Sandy Bridge Laptops Start to Show Their Faces
Eye spy with my little Core-i...
Though Intel only confirmed its Consumer Electronics Show debut very recently, the company's Sandy Bridge processors have been a long time coming. And, with CES just a few months away, it's getting harder and harder for partners to keep a lid on products that utilize the next generation CPUs.
While poking around looking for more information on AMD's Mobility Radeon HD 6550M card, Laptoping.com has discovered several laptops that appear to boast the new Intel CPUs. The site uncovered an Acer Aspire 17.3-inch laptop, which has the Intel Core i7-2630QM quad-core processor alongisde the 6550M graphics. The same CPU was also found to be present in a Gateway machine, as well as in the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560P. Engadget also points to an HP gaming laptop, the dv7, which includes the 2GHz quad-core.
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Pretty bold statement considering we know very little about it.
AMD is taking a more power saving approach with Llano and I think Ontario. Both of which are CPU/IGPUs. Saves a lot more power, but we'll see if SB saves power like Llano and Ontario. Oh, those are out already in benches if ya didn't know.
Correct if I'm wrong though, I don't really mind Laptop stuff.
Desktop Bench preview (It's a i5 2400S, no pricing out yet though): http://www.anandtech.com/show/3871/the-sandy-bridge-preview-three-wins-in-a-row
Pretty bold statement considering we know very little about it.
I do really want to see some more top-of-the-line benchmarks though.
SB also has a GPU on die. If the laptop has a discrete GPU then it will probably use SBs GPU for 2D and the discrete GPU for 3D.
I am pretty sure that SB will lower power usage compared to Nehalem and Westmere. It will be produced on the most optimal to date 32nm that Intel has until 22nm arrives in 2011.
As for the HM55 chipset, there is no news on the socket and the chipset itself has near no bearing on a CPU and mobo compatability these days since everything is pretty much on die including the PCIe controller. I would guess its either 1. a typo, 2. SB mobile might use the same socket as Arrandale (PGA-988) or its a new socket but can still use HM55.
We might have a bit to wait since I can't find any info on the mobile SB socket.
It stinks of rebrand, or at least very minor tweaks...
So you attached a 24" monitor to a laptop and renamed it into a desktop? I don't understand the logic, but whatever floats your tablet.
Transition of to full 32nm with the associated power savings and a 10% increase performance per clock (per Anandtech) is progress. With no reputable leaked Bulldozer benchmarks so far, it's not like Intel has been particularly coy about Sandy Bridge's performance.
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Meh, I suppose I'll wait for actual post-release tests before I make a real judgment. Intel has been touting SB as the next technological coming of Christ, and so far this hasn't been the case. Not even close.