Intel VP: Ivy Bridge processor is built for ‘Retina display’ computers
Jake Smith Apple Inc
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April 12, 2012 at 10:41 am
At the Intel Developer Forum that took place yesterday, Intel’s VP and GM of the PC Client Group Kirk Skaugen revealed ( 14:30 mark) that Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge Processor is built for Retina display computers, “if OEMs choose to use it.”
‘Retina display’ is a marketing term coined by Apple to describe a screen where you can’t discern pixels at an average usage distance with 20/20 vision. It is curious that Intel’s VP used an Apple term to describe high density computer displays for the broader market.
Apple is set to use Intel’s Ivy Bridge processor in its next line Macs, making it an opportune time for to introduce its Retina display technology into the Mac line. The Ivy Bridge processor, without help from discrete graphics processors, can power 2560×1600 displays (as Skaugen said), which is four times the current resolution found in the 13? MacBook Pro. That would look pretty good on 13-inch displays of Apple’s Pro/Air.
Apple’s bigger, high end notebooks have typically had help from discrete graphics processors. To make bigger displays “Retina”, Apple would likely need to add more GPU processing power.
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