Credit: Intel
Every year, we get lots of processor announcements at CES. While this year's show is completely virtual, this has continued with AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all introducing significant products, particularly new components for laptop computers. Here are my thoughts on some of these announcements.
Intel
Intel's announcements focused on the firm's 11th Gen Core processors, mostly in the 10nm "Tiger Lake" family. Intel had announced the first Tiger Lake mobile processors in the fall, but really expanded the line at CES with processors aimed at the business and gaming markets.
I've been looking forward to seeing the mobile business products, especially those that support vPro, Intel's platform for security and management. Until now, all of the enterprise laptops based on Intel processors have used variations of the 14nm process first introduced all the way back at the end of 2014, and though Intel has improved its process and products through then, up through the current Comet Lake chips, it's good to finally see a 10nm option. The new products are based on Intel's 10nm "SuperFin" process, with Iris Xe graphics and Wi-Fi 6/6E support.