A comprehensive in MSI and all-in-one Ivy Bridge

MSI presents a new all-in-one computer in its Wind Top line, with TV tuner and CPU Intel Ivy Bridge.

MSI completes its range Wind Top (of the all-in-one computers) with a new reference: AE2281G. Behind this sequence of letters and numbers is hidden a PC of 22 "equipped with processor Intel Core i third generation and a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 M 2 GB with Optimus technology - which is not much interest on computer fixed, but good. His definition Full HD 1080p screen has the advantage to be multi-point touch, and to be treated non-glare.

-Side configuration, there is a quad-core processor Core i5-3450S "Ivy Bridge" coupled with Intel H61 chipset, 4 GB of DDR3 1333 MHz, HDD 500 GB 7200 RPM, n WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0, a DVD super-multi in slot-in drive, a memory card reader 6-in-1, two ports USB 3.0, four USB 2.0 portsoutput and input HDMI, an integrated port RJ45, a 1.3 MP camera with a microphone and a TV tuner. It is therefore a rather complete computer shipped with mouse, keyboard and remote control, which will draw up to 150W of power electric.

The Wind Top AE2281G measures 55.5 x 40.5 x 66.5 cm and a weight of 9.1 Kg. no specific award announced at the moment.

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Ivy Bridge: six new Core i5 on approach

Small update on the new Core i5 processor of third-generation approach...

In early June, are six new processors Intel which should be launched in the Core i5 series processor range 3000. Talking about many processors Ivy Bridge engraved 22 nm to desktops, which disembark under these trade names: Core i5-3470, Core i5-3470S, Core i5-3470T, Core i5-3475S, Core i5-3570, Core i5-3570S.

It's CPU with four hearts (except the model with the reference ends with a T, which displays a max of 35W TDP) with 6 MB L3 cache, processors from 2.8 to 3.4 GHz, and 3.5 to 3.8 GHz in Turbo mode. However, not Intel HD 4000 (except for the Core i5-3475S) to the program, but a less powerful Intel HD 2500 iGPU. CPU World table is once more perfect to get all the info at a glance.

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Ivy Bridge: it will cost how much a Core i3 22 nm?

Small récap' price expected for the Ivy Bridge Core i3 line.

According to the table published by CPU World, the third generation i3 Core will be sold by Intel (in batches of 1000) in the following the unit price. Expected these dual-core chips this summer... Nothing to add, everything is compiled here:

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Ivy Bridge and temperature: a problem of TIM confirmed

TIM (for Thermal Interface Material) is a thin layer of thermal paste between the nucleus and the IHS. Intel would have used a somewhat limited TIM which results in a rise in temperature important in overclocking on the Ivy Bridge.

Our Japanese colleagues from PC Watch had fun to disassemble a third-generation Intel Core, Core i7-3770K CPU to be exact, and analyzed the impact of the thermal paste between the nucleus and the IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader) used by Intel. As we have seen in testing of overclocking the processor by our expert Thomas "Pt1t" Kerrinckx, the heater is much more important than expected. The emitted doubts writing is confirmed by tests of Japanese and used thermal paste is not the most effective.

In the design of a processor, the caster has two solutions, it pastes the IHS on the ring with a thermal paste either it directly welded the IHS on the ring. In both cases, the heat emitted by the nucleus must be evacuated at best to the heatpipe itself intercalated with a thin layer of thermal paste. The image of PC Watch above illustrates this point, with black kernel, in red the two layers of pulp thermal (the bottom being posed by Intel and the top by the user) and clear grey the IHS on the dark grey that represents the base of installed heatpipe.

Our Intel Core i7-3770K decapsulation...

Thus, the Overclocking can engage in the gurgling on this generation of processors to then put a new layer brand, as the paste OCZ Freeze Extreme or the Coollaboratory Liquid Pro. The results are without appeal and the performance of the pulp used by Intel inhibits the potential of OC of Ivy Bridge. The decapping operation is not without risk still and the gain may be minimal if the processor is not of good quality. However, PC Watch tests show a difference of 15 to 20 ° C reference processor and the modified processor, which allows up to 5 GHz to 1.55 V without any configuration plant during the Cinebench 11.5 multi-threaded test in the case of Liquid Pro.

                  

A table and a record of temperatures by PC Watch

Remains to be seen if revisions of these third-generation Intel processors will correct this problem with the pulp of better quality, or with an IHS directly welded to cut short just this controversy... But nothing is less sure.

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VAIO T11 and T13: Sony updates the Ultrabook in Sandy Bridge...

Japanese Sony is going two models of Ultrabooks 11.6 "and 13.3", the VAIO T11 and T13.

Sony arrived shortly after the battle of the Ultrabooks which took place between the different constructors earlier this year but as the proverb so says "everything comes to point to who knows wait".

    

The Japanese firm has come to unveil its two models of ultrathin laptops, VAIO T (T as "Thin", "end" in English) available in versions 13.3 to 11.6 inches. Small disappointment however, the technical characteristics for the model 13 "are not excessive with a slab of" 13.3 of a definition of only 1366 x 768 pixels, an Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3-2367M processor (dual-core running at 1.4 Ghz, 3 MB cache and GPU Intel HD 3000), 4 GB of DDR3, a hard drive hybrid 320 GB 5400 RPM more flash NAND (SSD optional)a webcam HD 1.3 megapixel camera (Exmor sensor), Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi b/g/n, a SDHC memory card reader, a Gigabit Ethernet port, a USB 2.0 port, a USB 3.0 port and an HDMI output.

The VAIO T13 comes under Windows 7, it measures 226 x 17.8 x 323 mm, weighs 1.6 kg with its standard battery autonomy can mount up to 9 hours in SSD configuration.

         

The VAIO T have an elegant design with the use of materials like aluminum and magnesium. Availability is announced for the beginning of the month of may for undisclosed rates. Hope that the asking price is not excessive and that versions with new processors Intel Ivy Bridge see the day quickly.

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The Ivy Bridge compiled potential prices

How many will be sold the Ivy Bridge? Officially, no one knows. But unofficially, here are the prices that should be expected...

The year 2012 will be marked by the arrival of Core third generation i, the famous Ivy Bridge engraved 22 nm at Intel. If many leaks already released most of the interesting information concerning these processors need to be tested in real conditions of use, missing us however - side rumors - the data concerning the potential price.

CPU World is responsible for compiling the price already listed by some resellers and other wholesalers that, if they are without doubt not definitive, nevertheless allow an idea of the approximate fee schedule of the Ivy Bridge. For example can be expected that the Core i7-3770K displaces the Core i7-2600K on a roughly similar price...

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Sandy Bridge: price declines expected

The Core i3 and i5 of second generation should see their prices down a few weeks, according to Asian sources...

Intel has recently informed its partners of its intention to reduce the price of its Core i of second generation Sandy Bridge processors. Some references to the Core i5 and i3 ranges could even lose between 10 and 15%, according to some actors in the mobile market, we learn the DigiTimes. Necessarily, it promises the arrival of the Ivy Bridge, Core third generation i engraved 22 nm which are expected for April 2012 and whose features were unveiled by a leak of a large scale. The idea being to stimulate the demand for Sandy Bridge until these new chips arrive on the market.

Manufacturers such as Acer, Asus and Lenovo already offer laptops with Core i3 from €400 and Core i5 from approximately €500. Remains to be seen if they will benefit from these price declines to increase their margins or prices of finished products. Also, this should help ultrabooks manufacturers to lower prices of their first models in Core i5 from January 2012, the sources of the DigiTimes evoking a rebate that could rise to $ 100 to sell stocks, clarify inventories and prepare for the arrival of the second generation ultrabooks.

In conclusion, remember that the Ivy Bridge - as the Core i5-3450 and Core i7-3370 - are expected at prices wedged between 322 and 184 $, that is only 10-15 dollars more than the Sandy Bridge on some references to "equivalent" models. More the Sandy Bridge will be passed quickly, faster market will keep the head to the Ivy Bridge, and it is therefore in the interest of Intel to assist this transition to be as short as possible.

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All-in-a tactile from Dell passes to Sandy Bridge

Dell meets Samsung renewing one of its flagship "all-in-one", a 23 "touch that rises in range...

While Samsung has presented its new range of "all-in-one", which does not arguments fail to convince, Dell renews its Inspiron One 23, a model up in line with to the closet AMD platform to integrate a Sandy Bridge of second generation. Three models are proposed, with a first prize with a Core i5-2400S (quad-core 2.5 GHz, Turbo at 3.3 GHz and 6 MB cache) with Intel HD Graphics 2000, 6 GB of DDR3, 1 TB of storage on disk at 7200 tr / min and combo DVD burner.

Above, the configuration muscle with dedicated graphics (Nvidia GeForce GT 525 M), 8 GB of DDR3, 2TB of disk space and a combo Blu - ray player. And can be, for a few euros more, go to the Core i7-2600S (quad-core 2.8 GHz with Hyper-Threading, Turbo 3.8 GHz and 8 MB cache).

All these references are equipped with a slab touch multipoint of 23 "a definition Full HD, have WiFi n, of Bluetooth 3.0, a Ethernet Gigabit controller, four port USB 2.0 (3.0 step!) and output HDMI and VGA, for a second screen. Already available in the United States, the Dell Inspiron One 23 is sold between $ 950 to $ 1400. It now expected to see land in France to find out if this rise in range will be also accompanied by a rise in the price...

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A bridge SATA 6 Gb/s to USB 3.0 in Renesas

The Japanese firm Renesas comes to unveil a new SuperSpeed USB controller to obtain higher at 370 MB/s rates.

Renesas provides many years of controllers in any kind. SuperSpeed USB from the Japanese firm solutions are a great success, and are undoubtedly among the best. Renesas presents today a different controller. The µPD720230 is a bridge Serial ATA 3.0 to USB 3.0.

This is the first SoC of this type that supports the Protocol UASP. Therefore, it promises to provide very high-level performances, with sequential flows exceeding 370 MB/s.

This chip is also efficient in energy, with new States reducing consumption in idle. Renesas plans to begin production of its new chips in October. This µPD720230 should be made to more than 500,000 units a month. His current unit rate (which is brought to decline after the end of the sampling period) is $ 3.5. It remains to see if it will be adopted by the constructors of external enclosures!

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Gigabyte announces its PCI-Express 3.0 and Ivy Bridge compatible motherboards

Known Ivy Bridge, which will be the next generation of Intel processor with the 22 nm, will be compatible with Socket 1155 via a bios update. Gigabyte publishes a list revealing its motherboards series 6 compatible with Ivy Bridge as well as with the standard PCI-Express 3.0.

Support for the PCI-Express 3.0 standard is unique since it depends on the used processor. The Sandy Bridge integrates current processors a controller, which manages 16 lines PCI-Express 2.0 used for graphics cards. Unlike Ivy Bridge will handle sixteen lines PCI-Express 3.0 standard. Slots PCI-Express 3.0 and 2.0 being the same, a switch on the motherboard will then allow following the processor installed to use one or the other.
Course according to the number of adapters installed sixteen lines PCI-Express 3.0 will be spread over one or two ports PCI-Express.Here is the list of motherboards Gigabyte compatible PCI-Express 3.0 and Ivy Bridge via a bios update:

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ASRock Unveils in turn of PCI-Express 3.0 and Ivy Bridge compatible motherboards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASRock Unveils him also of socket 1155 motherboards supporting the standard PCI-Express 3.0 and therefore Ivy Bridge, which will be the next generation of Intel processor with the 22 nm.

ASRock has made available a mini site dedicated to the standard PCI-Express 3.0 unveiling new motherboards. They are easily differentiated other models of manufacturing with the addition of the GEN3 concept. However, although its motherboards are listed as compatible with the PCI-Express 3.0 standard, this will depend on the used processor.

Indeed current processors Sandy Bridge incorporates a controller, who only manage sixteen lines PCI-Express 2.0. It will be a processor Ivy Bridge, which includes managing sixteen lines PCI-Express 3.0, located on the motherboard socket for the switch ports PCI-Express 3.0. Of course because the processor manages only sixteen lines PCI-Express 3.0 following the number of connected graphics cards they will be spread over one or two ports PCI-Express.

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