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USB4: Twice As Fast As USB3 And Compatible With Thunderbolt 3

The next USB has just been announced by the USB Promoter Group, and it will bring a major improvement in data transfer speed. How fast will the USB4 be?

USB4 Comes With Double the Bandwidth and Performance Compared to USB3

The next USB is said to support a speed up to 40Gbps, using two-lane operation – each of 20Gbps, and according to Digital Trends, it matches the speed of Thunderbolt 3. The USB4 will use the Thunderbolt protocol but will have different functionality.

Back in 2017, the USB 3.2 was announced, and it was recently released – but it only supports 20Gbps. With this latest announcement, everyone got a little confused – the USB 3.2 was here, and there was a new USB called USB4. Was it a new version of the 3.2? The details of the USB4 showed that it was compatible with the previous standards, such as the 3.2 and 3.1. However, the name USB4 should make it clear that it is a next-gen USB, and not the 3.2 getting a new name or a new version.

According to the USB Promoter Group Chairman, Brad Saunders, the USB aims to “deliver the best user experience combining data, display and power delivery over a user-friendly and robust cable and connector solution,” adding that the USB4 will enhance the experience and optimize it “over a single connection and enabling the further doubling of performance.”

USB4 and Thunderbolt 3

Meanwhile, Intel’s Thunderbolt protocol is being shared with USB Promoter Group, and Intel plans to enable “other chip makers to build Thunderbolt compatible silicon, royalty-free.”

USB4 and its 40Gbps will be a universal standard for all USB ports, and the Thunderbolt 3 will also be featured in more devices.

Considering the USB 3.2 needed a lot of time to be released, expect the USB4’s technical specs to be revealed at the USB Developer Days conference during the second half of the year and then perhaps be used in hardware starting with 2020-2021.

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New Intel Integrated GPUs Might Come Out With Impressive Performance

Intel showcased the eleventh generation of integrated GPUs back in December, and recent leaks suggest that the new Intel integrated GPUs might boast impressive performance.

New Intel Integrated GPUs Might Have Impressive Performance

Benchmark test results leaked on a popular platform over the weekend and the results provided by respected benchmarks solutions like GFXBench and CompuBench are quite good. The new chips can overtake significant rivals among which we can count the Ryzen 7 2700U and Ryzen 5 2400g.

A synthetic benchmark compares the 9th generation Iris UHD 620 chip and the 11th gen Iris Graphics 940, and the results are quite sweet, with a net performance boost which ranges from 50% to 120%, depending on the benchmark which was used. The numbers show that Intel’s ambition to increase the performance of integrated graphics cards can be backed up for now but until the 11th generation of processors become widely available there is no way to test the performance of the new Intel integrated GPUs practically.

Intel Also Works On Dedicated Graphics Cards

In June 2018 Intel CEO Brian Krzanich declared that the company is currently working on dedicated GPU solution and its first product will be released on the market in 2020. The statement confirmed a series of rumors which suggested that Intel is hoping to generate some additional revenue by offering a reliable alternative to the products provided by NVIDIA and AMD.

The usual development cycle for a graphics card reaches three years, which means that Intel has been working on its first product since 2018. Since the company is a worldwide market leader, its research and development budget is virtually limitless, a fact which will undoubtedly facilitate the transition from concept to reality.

The first generations of Intel dedicated graphics cards are currently in development under the codename of Arctic Sound. Intel is aiming quite high, and some sources anticipate the release of dedicated gaming-grade GPUs, a feat that could bring some much need competition in a cooling battle between two well-known titans, NVIDIA and AMD.

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Intel Plans To Join The Emerging Folding Smartphone Market With A Surprising Concept

We expect Intel to keep on producing computer and smartphone components without releasing its hardware, as it’s been doing for many years. However, Intel plans to launch on the emerging folding smartphone market with a surprising concept of a foldable phone.

The folding smartphone market is emerging with Samsung releasing its Galaxy F foldable phone in February and Huawei planning to roll out its 5G folding smartphone later this year. Other manufacturers also struggle to take a share of this emerging market which, according to some specialists, might become very popular in the future.

Now, an Intel folding smartphone patent has been discovered by the folks at LetsGoDigital. It seems that Intel works on a foldable phone that would be different from what the Galaxy F and other upcoming folding smartphones would show. LetsGoDigital came up with renders of how the Intel folding smartphone would look like (you can see the image at the beginning of this article or the one below, for example).

Intel Plans To Join The Emerging Folding Smartphone Market With A Surprising Concept

Source: LetsGoDigital

What makes this Intel folding smartphone be a unique and surprising concept is that it boasts three screen areas instead of only two as the upcoming foldable phones of Samsung and Huawei, among others, would show. Nonetheless, the device can fold in virtually any way users would wish.

However, we don’t know if Intel is going to launch such a device, at least anytime soon. Also, the Intel folding smartphone concept might not be a hint that the chipset manufacturer is working on such a device, but might be an indication for Intel’s partners that the company can produce the necessary components for such a folding smartphone.

At the moment, Intel has not commented on these leaks, but, hopefully, they will come out to explain more about the Intel folding smartphone concept we can see above.

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Intel Revealed Its SnowRidge SoC For 5G Network

At its CES 2019 press conference, Intel presented its intention to join the 5G race. Accordingly, Intel revealed it SnowRidge SoC for 5G network, the infrastructure of the Intel’s 5G cell phone tower base. However, this system is not dedicated to smartphones, but, instead, it is a wireless base station solution, enabling carriers that plan to offer 5G to improve the efficiency of the upcoming network standard.

According to Intel, this SnowRidge SoC for 5G network is made with 10-nm technology and has to be mounted on cell phone towers. Also, Intel said that the new chipset is similar to the silicon maker’s ‘Ice Lake’ computer and laptop chipsets.

However, this market is new for Intel which plans to reach 40 percent market share by 2022 thanks to SnowRidge SoC for 5G network. According to MobileSyrup, “a brief demo showed off during Intel’s CES 2019 keynote demonstrated how Snow Ridge is capable of serving multiple data streams from various types of applications, with total bandwidth amounting theoretically to 100Gbps.”

Intel Revealed Its SnowRidge SoC For 5G Network

During the Intel’s press conference in the preview of CES 2019, the company only presented the new SnowRidge SoC for 5G network, but it has not revealed the potential partnerships with carriers. Therefore, Intel might keep this information secret until Mobile World Congress 2019 which will take place in late-February.

As reported by MobileSyrup, “since MWC 2018, Intel has been silent regarding its plans for 5G, with the only exception being the reveal of its XMM 8160 5G modem back in November. The new modem is designed to work with smartphones, laptops, desktop devices, and broadband access gateways.”

As regarding technology for the upcoming 5G network, Intel fell behind Qualcomm. However, Apple will most likely use Intel’s SnowRidge SoC in its future 5G iPhone which would come out in 2020 or so.

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Intel Presented Its Ninth-Generation CPUs, Including The Intel Core i9 Processor As The Best Gaming CPU

Intel held its “Fall Desktop Launch Event” in New York to present the ninth generation of its Intel Core processors. One of the stars of this conference was the Intel Core i9-9900K which the company describes as “the best gaming processor in the world.” The Intel Core i9-9900K is a processor that has eight cores and 16 threads that operate at a base speed of 3.6 GHz and can reach 5 GHz in turbo mode.

In addition to the new Intel Core i9-9900K processor, Intel also presented other processors at this conference. The ninth generation Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7. The Intel Core i7-9700K is a processor that has eight cores, eight threads, at a base speed of 3.6 GHz, which can reach 4.9 GHz.

For its part, the Intel Core i5-9600K is a processor with six cores plus six threads with a base speed of 3.7 GHz, which can rise to 4.6 GHz with Turbo mode. Although Intel presents them as part of a new generation, these processors still use the 14 nm manufacturing method. This method has been in use since the launch of the fifth-generation Intel processors, back in 2014.

However, the process used to manufacture these chips is an evolution of the original 14-nm process, called 14nm++, which was introduced with the eighth-generation Coffee Lake processors. The company expects to change the manufacturing method of the new chips to 10-nm within the next year.

Intel launched the new ninth-generation of Intel chips, including Intel Core i9, the best gaming processor

Intel has assured that these processors are the first to include hardware solutions for the Meltdown Variant 3 and L1 Terminal Fault vulnerabilities. The rest of the security problems detected in the chips during this year will be solved through software.

The new CPUs can already be ordered as of today, but deliveries to buyers will begin as of October 19th. The prices of the new ninth-generation Intel processors are a pleasant surprise. The Intel Core i9-9900K goes on sale for $488, while the Intel Core i7-9700K will cost $373, while the Intel Core i5-9600K costs $262.

For users who want more expensive and performant processors, Intel introduced new Intel Core X-Series processors. That is the renewal of this family, which was launched in 2017. At the high-end this ranking of Intel processors, we find the Intel Core i9 Extreme that offers 18 cores and 36 threads at maximum speed in Turbo mode of 4.5 GHz.

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