This week, two of my contacts from Intel came to visit me. The purpose? To show me a demonstration of their new Sandy Bridge Processor, and Bing Lee had the honour of being the first retailer in Australia to see it in action.
Being under a confidentiality agreement, I can’t talk about the specifics of the demos or specs that were displayed. What I can say is that the demonstrations definitely showed that the new processors perform impressively well, utilising the GPU/CPU combination that this new 32nm platform offers.
Intel have been talking up Sandy Bridge for a little while now, so there is some information out there, however to see it in action was exciting. It’s no secret that a huge proportion of internet traffic is video and will continue to grow its share, and that video transcoding from PC to portable device is a common task. From an end-user perspective, PC gaming, video content and the way it is delivered and managed is a big focus for the new Intel range and it’s great to see real-life applications benefiting from the new architecture.
That’s all I can say for now, but thanks to Intel for the demo, and look forward to posting more details closer to the launch date!