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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin. Here at Computex,

  • Intel has gotten serious about the future of the laptop.

  • Intel sponsored our trip here to take a look

  • at some of the biggest changes to laptops

  • that we've seen in nearly a decade.

  • The first phase of this is Project Athena.

  • Now, this might not have the sexiest code name,

  • but this really has the potential

  • of being the biggest shift to laptops that we've seen,

  • ever since Intel introduced the Ultrabook back in like,

  • was it like 2013?

  • But essentially what we're getting here

  • is a guaranteed nine hours

  • of real world use out of a Project Athena laptop.

  • And this is not like a demo that a lot of

  • other manufacturers use where they turn off WiFi,

  • turn the screen brightness down like watching video.

  • No, this is actual real world benchmarking,

  • so Intel actually kind of walk us through

  • some of those things that they do.

  • And it's actually really impressive.

  • So not only do they run these tests like 30 times,

  • but they run it with a wide range of different apps open.

  • So we're talking about having like Chrome

  • and a bunch of different tabs,

  • you have multiple programs open you're actually doing

  • real work on a laptop, which is of course what we all do.

  • I mean, come on.

  • It's great to see 20 hours of battery life on a spec sheet.

  • But unless you can actually get something like that

  • in the real world, it's not super relevant.

  • So it's nice to see that nine hours is actually

  • the real goal, and in fact, you actually have to hit that

  • to be certified as a Project Athena laptop.

  • Another aspect here is performance

  • and especially responsiveness.

  • So a lot of times the system will perform very well

  • when you're actually plugged in.

  • But as soon as you unplug it,

  • it goes into a very restrictive battery mode,

  • it really slows things down.

  • This is not going to be an issue with Athena laptops.

  • And on top of that, there are a bunch

  • of other small but important quality of life improvements.

  • We're talking about less than one second

  • to actually turn the computer on

  • when you open it up for it to come up from sleep.

  • We're talking about less than two seconds

  • between when you actually turn it on and when you can be on online,

  • so you don't have to sit around waiting.

  • I mean, come on.

  • Imagine you pull your phone out of your pocket

  • and you wait two seconds for it to boot up

  • and five seconds for it to get on WiFi.

  • I mean, that's just not a thing

  • that we deal with on the mobile side.

  • So it makes sense that this is some

  • of the next major goal on the actual laptop side

  • to make it as quick and snappy as possible.

  • There are a lot of other things

  • that are included in the spec such

  • as WiFi 6 as well as better AI performance,

  • but really boils down to these two things.

  • better battery life in real world scenarios

  • and better performance no matter

  • whether you're plugged in or on the go.

  • I mean, quite honestly,

  • why would you not want to take advantage of this?

  • Now I will say this is not a mandatory thing.

  • So not all 10th gen laptops will be Athena certified.

  • But it is one of these things

  • where if they do take advantage of this program,

  • and Intel is offering a lot of additional help for,

  • you know, designing and tuning these laptops

  • to make sure that they're qualifying,

  • it means that everyone is going

  • to get a better system, right?

  • I mean, it's not like you need

  • some magic new processor, giant battery.

  • It mean it's literally just a lot of work on tuning.

  • It's a lot of work on software.

  • It's a lot of work to make sure the laptop performs well

  • and performs well for a much longer period.

  • - [Ken] It's an innovation play.

  • - It's innovation play. Thank you.

  • Look to you with all of the buzzwords.

  • It has started raining here in Taipei,

  • but that will not stop me from talking about probably

  • the biggest announcement from Intel here at the show

  • the brand new 10th generation Intel Core processors.

  • So there's a lot to unpack here,

  • a lot of specs and a lot of new features.

  • So one of the big ones is that this is

  • the first brand new architecture

  • that Intel has used in quite a while.

  • It is their 10 nanometer.

  • And while we've talked a little about in the past,

  • this is the proper full on version which we will be able

  • to see on all kinds of different devices very shortly.

  • On top of that, we also have

  • a brand new Sunny Cove CPU core,

  • we have a brand new gen 11 graphics core,

  • as well as things such as,

  • integrated Thunderbolt 3 as well as WiFi 6.

  • Is that enough speeds and feeds for you?

  • If we break this down

  • this is the first all new architecture we've seen from Intel

  • since Skylake all the way back in 2015.

  • Now a big part of this is the updated 10 nanometer process.

  • Now it's certainly not a be all end all.

  • What it means is they can fit more transistors

  • into a smaller package.

  • And because they've paired that

  • with a bunch of new architecture upgrades,

  • it means that this is a full on generational upgrade

  • that we haven't seen in quite a while from Intel.

  • It's easy just to talk about that 10 nanometer,

  • but the fact that we have a brand new CPU core

  • also is going to give us much more performance.

  • So Intel is gone on record as saying

  • that we can expect up to an 18% IPC improvement.

  • Now that basically means that at the exact same clock speed

  • as the last generation you're going

  • to get 18% more performance.

  • And that my friends is a big, big jump.

  • I mean, usually you see like five percent,

  • maybe seven percent.

  • So seeing a full 18% is a big deal.

  • Now we don't know the exact clock speeds.

  • So that's the only kind of main thing

  • that I'm waiting to actually try.

  • But they have gone on record as saying

  • we should expect 4GHz+ so,

  • as long as we're in the roughly same range as last time,

  • but with the better IPC.

  • Means there's actually a major performance

  • increase coming to CPUs on the laptop

  • and hopefully the desktop side pretty soon.

  • The graphic side is actually seen a bigger boost.

  • So with the brand new Gen 11 graphics on board,

  • we're actually expecting up to a doubling of performance.

  • And that was very sorely needed,

  • because the last generation Intel integrated graphics

  • were, fine for normal use but they

  • were not particularly powerful for anything beyond that.

  • However now, not only do we have the acceleration for apps

  • such as like Photoshop, and just kind of keeping

  • the UI nice and smooth, but importantly

  • you actually can do some gaming on these new GPUs.

  • Not a lot mind you, but for some

  • basic titles 1080p should be totally usable.

  • Now the other major advantage

  • is we have much better display outs.

  • So before we were limited to like one 4k monitor.

  • However, now we can do two 4k monitors,

  • we can also do a 5k monitor,

  • or you can do a single 120 hertz 4k monitor

  • of the integrated graphics on your Intel GPU.

  • That is actually really cool.

  • And it means that things like Thunderbolt displays

  • are going to be much more useful.

  • So the 10th generation Intel Core processors

  • are starting with the Ice Lake-U series,

  • which is the 15 watt chips that are generally found

  • and things like thin and light laptops,

  • so it will be a quad core design.

  • So it's not a huge jump like we've seen in the past.

  • But with all these architecture improvements,

  • it should be a pretty big deal.

  • Now we will of course expect to see

  • Ice Lake and 10th gen expand beyond just a laptop,

  • but as of right now we just have these,

  • although they will be going on sale later this year.

  • So you will be able to get Ice Lake in 10th gen and everything

  • like that, in a system before too much longer.

  • And in fact, we actually got to spend a little bit of time

  • with a couple of these,

  • including the Dell XPS 13, which only has a killer build.

  • But importantly it has that properly powerful,

  • Ice Lake CPU inside.

  • I can't wait to tear into it and see exactly what it can do.

  • Because it's nice to see all these numbers

  • and sort of what Intel claims and everything,

  • but I want to get my hands on these things

  • and really see what they can do.

  • To put all this in context

  • I was able to spend a few minutes with one of the senior VPs

  • from Intel, Gregory Bryant to talk not only about 10th gen

  • but more importantly, what it means to you.

  • Dude, great to meet you. - Great to see you, yeah.

  • - So this is an awesome set. - It is, its a nice one, yeah.

  • - It is a great stage.

  • So there's a lot of stuff that you guys

  • are talking about at Computex, right.

  • So one of the main things is definitely 10th gen right?

  • - That's right.

  • - So obviously 10 nanometer has had a long process.

  • It's been quite the sort of ordeal to get here,

  • but it seems like it's in a good spot now, right?

  • - It is, I mean, it's,

  • it's taken a lot of work from the team

  • to get the products ready.

  • We've got multiple OEMs that we're showing on stage

  • at the event where their products

  • that will be shipping ahead of this holiday season.

  • - 10th is just the Ice Lake-U right now, correct?

  • - Yeah, that well, we're gonna do a whole family

  • of Ice Lake products. - Okay.

  • - The first one out is the Ice Lake-U product

  • 4+2 which you talked about, yeah.

  • - Which just makes a lot of sense, right?

  • Because obvious the process is one thing,

  • but it is one aspect, I mean, you look at 14, right.

  • I mean, obviously Intel's been on 14 for a long time.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But you look at like sort of like Broadwell

  • to now, the huge gains you see all across the board.

  • - That's right.

  • - And frequency, you can see that it's obviously not

  • just like, oh, slap a 10 nanometer badge on call it a day.

  • - No, no that's great that you pick up on that,

  • we made huge improvements across 14

  • as we delivered it kind of 70% improvement start to finish.

  • And we're just starting on the 10 journey,

  • and we'll improve it as we go.

  • And then we had, we recently had an investor day

  • where we talked about 7 nanometer technologies.

  • - Which is on track now.

  • - Yeah, for the first time and we said,

  • hey, we'll have 7 nanometer products out for 2021.

  • So you know, we feel - It's awesome.

  • - We feel much better about our roadmap

  • and and we're excited to get new products to market.

  • - This turned out to be a surprisingly

  • big Computex for Intel.

  • We got 10 nanometer, brand new CPU, GPU, all kinds of stuff.

  • And the most exciting thing is that we're actually going

  • to get our hands on it in a few months.

  • Now we'll have to see exactly how it performs.

  • But I've got to say if it's anything like

  • what they've claimed, I am very, very excited.

  • If you guys are interested in any of this stuff.

  • I will have links to check it out in the description.

  • (soft music)

- Hey guys, this is Austin. Here at Computex,

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