Intel sheds light on plans for CES

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Company will fill out Nehalem line with new chips

Intel is planning to launch more than two dozen new products at next month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

At a special event in San Francisco on Thursday the company revealed that it would debut 27 new components, including 17 new processors.

Intel director or marketing Uday Marty told reporters that the new chips were designed to cover the entire spectrum and bring the Nehalem architecture throughout the company's product line.

Among the new products will be the addition of new Core i5 and Core i3 chips to complement the high end Core i7 line.

The company plans for the Core i3 chips to provide the basic advantages of the Nehalem architecture for low-end users, while the Core i5 chips will feature the Turbo Boost feature and focus on users who perform more demanding tasks such as video or photo editing.

Marty said that when the new chips launch on 7 January, they will add round out the Nehalem offering and officially establish the architecture throughout the market.

In addition to the new processors, Intel is also planning to update its on-board graphics and sound platforms. The GMA graphics platform will be rebranded as "Intel HD Graphics" and will be offered on all of the company's new dual-core systems along improved on-board sound systems.

Though on-board graphics systems have long been lamented by users for their low power and limited abilities, Intel argued that the latest systems were far more advanced and capable of running more demanding tasks and supporting new standards such as Blu-ray playback.

Marty said that while users such as graphics professionals and high-end game enthusiasts will still favour discreet graphics cards, the company feels that its new onboard chips and graphics will be able to meet the needs of as many as 90 per cent of users.

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