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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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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Xeon drawn from Sandy Bridge-E arrive

Why are the equivalent of Sandy Bridge Servers-E Xeon slow to get out? Here are some ...

There a few days of this, we offered you the test of Intel Sandy Bridge-E. A total of eight cores "hyperthreading", so 16 rows of parallel processing, coupled with 20 MB of L3 cache, supported by four-channel DDR3 and two QPI channel for communication between processors, managing forty lines PCI Express version 3.0 more DMI2 embedded controller to manage the input / output. Impressive. Some will say that the Westmere-EX are more powerful. Yes, but the TDP emerged and consumption is not the same on this new generation of processors.


By cons, we do not always get these super processors for processing units in the drawers of Rue-Montgallet. The founder says they have some problems, especially on the new chipset Patsburg, the virtualization engine and the management of ports SAS, the world wide standard servers. But if the latter tests are successful, the next batch (C2 Stepping) should be available in February 2012, without elaborating.

Another major issue on which Intel has floored, the consumption of the devices associated with the processor, such as cache controllers or I / O or memory controller is now integrated into the processor. All this requires a lot of juice, for this reason also that the version "Desktop" has only six instead of eight cores, for example. It is therefore understandable that the frequencies of some processors are scaled down to meet the specifications for the TDP announced.

But the technical improvements of these new architectures can improve performance against previous generations. To correct this, it is expected that in the middle of the second quarter of 2012, a new revision (D-Stepping) will be released. When the chipset Patsburg finalized, version 3.0 of the PCI-Express has erased the problem of backward compatibility and then the frequencies of the processors may be revised upwards.

This architecture finally coming of age for PC and for the Pro, Ivy Bridge will arrive shortly after, in 2013, although it is rumored that they could get to the end of 2012 ...

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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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The price of the next CPU Sandy Bridge-E d�voil�, but without Heatpipe!

The succession of the Core i7 is running, prices come to be informally revealed by our colleague VR-Zone.

Reliable source, prices were not surprising and it switches just the price of the Sandy Bridge ancient on the new Sandy Bridge-E (reminder: E for enthusiast, or French, amateur performance.) so to replace the Core i7 990 X by 3960X, the Core i7 980 by the 3930K and finally the Core i7 960 by the 3820.

We are thus left with a Core i7 3820, the smallest of the three, with a frequency of 3 database, GHz (Quad-Core / 8 Thread with 10 MB of L3 cache) and a maximum of 3, 9GHz with the Turbo mode, all for a price of 294USD...
The second Core i7 3930K is a hexacore with 12 Thread running at 3 GHz base and 3, 8 GHz with the Turbo mode and equipped with 12Mo of L3 cache at a price of 583USD.
And the third, the most powerful of the three, is the the 3960X sold to 999USD (model 6 hearts / 12 Thread with Schoolhouse of L3 cache) with frequencies ranging from 3, base to 3 GHz, 9GHz in Turbo mode.

All three are mounted on Socket LGA 2011 with the Chipset X 79, worthy successor of the couple LGA1366 / X 58, and have a TDP of weighing, they will be engraved in 32nm.Small detail, the constructor calls well feed its processors with a certified feed 80 + minimum.

However, Intel has decided not to sell the Sandy Bridge-E processors with a heatpipe. This is due to the fact that these processors are destined for a certain category of persons, which of course has a heatpipe with efficiency, both in terms of cooling and noise from a stock version. With a TDP of weighing it fully understands that the heatpipe of Intel will struggle to keep the fresh configuration.

 

 

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Sandy Bridge-E, the I7-3960X would be 47% faster than the I7 - 990 X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two charts published by the Donanimhaber.com site reveal the performance of the model of the future Sandy Bridge-E platform.Sandy Bridge-E will be the next round of top processors range from Intel using the new socket LGA-2011 from replace the set of processors on socket LGA-1366 for call back.

Currently high-end consists therefore of the I7-990 X EE (Extreme Edition). It is composed of six hearts with the support of the Hyper-Threading, or twelve Threads. He is running at 3.460 Mhz and monte 3.730 Mhz in Turbo Mode supported by 12 MB L3 cache. The memory controller manages the DDR3 on three channels at a frequency of 1066 Mhz. All for a TDP of 130 Watts.The leak is the I7-3960X EE (Extreme Edition). It will be with respect to him composed of six hearts with the support of the Hyper-Threading or twelve Threads also. He will be running at 3,300 Mhz and will rise to 3.900 Mhz mode Turbo, or nearly 4 GHZ! Backed up by a 15 MB L3 cache. The memory controller always bear the DDR3 but on four channels at a frequency of 1333 Mhz. The HRT will be the same or 130 Watts.
Tests on the first chart show that on Cinebench 11.5 the I7-3960X EE would be 13% more efficient than the I7-990 X, 12% more efficient on POV - Ray 3.7, 36% on the physics of 3D Mark 11 test score and finally 15% better on ProShow 4.5.The second graph shows a growth of 34% in Integer and 65% in decimal floating on SPEC CPU 2006, which measures the bandwidth memory.

It also shows that on the AVX instruction set tested by Sandra 2011 benchmark performance would be an increase of 92% in multimedia.
Regarding bandwidth memory, Sandra 2011 view Quad-Channel 111% higher performance than the Triple-Channel.The average of all these gains represent 47.25% of additional performance.

Still waiting for the end of the year, there was more than expected temperatures to warm us up with some less synthetic benchmarks, and see what would be the daily earnings.

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The Sandy Bridge-E always planned for Q4

The launch of the future Core i7 Sandy Bridge-E socket LGA-2011 is always set to the end of the year...

Intel to launch new high platform of range for the general public at the end of the year. In the heart of the latter, will be Sandy Bridge-E processors, which operate the socket LGA-2011. Our colleagues of Donanimhaber come to hand over a new leaf confirming the names of these processors, as well as their time of arrival.

The Core i7-3820 will be the most accessible model, it should be proposed at a rate similar to that of the i7-960 ($294). The Core i7-3930K should be a CPU multiplier coefficients are free. An estimated $ 583 official tariff. Finally, the Core i7-3960X will be the Extreme of this future range declination, and it will be proposed at $ 999. Intel should launch these solutions over the last three months of the year. They should be supplanted in the second quarter of 2012, just after the launch of the first Ivy Bridge processors socket LGA-1155.It should be noted that once more the launch of the Sandy Bridge-E on the fourth appears to confirm, il may motherboards accompanying these processors are amputees of certain features, pending a fuller review. Question is if these two chipsets will be X 79 Express, or if Intel will launch any Z79 Express...

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Good and bad surprises of the Sandy Bridge-E

The frequencies and caches of three Sandy Bridge-E models have appeared on the canvas. The Core i7-3960X will be a processor with six cores rotating at 3.30 GHz and 3.9 GHz in Turbo mode. It has a 15 MB L3 cache. It should be the most expensive of all and probably cost in the $1,000. The Core i7-3930K will have the same number of cores, but lower frequencies. It will turn to 3.20 GHz in normal mode and 3.80 GHz in Turbo mode. It will have 12 MB L3 cache. Finally, the last is a processor quad core responding on behalf of Core i7-3810. It will turn to 3.60 GHz and will have a turbo mode of 3.9 GHz and 10 MB of L3 cache.

This information comes from the Donanim Haber site and if they are correct, this would mean first that Intel would have decided to amend the nomenclature for the Sandy Bridge-E with the number three at the top of each model. It recalls that it had introduced a nomenclature to four digits with the Sandy Bridge which are designated as Core ix - 2xxx where they are not declined in Pentium or Celeron version. The idea of a change in nomenclature for the Sandy Bridge-E was issued last June, but at the time, talked about the use of the name Core i8.Intel have decided to designate the Sandy Bridge-E as a new architecture, which is not accurate. The Sandy-Bridge-E are primarily the Sandy Bridge high range requesting a Socket LGA 2011. In addition, according to the latest information published on the site VR-Zone, Intel would lower the characteristics of motherboards X 79 to extricate its product before the end of the year.

Earlier this month, rumors claimed that the Sandy Bridge-E were delayed and had to go out to these 2012 (cf. "The Sandy Bridge-E pushed early 2012"). The reasons for the delay were unknown. Today, the sounds of corridors say that Intel would be problems with the X 79 chipset that meets for code Patsburg-X, which was similar to the Patsburg-D chipset with a few changes to the consumer market. Patsburg D is high range for the Sandy Bridge - E Xeon chipset. It has eight ports SAS - SATA 6 Gb/s and it uses link 4 x PCI-Express 3.0 to connect the SAS ports to the CPU and optimize the performance of storage solutions. In response to its problems of development and his desire to leave the Sandy Bridge-E before the end of the year, the 79 X should be demoted to a B Patsburg manages only four SAS ports - SATA 6 Gb/s. PCI-Express 3.0 would also abandoned.If these information are correct, this means that the Sandy Bridge-E platform would lose some of its appeal. These changes will not impact on the performance in General, but the lifespan of the platform could be reduced, which is more harmful on the premium system which is supposed to last until the second half of 2013.These changes last minutes we also require to ask if the integration of the Sandy Bridge-E in the ix-3xxx Core family which should be mainly inhabited by the Ivy Bridge is sound. It risk primarily to confuse the consumer while the new architecture, which should arrive in the second quarter of 2012 will support PCI-Express 3.0.

In the meantime, the three processors in flight have all supported the HyperThreading and all a 130 W TDP. The X refers to Extreme Edition design and K points to an editable multiplier. These information are consistent rumors that we reported last May (cf. "Rise in frequency for the Sandy Bridge-E step"). Intel frequencies remain cautious, but these processors are designed to integrate configurations very high range, Intel expects surely overclockent consumers themselves their processor.

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