Haswell: What Intel’s new processor promises for Mac users
Usually, a CPU that offers more processing power also requires more energy—and in a laptop, that results in shorter battery life. But with Haswell, Intel’s fourth-generation Core processor, the company promises to boost processing power and graphics performance while using less energy.
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Haswell made its Mac debut in Apple’s new MacBook Air, released at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. So far, Apple has released only two versions of the Haswell ULT processor for both the 11- and 13-inch models: a 1.3GHz dual-core Core i5 processor capable of Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz and 3MB shared L3 cache in the standard configurations; and a build-to-order 1.7GHz dual-core Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz and 4MB shared L3 cache. And the question isn't if Haswell will be in other Macs, but when.
Macworld Lab has the new MacBook Air, and benchmark results, battery life tests, and a full review are in the works.
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With the sales of tablets biting into laptop sales—and with Intel’s lack of presence in the tablet market—Haswell was designed to help laptops better compete with tablets, a point reiterated Monday by Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller during the introduction of the new MacBook Air at the WWDC keynote. (Schiller actually referred to the “age of the iPad” instead of tablets in general, but the point remains the same.)
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