nsane.forums Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Forthcoming chip architecture to feature media transcoding functions More details have emerged about Intel's next-generation architecture, codenamed Sandy Bridge, which will include even more specialised circuitry to accelerate multimedia functions, according to reports. Sandy Bridge, which will succeed the Nehalem architecture used in the current Core i3, i5 and i7 chips, will feature specialised circuitry to accelerate transcoding functions, the reports say. Such transcoding functions will speed conversion of multimedia data such as video or audio files from one format to another, offloading this process from codecs handled in software to the CPU itself. Intel has already disclosed that Sandy Bridge will introduce Advanced Vector Extensions, new instructions designed to accelerate floating-point calculations for applications such as image, video and audio processing. Chips based on Sandy Bridge will also feature an updated graphics core and are expected to deliver improved 3D graphics capabilities, which points to a significant all-round boost in multimedia processing. Meanwhile, various enthusiast sites published leaked details this week of claimed clock speeds for the first Sandy Bridge chips. According to this information, which has not been verified by Intel, the entry-level chip will be a dual-core clocked at 2.5GHz, and the top-end will be represented by a quad-core 3.4GHz chip. Sandy Bridge is still scheduled to go into production in late 2010, and the first chips targeting desktop and laptop systems are likely to arrive early in 2011. It has been a busy week for Intel fans. On Monday a leaked slide purporting to show Intel's Flash chip roadmap indicated that solid state drives (SSDs) with capacities of up to 600GB are just around the corner. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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