14 DAY TRIAL // Intel may have announced its ultrabook initiative, but exactly what these items had to offer has not been overly clear, until recently at least, when the outfit published some details on its official blog.
Tablets may not be selling like bread, but they definitely surprised the market with how fast prospective customers warmed up to them.
As it is, smartphone and notebook makers alike are doing their best to deliver formidable designs, based on x86 or ARM chips, or other processing options in some cases.
Meanwhile, laptops have been seeing some pressure in the form of lower consumer interest, though things are not serious yet.
Nevertheless, Intel seems to be thinking well ahead, having decided to reimagine the concept of notebook.
It was thus that the ultrabook came to be, and while only the first phase of its project has been completed (their introduction during Computex, in June, 2011), the IT player is well into the second phase.
Basically, Intel wants to develop laptops that are about as thin as a slate, essentially eliminating the compactness advantage of the latter while retaining the physical keyboard.
A new blog post has now provided some details that had not been known before, and this extends to both the physical and performance aspects.
For instance, the thickness should be of 21mm at the most, with standard form factors aiming for lower than that.
Meanwhile, battery life should be of 5 to 8 hours, or even more, while the Intel Rapid Start Technology will have the item open and running in just a few moments.
Finally, ultrabooks should be able to integrate Intel Anti-Theft Technology and Intel Identity Protection Technology in the Bios/Firmware.
Those who want a direct look at exactly what Intel said it had planned need only drop by this page, although the full reveal will only happen later this year.