Intel at CES prototypes of Ivy Bridge ultrabooks and laptops with touch screens shown. Most notable model was the Nikiski, which has a transparent surface, which closed an additional interface to operate.
Mooley Eden, vice-president and head of the PC Client Group at Intel, demonstrated during the press conference of the company the physicscapaciteiten and the DirectX 11-gamingcapaciteiten of the upcoming Ivy Bridge ultrabooks. A small ultrabook with a racing wheel and pedals from Logitech connected and the device turned out to be a F1 racing game is smooth to play.
According to Eden, the next generation ultrabooks up to 18 millimeters thick, where the current border is 20mm. Also the screen to be thinner: 3mm. There would be for this year, 75 different ultrabook designs in the pipeline, which also models with 14″ and 15″-schermdiagonalen.
One of the most important new developments is, according to Eden, the addition of touch to ultrabooks, which of course on Windows 8 were referred to. He showed an ultrabook with a touchscreen, while also a prototype, with detachable screen demonstrated.
Then let the Intel ceo a slidermodel see with a retractable touch screen. Intel calls all longer that touchscreens to ultrabooks to come and coming models and more with sensors to be fitted. The company showed at CES an Asus UX31 see that a gyroscope was provided, allowing the user aircraft could be operated with the ultrabook to tilt and rotate.
The most eye-catching demonstration was that of the Nikiski. This is an Intel-designed prototype that instead of a touch pad, a transparent touch-sensitive strip over the entire length of the notebook. Fold this strip also as a touch-pad. If the user Nikiski closed open an application behind the transparent strip. This is via the touch surface to operate, so that the user’s mail and appointments, even if the notebook is closed. It does this think of the almost devil’s own hand, SideShow of Windows, even though it be not an additional screen, but the ordinary laptop that the transparent touchlaag. Plans for the prototype to the market, there are not yet.
Finally, it announced that Intel, a partnership with Nuance to bring ultrabooks to optimize for speech recognition. This year the cooperation will be the first fruits.
