Last week we gave you various information about the Intel Arrendale processors; we expect these to equip the next generation of Apple portables at the beginning of 2010.
Among this information, one knows that the processor will normally run at 2,66 GHz but will be capable of automatically overclocking up to 3,33 GHz as long as it does not exceed the maximum thermal envelope that has been assigned.
We now know that it will be the same for its graphic part, unfortunately derived from the GMA 950. It will be able, under certain conditions, of passing from 500 MHz, its base frequency to 766 MHz, which will give a whiplash to this aging architecture. Alas, it will not be sufficient to hope to be able to launch a game and certainly not to have use of Open CL in the graphic part.
In any case, one witnesses a new approach to the running frequency of processors by Intel. They were in the past allergic to all overclocking; but now consider it controlled, this technique allows them to obtain, with lower costs, much more powerful products.
