With the ongoing pandemic since last year, there has been a great surge in demand for high-performing gadgets. Seeing how the demand for highly efficient gadgets has risen, has changed the scenario of the entire IT industry. Intel during Computex 2021 showed a keynote presentation of how PCs have become important not only for work but also for education and entertainment.
Be it laptops or smartphones, every student to professional around the world wants high multitasking capabilities and strong connectivity. So, Intel has decided to bring a few brand-new products into the market to make communication and workflow in this pandemic easier and better. The company is launching a 5G module for PCs, that is, the Intel 5G Solution 5000 and new 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs for thin and light laptops. Intel also showed a glimpse of the upcoming 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs up to and running for both desktops and laptops.
Intel 5G Solution 5000
Intel has developed this new 5G Solution 5000 in collaboration with two other companies, MediaTek and Fibocom. This 5G solution has been developed to incorporate laptops and desktops which will help the demand for 5G networks as well as improve the existing connectivity. There are still many people out there who depend on cellular data even while logging in through a PC. So, this new 5G solution will improve the connectivity for them.
The planning for building this 5G solution started a couple of years ago when Dell and HP were supposed to be the first companies to introduce this new Intel’s 5G solution. But, in the present scenario, it has been confirmed that Acer, Asus, and HP will introduce laptops with this 5G solution in 2021. The new laptops which will be introduced will be based on both Intel 11th Gen U-Series and H-Series CPU families (Gadgets 360). This suggests that the performance and connectivity will be enhanced for both thin and light laptops as well as gaming laptops. Intel along with the partnered companies are planning to launch around 30 laptops integrated with 5G modem and Tiger Lake (and Alder Lake) CPUs next year.
Capabilities of the new 5G Solution 5000
The new 5G solution 5000 will be implemented using the standard M.2 interface but in a wider module than the current day’s SSD. This solution will work for both laptops and desktops running on Windows, Linux, and ChromeOS. Intel provides worldwide carrier certification and some of them include APAC, Japan, Australia, North America, etc. So, once the laptop is provided with this new connectivity solution, the user can connect to 5G NR networks, 4G LTE networks, and even 3G networks. The 5G solution will support sub-6GHz 5G and also up to 4.7Gbps downloads and 1.25Gbps upload speeds as claimed by the company.
New Tiger Lake CPUs
Intel will launch two brand new Tiger Lake CPUs which are Core i7 1195G7 and Core i5 1155G7. The former CPU will have a single-core turbo speed of 5GHz while the latter one will have up to 4.5GHz. Both of these CPUs will feature Intel Iris Xe graphics and have 12-28W configurable TDP targets. Not to mention that these new CPUs will compete with AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU series. Intel and AMD are in strong neck-to-neck competition and each one is coming up with something better, efficient, and proficient every time.
The demand of consumers is changing with time, and the real winner is the one who can evolve faster along with a sustainable approach. At the end of Computex 2021, Intel also presented the eco-friendly Acer Aspire Vero Notebook which is made from recycled materials of the post-consumer sector. This is an example of a sustainable approach which is important for a better ecosystem where both nature and technology can thrive together.
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