Some of the early details of Intel's chips that are due for release next year with some already in the market show the significance of the Intel's engineering.
One version of the processors will run at 10 watts, about half as much as its current Ivy Bridge design. It said the improvement would mean devices could become thinner, faster and offer extended battery life.
In addition it said the chips were designed to better support "perceptual" tasks such as voice recognition, facial analysis and depth tracking. Another innovation on the new chips is a more powerful GPU (graphics processing unit). This is designed to handle tasks in which a large number of calculations can be carried out simultaneously, rather than one-at-a-time.
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arm-based chips
While such advances may help Intel continue its dominance of the PC-market, one analyst suggested that it might remain a niche player when it came to tablets, at least in the short term.
As stated by principal research analyst at Gartner, ARM's current dominance in the sector comes from the fact they were in the smartphone business when Intel wasn't and this technology has now been leveraged for tablets.
via bbc