Finally, Intel hasplans to quicklytransition to multi-corearchitecture across all of itsproduct lines and most industrywatchersexpectprocessorclockspeeds to level offin theyearsahead.
In September 2010, Intel launched its second-generation corearchitecture, Sandy Bridge, a 32-nanometer chip that can put CPUs and GPUs onto a single piece of silicon designed for tasks like handling high-definition video.