The announcement comes as both Intel and AMD announced new versions of their computer processors incorporating powerful graphics processing capabilities.

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An updated MacBook Air that takes advantage of a new generation of Intel processors with built in graphics processing capabilities will almost certainly arrive next week.

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These systems powerful graphics-processing capabilities promise to make the next wave of videogames far more immersive (and addictive) than current titles.

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But this bundle consists of layers of capabilities or functions: storage, memory, graphics, processing, input, display, communications, and odds and ends.

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It has stunning graphics and the kind of processing power necessary to create lifelike movement and even give game characters artificial-intelligence capabilities that should make hardcore gamers hungry with anticipation for the end of the year (the most specific Sony got about the release timeframe).

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