Intel still doesn't work hard on tablet PCs

On January 6, Intel released its most important processor product in Beijing in the past two years—the second-generation Intel Core processor family (product development codenamed Sandy Bridge), and released Core iSeries processors a year ago. Compared with the scenes of all PC vendors, the arrival of the new Core Duo is particularly deserted. There is no PC vendor executives cheering on the scene, but Intel feels depressed that these PC “big brothers” are all running to the US CES exhibition. Because the focus of their concern is obviously not how powerful Intel's new processor performance is, but the number of business opportunities that the Tablet PC boom will bring them this year; more seriously, the cloud computing applications launched by Apple's iPad are disrupting people’s interest in high levels. The desire for performance processors.

PC becomes an output center Intel’s new Core Core adopts a new processor architecture that integrates 3D graphics processing chips in a microprocessor chip, which is more integrated than the previous generation, and the computer is used in high-definition media processing and mainstream games. The graphics performance has been improved. Yang Xu, president of Intel China, said that the new Core processors have built-in high-speed video synchronization technology. This built-in hardware acceleration technology can greatly reduce the waiting time for users when editing and sharing video. Intel engineers did a live test: It took 4 minutes to convert a 4-minute high-definition video to a format that can be played on an iPod, but now it takes only 16 seconds.

Yang Syria pointed out that the usage rate of domestic video sharing websites has doubled from 2006 to 2010, and by 2013, the video traffic will account for 90% of the entire network's IP traffic. “The most popular online language at the time is not English or Chinese, but pictures and video.” He believes that desktops and laptops will become the center of video and image production. The content will be continuously exported to the Internet, so people in the future will Need more powerful processor. “The ability of traditional computers to create content-processing information, and experience-based products such as new tablets and smart phones, constitutes two directions for personalized computing capabilities.” Yang Sy emphasized “the demand for computing power in the future.” It is diversified."

Do not continue to force the tablet Well, in the face of tablet PC fever set off by iPad in the past year, how is Intel going to make it? Yang Syue frankly said that tablet computers are hot and it should have two directions of development: work or experience as the center. “Using pure experience as the center requires software and vertical integration of content. At present, Apple iPad is undoubtedly the best.” However, when it comes to the business opportunities of the tablet PC market this year, he is a bit hesitant: “This year is not very good. It depends on how much the market can have, how many products it can produce, and whether the company can integrate experiences and content."

In fact, Intel is not without ambitions for tablet PCs. There are new processor Oak Trail dedicated to tablet PCs and a dedicated Meego OS. Unfortunately, these weapons are still immature in the past year. It's still an unknown number.

The public companies have not yet been ready to change the array of Intel Tablet PC business opportunities, but the PC manufacturers waiting for a year is no longer "waiting", so we saw the release of the new Core Duo, CES exhibition on the public companies have launched their own Tablet: Lenovo Music Pad, Asus Eee Pad, Macro? Iconia Tab, Dell Streak 7, HW HPad, Motorola Xoom ... and these Pad are without exception use ARM architecture processor and Android operating system. Even Microsoft, considered to be the most loyal supporter of Intel, is "turning titanium" at CES, declaring that the next generation of Windows 8 will support ARM-based processors. For no reason, ARM processors are already the real rulers of the tablet world. Not Intel.

The market research company iSuppli once issued a forecast that the global tablet shipments in 2011 may increase by 200%, while the shipments of laptops and desktops only increased by about 13%. In the current most talked about electronic products, iPad is undoubtedly one of the focuses, the desktop on the desktop has gradually been away from people's discussion. If one day, when people want to use a desktop computer for the sole purpose of synchronizing videos for the iPad, then Intel will have a "cup".