How Intel’s 4th Generation processor will revolutionise computing

Intel launched its 4th Generation Core processor in India on Wednesday hoping it will give a thrust to 2-in-1 devices.

In an interview with Firstpost, Leighton Phillips, the product and pricing head (Asia Pacific) spoke to us about how the 4th Generation Core processor will change computing, it’s potential for the Ultrabooks and why perceptual computing is the next big thing for emerging markets.

How the 4th Generation Intel Core Processor will change computing…

For 20 years we have been constrained on what design flexibilities we have with mobile computing, largely driven because the wattage of the processor. It has to sit under the computer and a function of that was because of its clamshell orientation.

That continues, but there’s clearly a global trend towards tablet usage models and as a function of the 4th generation core on how low we can drive the power of these devices, we can begin to move that processor behind the screen and really create a true 2-in-1 experience of the best of the notebook and the best of the tablet in one. So I think that’s one of the major implications of the 4th Gen Core.

Usually when we shrink down to the fitness of devices – doesn’t matter if it is a phone or a tablet – you have to make trade offs – battery, graphics, power, performance. Now with the 4th Gen Core we demonstrated today was we can still deliver the performance of discreet graphic capabilities embedded inside the 4th Gen. We can deliver that quality of graphics in the form factors of these 2-in-1 tablet/devices and that’s compelling to a lot of users.

Saying all that, say you want to form factors, the performance and the graphics and you also want battery life. With 4th Gen Core we do all that. The sleekest form factors, tablet and notebook plus performance and graphics. It infact is the greatest generation on generation battery life – so for 9 hours you won’t have to change the battery watching high definition video.