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Chip Shot: Intel Empowers Twelve Hundred Valve Steam Developers with Iris™ Pro

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Intel congratulates Valve on their first Steam Developers Conference and continued commitment to growing and supporting PC gaming and the ISV community. Intel is happy to support Valve in these efforts by sampling all 1200 Valve Developer Day attendees with Gigabyte Brix Pro Steam Machines — which Tech Radar deemed the “best rated Steam Machine at CES.” These systems come with our blazing-fast Intel® Core™ i7-4770R processor with Intel® Iris™ Pro graphics. This processor is a leading edge high performance “system-on-a-chip” (SOC) with quad core CPU, Intel Iris Pro graphics and eDRAM all on a single package. This gives users highly optimized and thermally efficient computing like you see in the Gigabyte Brix, as well as mainstream gaming offerings in the market. Check out more on Intel and Valve’s comment to PC gaming here (fast forward to 53:36 in the clip).

Chip Shot: Intel Ramps up Business Computing with 70 Intel® vPro™ Technology-based Devices

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Today Intel announced availability of its 4th generation Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) by revealing 70 upcoming designs including 2 in 1s, Ultrabook™ devices, laptops, all-in-ones and desktop PCs ideal for the business environment. The 4th generation Intel Core vPro processor-based platform offers end users Intel® Pro Wireless Display, Intel Pro1500 solid-state drives, no password VPN log in and indoor location-based services. The new Intel Core vPro processors make it easier to connect device-to-device, provide uninterrupted data synching and introduce no password VPN access for a smoother login process. Business-ready tablets are projected to hit the market in early 2014. Read more about why Intel Core vPro processors are best for businesses.