Intel's upcoming Haswell CPUs use 41% less energy, perform better

After Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge, CPU's based on its new Hasswell architecture should be the new success for Intel. According to WSJ.com they use a  whopping 41% less energy than Ivy Bridge based  CPUs. It's important for Intel as their current CPUs are using a relative big amount of energy, a reason why Intel hasn't been a big player on mobile devices.

With Haswell, Intel has dropped the energy usage of the chip to 10 watts, down from 17 watts used by Ivy Bridge.

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With the lower energy consumption comes the benefit that ultrabooks and laptops will have a longer battery life (from 6-8 hours to 11-15 hours)  on the same battery. Intel has also told the WSJ that it hopes OEMs will now be able to make thinner and lighter ultrabooks because then can now use smaller batteries to have a battery life people are currently used to.

Besides the less energy consumption, Haswell based CPUs should also be more secure, perform better and have increased graphic performance.

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It will be interesting to see if Intel will really be able to bring the same technology to its  mobile CPUs, where it could be used in tablets and smartphones, a market where ARM dominates with their low energy chips. The first Haswell CPUs should become available to Intel partners in Q4 of this year, in Q1 of 2013 the first consumer products using Haswell based CPUs should become available.

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