period of time and at the end of the day, both laptops need to be hooked up regardless.
See what I mean?
I also get what you're saying about the small incremental improvements but that is just it - in another topic I mentioned how every laptop that needs to perform is running into a problem wrt portability, price, performance, etc. Its always a trade off, and these ultrabooks are just more of the same: a compromise. And with that, they serve a very narrow use case - and to be fair, I really can't consider an ultrabook cost effective for what use cases it covers - after all its only perk is the battery life when doing practically nothing. Great. I've got a phone for that... and it beats any ultrabook battery life by as much as a day (at a price of as little as 300 - 400 eur these days...and then you've got a very decent device).
This is a simple case of rosy marketing theory versus practical day to day and it not being quite like the commercials. The only reason Ultrabook still exists is because it mixes well with the business segment (its 'sexier' to have a thin and light with you, and the additional cost is a non issue between large volume and favorable tax/purchase options) but the irony is, most of the time all these businesses offer wall sockets everywhere you go. Check out the average meeting room and there are ethernet and power docks all over the place ;)
-U CPUs are an answer to expectations of majority. If people didn't want ultrabooks, we wouldn't have them. Developing a -U CPU (low idle, high boost) is more complicated than making a flat performer.There is no "normal use case". Just define what scenario you're talking about.
It's very unlikely that there's a significant correlation between "productive" / "effective" PC using and the amount of CPU load. Especially in professional use.Exactly what I said earlier: these CPUs are designed to save energy in idle because that's the state they're in most of the time.
If someone applies constant high load to the CPU, he should buy a different notebook. If he needs ultrabooks' mobility, he'll have to think about a multi-system workflow.This is the naive part. ;-) The fact that someone spends time at work looking at an idling PC doesn't mean he isn't effective or valuable for the company.Outlook, browsers, 2-3 RStudio sessions, Toad, MS SSMS, Excel, Notepad++. 18 GB RAM used (I rarely go below 16...)
Load: 3-4% in idle and maybe 7-8% while coding.
And that's about 90% of my time at work.Maybe there's something wrong with your PC. Or it's rubbish by default. :pYup. Power plans can have an enormous effect. I'm always using a customized "power saver" (to ignore closed lid, don't sleep on long idle etc).Maybe your "doing work" applies a lot of CPU load (somehow). Someone else's may not. Don't generalize. :)No, they don't! :-D
This is what most people do at work: they look at idling PCs. That's the work. And that's what makes a -U CPU a mainstream and important product.I don't know what kind of office you're working in, but I haven't seen something like that in years.
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Also, people tend to carry laptops around. I take my work laptop home almost every day, so I really like the fact that it's small and light. And the fact that it works for >10h means I don't have to carry the power brick.