Intel announces its first M.2 5G modems for its Evo laptops

With the recent adoption of Microsoft’s ARM processor in the Windows ecosystem, Intel is preparing for a big battle in the hope that its x86 architecture will succeed. At Computex, the company announced a new initiative for thinner and lighter Windows laptops, which combines 5G mobile broadband connectivity with an Intel-developed modem called Intel 5G Solution 5000.

The company is working with MediaTek and Fibocom to launch the Intel 5G Solution 5000. According to the company, Intel’s 5G model laptops will arrive later this year from manufacturers such as Acer, Asus, and HP. By 2022, more than 30 laptop models are expected to support Intel’s 5G modem. These notebooks include modems with Intel’s 11th Gen Core U- and Core H-Series processors.

“We’ve taken the world’s best processor for thin-and-light Windows laptops and made the experience even better with the addition of our two new 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics,” said Chris Walker, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of Mobility Client Platforms, in a statement ahead of the Taipei-based technology conference.

“In addition, we know real-world performance and connectivity are vital to our partners and the people that rely on PCs every day, so we’re continuing that momentum with more platform capabilities and choice in the market with the launch of our first 5G product for PCs — the Intel 5G solution 5000.”

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The modem comes with the company’s first M.2 5G solution and worldwide carrier certification, meaning that laptop owners with the Intel 5G Solution 5000 can roam the world and get 5G connectivity wherever available. Intel previously sold its smartphone modem business to Apple in a $ 1 billion deal, but the company continues to develop a 5G mobile solution for laptops.

Adding 5G mobile connectivity solutions to Intel’s mobile chipsets will help the company expand its Intel Evo initiative, which was initially launched as Project Athena. Evo, designed to help Intel deal with the threat of rival Qualcomm’s ARM-based Snapdragon processors for PCs, comes with guidelines for performance, battery life, connectivity, and design.

Evo branded laptops are designed to be thinner and lighter but offer stronger performance and longer battery life – boosted by ARM-based notebooks running Snapdragon 8X family processors. ARM-based laptops also support Qualcomm’s 4G and 5G mobile broadband connectivity.

With the launch of its M1 Silicon for Apple ARM-based computing, Intel has a lot to offer to make the laptops running their chipsets more attractive. In addition to the launch of the 5G modem, Intel has announced two new mobile processors in the 11th generation Computex to avoid competition from AMD. The company unveiled the Core i7-1195G7 and Core i5-1155G7, which are described as CPUs for productivity, content creation, and gaming.

These are the first 5.0GHz processors in Intel’s U-Series processors, and the company hopes to launch more than 60 consumer laptop designs with new CPUs by the holiday. Together, Intel will count more than 250 mobile designs in its entire family of U-series processors.

With 25% better performance than the competition in-app performance, the company claims that these two new processors will deliver 1080p gameplay and show excellent performance on titles such as William. Here, Intel claims that the chips offer frame rates of up to 2.7x on this title compared to rival AMD’s Raizen 7 5800U.