Intel recently unveiled the 12th generation Intel Core processor (codename Alder Lake S-series and H-series) at the recent Consumer Electronics Show 2022 (CES2022). This is Intel's first edge-optimized processor family that combines performance cores with energy-efficient cores and IntelThread Director in a high-performance hybrid architecture that accelerates innovation in IoT applications, providing retail, manufacturing, medical, and video customers with more core counts, advanced graphics, media, display, and ARTIFICIAL intelligence performance, and richer choices in price, performance, and power consumption.
John Healy, vice president and general manager of Platform Management and Customer Enablement, IoT, Intel Corporation, said, "From supporting a wide range of clients to deliver a rich visual experience, to running mixed critical workloads on a single edge platform, 12th Gen Intel Core processors can help our customers take a big step forward and build a software-defined world at the edge. ”
The 12th generation Intel Core processor family features Intel's new high-performance hybrid architecture and Intel7 process, delivering key features that are superior to other retail, medical, manufacturing, and video solutions. These features include:
●High computing power performance and flexibility for heavy IoT workloads;
● No additional hardware is required to obtain more powerful artificial intelligence and deep learning capabilities;
●Reliability for embedded usage conditions;
● Enhanced integrated graphics processing unit supporting 4K and 8K displays;
● Hardware-based security to protect vulnerable IoT devices from attacks;
● A strong ecosystem and open source community capable of supporting multiple operating systems, allowing IoT customers to choose the operating system that suits their target application.
About 12th Generation Intel Core Desktop Processors (Alder Lake S-Series): Compared to 10th Generation Intel Core Processors, 12th Generation Intel Core Desktop Processors for IoT deliver up to 1.36x higher single-threaded performance, up to 1.35x multithreading2, up to 1.94x graphics performance3, and up to 2.81x gpu image classification inference performance4 compared to 10th gen Intel Core processors.4 The 12th gen Intel Core Desktop Processor for IoT includes Intel Ultra HD Graphics 770 powered by Intel Xe architecture, supporting display virtualization and up to four independent displays. In addition, support for PCIe5.0/PCIe 4.0 and DDR5/DDR4 memory, combined with security and manageability features and support for artificial intelligence, will help increase productivity and drive future innovation in IoT applications. IoT-related models offer up to 16 cores and 24 threads at thermal design power consumption of 35W to 65W, with real-time capabilities, long-life features, and long-term software support.
These processors can help a wide range of industries:
Retail, banking, hospitality and education customers will be able to improve workload convergence, unlock the value of contactless retail and information displays, and improve the interactive display experience;
●Industrial manufacturing customers can better leverage the value of industrial PCs, edge servers, advanced controllers, machine vision systems, and virtualized control platforms;
Medical customers will be able to provide enhanced ultrasound imaging, medical carts, endoscopes, and clinical equipment on the edge side;
● Video customers will be able to play the analysis function of the AI calculation box and play a greater role in network video recorders and video walls.
About 12th Generation Intel Core High Performance Mobile Processors (Alder Lake H Series): It is estimated that 12th Generation Intel Core High Performance Mobile processors for ioT can improve single-threaded performance by up to 1.04x, multi-threaded performance by up to 1.18x, and graphics performance by up to 2.29x compared to 11th-generation Intel Core processors6.7 These processors have thermally designed power consumption between 35W and 45W, providing up to 14 cores and 20 threads. At the same time, Intel also released the 12th generation Intel Core processor U series and P series with thermal design power consumption range from 15W to 28W. Four display channels, combined with intel iris Xe graphics' rich immersive experience, can support a full range of video wall deployments, while artificial intelligence can fully meet the needs of inference and machine vision scenarios.
These processors will offer a wide range of advantages across a wide range of industries,
These benefits include:
Retail, banking, hospitality and education customers will be able to improve workload integration capabilities and enhance the user experience through four display channels, and be able to provide ARTIFICIAL intelligence analysis capabilities for interactive whiteboards and information displays;
●Industrial manufacturing customers can use human-computer interaction panels and industrial PCs to better use machine vision for defect detection of parts;
● Medical customers will improve the medical imaging effect in ultrasound and other equipment through artificial intelligence and analysis technology to assist doctors in implementing diagnosis, telemedicine and promoting robotics;
Video customers will be able to deploy machine vision technology at the edge and in network video recorders with AI capabilities and use it in applications such as smart buildings, smart factories, and smart cities.
More than 80 IoT customers are currently participating in Intel's Early Access program for 12th generation Intel Core processors. The 12th generation Intel Core desktop processor (Alder Lake S series) is expected to be available in January 2022, and the 12th generation Intel Core High Performance Mobile processor (Alder Lake H series) is expected to be available in April 2022.
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