Recently, Intel launched its latest upgrade to its Intel Evo mobile computing platform. An AI-powered coprocessor by Intel is said to noticeably improve laptop power efficiency and lengthen battery life. 

Intel calls the new chip, 'The Intel Visual Sensing Controller'. Also, the code Clover falls calls it "a secure companion chip that helps make PCs more smart and secure through the power of Intel artificial intelligence". 

Initially, the chip is said to ship in commercial laptops as an enhancement to the Intel Evo mobility platform - which is a partnership between Intel and manufacturers to streamline a laptop's entire hardware platform, not just the CPU, to be more energy-efficient - and will presumably ship in consumer-market laptops sometime after that.

"The co-engineering effort involves Intel’s dedication to tackling unique product challenges together and taking the entirety of the system into consideration – all so we can deliver amazing new platform features to business users," said Dell Latitude and Mobility Products' vice president, Meghana Patwardhan.

This new chip senses the presence of a user in front of the screen and adjusts the screen brightness accordingly.

A laptop display definitely has one of the biggest appetites of any component of the machine, so reducing power to the screen by reducing brightness when you're not actually looking at it would be a huge battery saver. 

Intel is said to add security in its new chip that points to security features like facial recognition and similar tasks that can be well in line with an AI coprocessor.

Source: TechRadar

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Intel Corp (INTC.O) on Wednesday unveiled “Tiger Lake,” the 11th generation version of its flagship chip for laptops that it hopes will help it regain lost market share and counter forthcoming Apple Inc (AAPL.O) machines with Apple-designed chips.

Intel said the chips use a new manufacturing technique and other tweaks that make them more powerful at tasks such as using artificial intelligence to reduce background noise during video calls.

The company said it worked with laptop makers including Dell Technologies Inc (DELL.N) and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) and that 50 machines from different makers will be available for the holiday shopping season.

The Tiger Lake processors come as Intel, one of the few chip companies that both designs and makes its own chips, has struggled with manufacturing delays. The company has started to lose market share to rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O) that use outside manufacturers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW).

In a pre-recorded presentation streamed on Wednesday, Intel executives focused on real-world performance. Showcasing the new chip’s graphics capability, Intel executives claimed better frame-rate performance than rival chips from Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) and AMD and presented a video clip of a young gamer beating her father while his laptop lagged.

Intel announced a new co-brand for Project Athena laptops, co-engineered with manufacturers, that use Tiger Lake chips called “Intel Evo.” The project is aimed at boosting consumer confidence in sometimes-disappointing claims about features such as battery life.

The branding will be available to partners that make high-end machines, similar to the “Ultrabook” branding campaign that Intel launched in 2011 after Apple introduced its MacBook Air machines. Apple, which announced in June it would quit using Intel chips and move to its own Apple Silicon chips, plans to release the first such machines this year.

Source: Reuters

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M1 is apples first chip designed specifically for the Mac. It features apples latest Neural Engine. Its 16‑core design is capable of executing a massive 11 trillion operations per second. In fact, with a powerful 8‑core GPU, machine learning accelerators, and the Neural Engine, the entire M1 chip is designed to excel at machine learning. Final Cut Pro can intelligently frame a clip in a fraction of the time. Pixelmator Pro can magically increase sharpness and detail at incredible speeds. And every app with ML‑powered features benefits from performance never before seen on Mac.

The M1 chip is packed with a number of powerful custom technologies, including:

1. Apple’s latest image signal processor (ISP) for higher quality video with better noise reduction, greater dynamic range, and improved auto white balance.

2. The latest Secure Enclave for best-in-class security.

3. A high-performance storage controller with AES encryption hardware for faster and more secure SSD performance.

4. Low-power, highly efficient media encode and decode engines for great performance and extended battery life.

5. An Apple-designed Thunderbolt controller with support for USB 4, transfer speeds up to 40Gbps, and compatibility with more peripherals than ever.

source: apple.com

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