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By Robb M. Stewart
Intel Corp.'s shares strengthened Tuesday after four new families of processors were unveiled by the technology company.
In morning trading, the stock was 4.3% higher at $53.74, extending the gain early in the new year to $7.8%. The shares have fallen 8.9% over the last 12 months.
Intel late Monday introduced new processors for business, education, mobile and gaming computing platforms.
The launch included an 11th generation Core vPro platform and Evo vPro platform, and the introduction of its new N-series 10-nanometer Pentium Silver and Celeron processors that it said offer a balance of performance, media and collaboration for education systems.