Intel Unveils New Business Microprocessors

Intel has released computer chips aimed at businesses yesterday, as it seeks to maintain dominance over Advanced Micro Devices and move in front of an expected recovery in corporate IT spending this year. The new microprocessors, or computer's brains, are the latest iteration of Intel's chips featuring smaller transistors that the company said will increase performance and improve energy efficiency.

The upgraded chips, based on Intel's existing vPro line, come with specific features that work with specialised computers and software designed by Intel for its business customers. Among other features, they will include the second generation of Intel's anti-theft technology, which can be triggered remotely to block access to computer data if it is lost or stolen.

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Intel also said the chips will allow a standard business notebook to encrypt, or protect, important files up to 3-1/2 times quicker, and run applications up to 80 percent faster than a 3-year-old mainstream notebook computer.

The introduction of the new processors comes on the heels of the release of Microsoft's new Windows 7 PC operating system software, which Intel expects will prompt consumers and businesses to upgrade to more powerful PCs. (Reuters)