Intel has taken advantage of its appearance at Computex 2015 to unveil a raft of new IoT-focused products and improved technology. New technology announced at the trade show included Thunderbolt 3, which now comes with 40 Gbps bandwidth, double that of Thunderbolt 2, as well as 100 watts of charging and support for other protocols including USB Type-C, DisplayPort and PCI Express. This will make it possible to transfer data, run a display and power a computer simultaneously. Thunderbolt 3 now offers four times the data and twice the video bandwidth of any other cable, according to Intel.
The company also introduced 5th generation Intel Core mobile processors for mobile and IoT. Intel said the latest upgrade to its mobile processors have Intel Iris Pro graphics 6200 and provide up to two times higher compute performance and two times better 3-D graphics performance than the current generation, making them ideal for medical, public works and industrial IoT applications.
The 5th generation Intel Core family also now includes the first LGA socketed desktop processor with integrated Iris Pro graphics, Intel's most powerful client processor graphics and media engine. The lower 65-watt thermal design power (TDP) allows full PC performance in a broad range of form factors, including smaller and thinner mini PCs and all-in-one desktops, providing up to two times better 3-D graphics performance, 35 percent video conversion and 20 percent compute performance over the previous generation processors, said Intel.
Other new product announcements included a software called Intel Unite which the company said will bring together its Core vPro processor functions and wireless capabilities to modernise and transform existing conference rooms into smart and connected meeting spaces with enhanced security.
