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Intel’s Sandy Bridge comes with a separate transcoding unit

architecture of Sandy Bridge (Photo: Intel) sources report that will have Intel’s upcoming processors Sandy Bridge, a separate transcoding unit. It will accelerate the conversion of videos.

Sandy Bridge is the next processor architecture, the market leader. You should replace the usual Intel Nehalem two-year cycle. Nehalem was introduced in November 2008. It underlies all the core i3, i5 and i7 processors.

Series production of Sandy Bridge will begin in the fourth quarter of 2010. First PCs with the new processors would be available in January, when running in the U.S., the CES.

Sources at Intel tell, the transcoding unit from the main processor and will be separated on the motherboard integrated graphics function. Your task is to file formats – mainly video – to convert from one format to another. This should go much faster than before. This benefits users who want to convert movies for a smartphone. There is no official confirmation of the feature did not exist.

Long been known is that with the new Sandy Bridge AVX instruction set is introduced. It is designed to accelerate multimedia functions of all kinds, including also the processing of audio and video.

As was with Intel Nehalem with Sandy Bridge makes a big step. The architecture provides for the first time in Intel’s mainstream CPUs to grab the graphics unit (GPU) on the motherboard. Both share a common cache. This is made possible by a particularly compact production with 32 nanometer feature size.

When he presented the figures for the second quarter, said Intel CEO Paul Otellini, is accelerating the move to Sandy Bridge. “Because of the very positive reception from Sandy Bridge, we make our factories more quickly to around 32 nanometers. This should help us to meet anticipated demand.” Allegedly, the recent decline in demand for PCs is also due to Sandy Bridge, which will wait for introduction of PC manufacturers and customers.

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