At MWC 2024, Intel refreshed its commercial portfolio by announcing the new Intel vPro platform. It is built on the latest Intel Core Ultra processors with Arc GPUs, and Intel Core 14th Gen processors, specially designed for IT organizations.
The new platform features dedicated AI acceleration capability spread across the CPU, GPU, and NPU. Intel is also offering a new dedicated OEM-enabled Intel Arc Pro workstation graphics driver for enhanced performance optimizations.
The new processor family offers:
- Up to 47% better office application productivity over a three-year-old PC.
- Enhanced Intel Threat Detection Technology that uses NPU and new Intel Silicon Security Engine authenticate system firmware to help safeguard against cyber threats below the operating system (OS).
- Built-in Intel Arc Pro graphics that bring independent software vendor (ISV) certifications, Ray tracing capabilities, AI upscales video to 8K, and more.
- 2x graphics performance
- 300 AI-accelerated features purposely built for commercial collaboration, productivity, content creation, and accessibility.
Regarding the announcement, David Feng, Intel vice president of Client Computing Group and general manager of Client Segments said,
The new Intel vPro platform with Intel Core Ultra continues to raise the bar across productivity, security, manageability and stability, to ensure IT organizations manage transitions with confidence. We are delivering new AI experiences with more than 100 software vendors, Windows 11 and Copilot. 2024 is shaping up to be the best year to refresh your fleet and be AI-ready.