Intel today introduced the quad-core 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processor family, promising dramatic visual and performance computing gains for gamers, media enthusiasts and mainstream users alike.
Available now in powerful, high-end desktop, laptop and sleek all-in-one (AIO) designs, the new processors are the first chips in the world made using Intel’s 22-nanometer (nm) 3-D tri-Gate transistor technology.
Intel said that its 3-D tri-gate transistor technology and architectural enhancements help make possible up to double the 3-D graphics and HD media processing performance compared with Intel’s previous generation of chips. As a result of the stunning, built-in visual performance, all the things people love to do on their PCs — from creating and editing videos and photos, surfing the Web, watching HD movies or playing mainstream games — are quicker, crisper and more life-like. With as much as 20 percent microprocessor performance improvements and new technologies to speed the flow of data to and from the chips, the new processors further extend Intel’s overall performance leadership.
In the coming months, additional versions of the 3rd generation Intel Core processors will be available to power a new wave of systems ranging from Ultrabook™ devices, to servers and intelligent systems in retail, healthcare and other industries.
Get Visual and Get Your Game On
The 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processor with Intel® HD Graphics 4000 delivers up to two times better 3-D graphics performance compared to the previous-generation processor, bringing more gaming fun with richer detail at higher resolutions. Intel® HD Graphics 4000 supports Microsoft* DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1 and OpenCL 1.1.
Experiences, Secured. Platform, Enhanced.
The 3rd generation Intel Core processor also adds security features, including Intel® Secure Key and Intel® OS Guard to safeguard personal data and identity. Intel Secure Key consists of a digital random number generator that creates truly random numbers to strengthen encryption algorithms. Intel OS Guard helps defend against privilege escalation attacks where a hacker remotely takes over another person’s system. These two features join existing platform security features such as Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT) and Intel® Anti-Theft technology (Intel® AT) to help make Intel platforms some of the most secure in the industry. When paired with the Intel® Series 7 Chipset, the new processors with Intel IPT can make a portion of the screen unreadable to spyware with the “protected transaction display” feature, helping prevent a hacker from obtaining login credentials that could lead to identity theft.
Platforms based on 3rd generation Intel Core processors also deliver faster data transfer capabilities made possible by USB 3.0 integrated into the Series 7 Platform Controller Hub (PCH) and PCI Express 3.0 integrated into the processor. These next-generation I/O technologies bring bigger data pipes to the platform to keep data moving, minimizing any interruption to the PC experience.
Processor and System Availability
Systems based on quad-core 3rd generation Intel Core processor products will be available beginning this month from leading system makers. Boxed versions of these processors will also be available this month from online, retail and channel resellers.
Additional versions of the 3rd generation Intel Core processor products for servers, intelligent systems in retail, healthcare and other industries, Ultrabook devices and laptops and more will be available later this year.
Is it backward compatible?
Of course.
How much will it cost? any ideas?
I think it’s time to replace my old Dual-Core ;)
Personal suggestion wait for Haswell.
Why?
1. 22 nm and 3D transistor is not mature, how? Look at temperature being high on overclock as compare to previous generation
2. Haswell brings new instruction sets and new socket…LGA 1150..
— Personal suggestion wait for Haswell.
By the time Haswell is out and cheap enough to afford, you’ll tell us to wait for Broadwell.
Get real! Haswell will not be out until at least a year from now.
Not everyone overclocks. Not everyone cares about new instructions, especially when it takes years for applications and compilers to take advantage of them.
yr in myn kuch khaas ni hota, aik do chezain change kr k aur dhairon batain daaaal daity hain yeh hai is myn wo hai is myn. halaan k itna difference ni hota.
well good step ahead.
2nd generation is the best. This one will have compatibilty issues because we all have usb 2.0 devices .
Dude usb3.0 is backward compatible so no issues, and my cpu is i5 2500k supports usb3.0 you need mobo with usb3.0 port
How much will it cost? I Want To Update My Processor :)
technology will keep on changing with time . . so one cant say that i will get a perfect system and that will be future proof . . one must have to go for the new one from time to time . . may be after some years these sandy bridge and ivy bridge processor loose their value as for nowadays of p3 processors . . so better to go for it and enjoy if one can afford . . the prices should be reasonable . . i remember one processor core i7 black addition extreme was priced RS 92000 plus . . not in range of every one . . price matters so intel keep your prices low . .
most of the consumers would not notice the different, they cpus will be still branded i3,i5,i7 so it’s not a big deal.