Intel unveils new Core vPro processors

The processors are embedded in a range of new Intel based business laptop and desktop computers, addressing the increasing demand for video, internet telephony, social networking and heavyweight applications – in many cases running at the same time. The platform based on the 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family includes the new Intel Q57 Express chipset, the Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection for notebooks and Intel 82578DM Network Connection for desktop pcs. Computer manufacturers such as Acer, Dell, HP and Toshiba have announced they will be rolling out business pcs based on the 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family. The processors are based on Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture and manufactured on its 32nanometer process. For the first time, high definition graphics have been integrated in its processors and the company has incorporated its second generation high k metal gate transistors to increase computing speed and battery life. The 2010 Core i7 processors and Core i5 processors feature Intel's Turbo Boost and Hyper Threading technologies, the first of which automatically adjusts the speed of the processor when it senses a workload change and the second of which interconnects multiple processor cores with multiple 'threads', enabling faster processing of instructions in parallel. According to Intel, a notebook with the Core i5 vPro processor can run business productivity applications up to 80% faster, multiple applications up to twice as fast and protect confidential data up to 3.5 times quicker compared to a three year old mainstream notebook. Intel's Anti-Theft technology locks access to a pc if a central server or built in intelligence concludes it is lost or stolen. Version 2.0 enables encryption solutions to disable access to cryptographic keys through hardware to completely block access to data, and also makes it simpler to reactivate a pc once retrieved. Rick Echevarria, vice president, Intel Architecture Group, and general manager, Business Client Platform Division, said: "Businesses, particularly those that haven't purchased pcs for several years, face a computing environment that no longer handles the applications many workers and IT are adopting. The integration of intelligent performance along with smart security and cost-saving manageability features in the Intel Core vPro processor family provide IT and SMBs a no compromise platform. We also are excited about how Intel vPro Technology gives IT the flexibility to look at client virtualisation, consumerisation and rich cloud applications."