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<\/a>With Haswell, Ultrabooks carrying 15W U-series CPUs get the updated HD 5000 graphics. Laptops using 28W U-series chips get Iris, which Intel claims is up to x2 faster than HD Graphics.<\/p>\nThe more powerful H- and R-series laptop chips (47-55W) pack Iris Pro graphics with embedded DRAM. \u00a0M- and K-series laptop CPUs also get the Iris Pro option.<\/p>\n
The Haswell chip family (dubbed fourth-generation Core) is the last hurrah for Intel\u2019s outgoing chief executive, Paul Otellini. And it is a convergence architecture that, along with other 22-nanometer chips coming this year, will find its way into PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. The chip family will inspire a new generation of hybrid devices, such as two-in-one concepts like a laptop that can be converted into a tablet. HP showed one such device off this week: the HP Envy Rove 20, a 20-inch all-in-one desktop computer that can be converted into a touchscreen tabletop computer<\/span>.<\/p>\n For more than a year, Otellini has been pounding the drum on Haswell, which he described as delivering the \u201clargest generation-to-generation improvement in battery life in Intel history<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Rani Borkar, vice president and general manager of the Intel Architecture Group, said Intel is getting that improvement not only from moving to a more efficient manufacturing process, but also because it designed the chip from the ground up for mobility and low power. For instance, the chips use extensive \u201cpower gating,\u201d where unused transistors \u2014 the on-off components of digital computing \u2014 are turned off when they are not in use and reawakened quickly when needed. Borkar said new devices will have a better \u201cinstant on\u201d responsiveness when you hit a button.<\/p>\n \u201cHaswell is a revolutionary product from Intel,\u201d she said. \u201cIt will lead to a large number of form factors and industry firsts. It redefines what you expect from a conventional processor.\u201d<\/p>\n Intel says the standby mode has 20 times better power efficiency than the Sandy Bridge processor-graphics combo chip from a couple of years ago. That means you can now watch three high-definition movies before your laptop runs out of power.<\/p>\n \u201cThis improvement in power is not coming at the expensive of performance,\u201d Borkar said.<\/p>\n Kaizad Mistry, vice president of Intel\u2019s technology and manufacturing group, said Intel is using an enhanced version of its 22-nanometer Tri-Gate 3D transistor manufacturing process. That version is optimized for low power, giving transistors the same operating frequencies while consuming low HP 441425-001 Laptop Battery<\/span><\/a> power.<\/p>\n Borkar said the Haswell-based chips will scale from chips that consume just 7 watts to some that consume 75 watts.<\/p>\n Intel first introduced its Atom processor for netbooks in 2008. Those failed, but Intel has a huge share in the mobile processing market for computers. Since 2006, Intel says, the integrated graphics performance of its microprocessor and chipset combinations (now often integrated in a single chip or a single package with two chips) has increased 75 times.<\/p>\n The chip includes integrated eDRAM memory and an improved interconnect between the processor and the chipset across two chips that are contained in a single package.\u00a0Intel said that it achieves a \u201cnon-linear reduction\u201d in idle laptop battery power consumption<\/span> thanks to a new power management design, new ways to power down a chip quickly when not in use, and new ways of moving data around the chip quickly.<\/p>\n One innovation is dubbed FIVR, short for Fully Integrated Voltage Regulator. It consolidates all of the power used in the chip into an integrated voltage regulator and measures power usage in real-time. That reduces the cost of the device.<\/p>\n Later this year, Intel will unveil the Silvermont microarchitecture for future Atom microprocessors, which are targeted at low power devices. The Bay Trail version of Silvermont will be used in tablets this holiday, Avoton will be used in microservers, and Merrifield will be used in smartphones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"hp-468816-001-laptop-battery\"](\"http:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hp-468816-001-laptop-battery.jpg\")
<\/a>The Haswell microarchitecture is akin to putting a V12 engine in a car that used to have a V6, without expanding the size of the engine. Intel will make a variety of low-power Core processors using the microarchitecture, each of them with different code names and final product names. Those products from high-performance servers to \u201csleek ultraportables\u201d are rolling out starting June 5 and throughout the year, and they\u2019ll blur the line between devices, just as motorcycles, scooters, golf carts, and Ferraris are all variations on moving vehicles.<\/p>\n