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NEWS INTEL LAUNCHES ICE LAKE CHIP
model numbers, here are the eleven shader units, with 3D rendering, compute,
new chips. programmable and fixed-function media
As the slide notes, all of the new Ice Lake capabilities.) Based on what we’re seeing
processors will include Wi-Fi6 (Gig+) Wi-Fi here, Intel appears to be using the number of
and Thunderbolt 3 capabilities: four ports this EUs as a performance differentiator, rather
time around, with two ports available on than the clock speed. Remember, Intel has
either side of the PC. We go into far more previously made the claim that Ice Lake’s
detail in our earlier discussion of the Ice Lake integrated graphics were as good as what
architecture (go.pcworld.com/lkds), which is AMD offers (go.pcworld.com/incl), keeping
predicated on the Sunny Cove CPU design, a pace with the Ryzen 3700U on a variety of
key feature of which is “magic” AI inferencing different games.
(go.pcworld.com/aiin) using Intel’s DLBoost According to Senderowitz, Intel won’t be
instructions. adding to the three EU graphics tiers (at least
We also now know that Intel’s Gen11 for now, we can assume). The eleven Ice Lake
graphics have three different performance chips represent the entirety of Ice Lake
tiers, each with different numbers of EUs: 32, products that Intel plans to introduce this
48, and 64. (EUs are Intel’s programmable year, he said.
Intel’s eleven new Ice Lake microprocessors: The ConfigUP TDP numbers indicate that a laptop maker is
permitted to power the chip up to the higher rated wattage, to enable additional performance. Battery
life can suffer somewhat as a result, however.
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