Intel releases 27 Comet Lake vPro processors with mandatory hardware shield

guest · May 13, 2020

Intel releases 27 Comet Lake vPro processors with mandatory hardware shield
Chip giant releases nine mobile and 18 desktop Core and Xeon chips under the VPro badge
May 13, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel...ro-processors-with-mandatory-hardware-shield/

Intel has released its latest batch of 14-nanometre chips. In this case, it is a collection of Comet Lake CPUs consisting of mobile and 18 desktop chips -- a mix of Core and Xeon chips -- all bearing the vPro badge.

For this release of its 10th generation chips, Intel said it had made its previously optional hardware shield mandatory.

"We do a series of recommended and required specifications in order to be badged Intel vPro platform and with this round ... we're actually requiring that Intel hardware shield and the technologies under that are a requirement in order to get that badge."
Hallford said Intel and Microsoft worked together so that Windows 10 and the vPro BIOS could protect systems while also adding the ability for the CPU to offload processes when under attack.

"It's also the BIOS itself, we have an ability to encrypt and protect additional parts of the system that are increasingly becoming vulnerable as cyber attackers get more creative," the GM said.
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All the H-series Core chips are either i9, i7, and i5, have from four to eight cores with 8 to 16MB cache, and base frequencies in a range between 2.3GHz to 2.7GHz. A pair of Xeons are available with six or eight cores, 12 or 16MB of cache, and either 2.8GHz or 2.4GHz base frequencies.
The U-series is a dialled down affair, with two i7s and one i5 offered, with either four or six cores, 6 to 12MB cache, and base frequencies from 1.1GHz to 1.8GHz.

For the desktop vPro offerings, which can use anywhere from 35 watts of power up to 125 watts, Intel is offering three 10-core, 20-thread i9 chips with 20MB of cache; three eight-core, 16-thread i7 chips with 16MB of cache; and five six-core, 12-thread i5 chips with 12MB of cache. Intel is also offering seven Xeon processors that have a combination of 10, eight, or six cores paired with the same cache size offered in the Core chips.
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