Sandy Bridge to get two-fold faster integrated graphics
Intel is said to have informed its partners that its upcoming Sandy Bridge architecture will have two-fold faster integrated graphics. Although the world's largest chipmaker did not specify what it compared the new microarchitecture to, it obviously meant the existing Nehalem CPUs. According to Intel, the chips have advanced media and graphics capabilities.
It's worth noting that Sandy Bridge-based CPUs will have integrated graphics on the same die as the CPU. They will be the first chips from Intel with the 32nm graphics core. Since NVIDIA and ATI are planning to switch to 28nm manufacturing process, Intel might be the only one in the industry with the 32nm graphics core.
Of course, a twofold increase over Intel HD graphics found on Arrandale (mobile dual-core Nehalem) and Clarkdale (desktop) chipsets would be welcome, because the current design is capable of advanced media playback but a bit sluggish when it comes to gaming.
According to the latest available data, Sandy Bridge will support 4GHz clock speeds, with scalable CPUs using up to eight cores.
Source: Fudzilla
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