Intel's New Core vPro Processor Family to Meet Business Requirements

Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's leading vendor of computer processors, announced today the debut of its new line of Core vPro processors, designed to meet the requirements of business users and power some of the upcoming business PCs. Based on Intel's latest Nehalem micro-architecture and the outfit's latest 32nm manufacturing process, the new CPUs will be paired with the Intel Q57 Express chipset, the 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection for notebooks and the 825780M Network Connection for desktop PCs.

“Businesses, particularly those that haven’t purchased PCs for several years, face a computing environment that no longer handles the applications many workers and IT are adopting,” said Rick Echevarria, vice president, Intel Architecture Group, and general manager, Business Client Platform Division. “The integration of intelligent performance along with smart security and cost-saving manageability features in the Intel Core vPro processor family provide IT and SMBs a no-compromise platform. We also are excited about how Intel vPro Technology gives IT the flexibility to look at client virtualization, consumerization and rich cloud applications.”

Among the features that have been enabled with the release of the new processor family, Intel highlighted the Anti-Theft technology that business customers will make good use of. According to the company, the Intel AT 2.0 can enable encryption solutions that will disable access to cryptographic keys, blocking access to data, whenever a computer system is considered stolen. These AT 2.0-enabled systems will also feature a pre-OS message that is customizable.

The technology also includes Intel's new Keyboard-Video-Mouse Remote Control (KVM Remote Control), available with dual-core Core i5 and Core i7 vPro processors, in addition to the Intel Remote Encryption Management, adding more value to the business PC. Systems that are expected to adopt Intel's latest technology will be available from a range of systems vendors, including names such as Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo and Panasonic and others.