Intel used CES in Las Vegas to offer a further glimpse, though little detail, of its next-generation chips due in 2020. ‘Tiger Lake’ is its next CPU, and Intel proved that its next GPU, code-named DG1, is up and running.
Before its press conference began, Intel had already made several announcements, some arguably more interesting: its new Core i9-based modular NUC, “Ghost Canyon,” (go.pcworld.com/gost) plus new details concerning its 10th-gen Comet Lake chips, including the fact that they’ll run above 5GHz (go.pcworld.com/abv5). Intel also revealed earlier that its upcoming Tiger Lake CPUs will have improved AI performance, though the company didn’t say how much.
Intel is—or should be—worried about AMD’s barrage of CES announcements, including the Ryzen 4000 (see page 12) 7nm/ Zen 2 mobile chips expected to take on Intel, and the ridiculously powerful 64-core 3rd-gen Ryzen Threadripper 3990WX (go. pcworld.com/39wx).
PROJECT ATHENA GAINS MOMENTUM
The press conference began with segments on Intel’s enterprise businesses, which we’ve summarized at the end of this story. Finally it was time for some consumer PC news.
Greg Bryant, executive vice president of its Client Computing Group, came onstage to update the audience on Project Athena (go. pcworld.com/pran), the thin-and-light specification that Intel helped develop. In less than a year, Intel has verified 25 Project
Athena devices, Bryant said. In 2020, that number will be doubled to more than 50, Bryant continued—including a new dual-screen specification.
This story is from the February 2020 edition of PCWorld.
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