Intel Corp announced last July 23 that it will be releasing a lineup of ultra-low-power chips. The new lineup will be based on the previous high performing Haswell micro-architecture. Offering power consumption as low as 4.5 W, the new processor from Intel will be supporting a number of 2-in-1 devices and hybrids.

Only less than a year following the release of their new 4th generation Haswell chips, Intel has been releasing upgraded versions of their processors. So far, the company already introduced chips consuming 10W, two months after the company revealed processors operating at 6W using SDP or scenario power design.

Intel confirmed that their 4th generation Core i-series "Haswell" processor will come in a 4.5W SDP edition. The chips will be coming around September and will allow tech manufacturers to produce the first set of "fanless" devices. According to Intel, the chips can power 2-in-1 tablet designs. Intel Core Haswell processors feature a design seeking for high performance.

Through their 4.5W SDP processors, Intel blurs the line between their Core microprocessors designed for high-performance applications and Atom CPUs specific for low-power operations. This gives Intel an unique leverage because the company has blurred the differentiation between notebooks and tablets in terms of performance and feature-set. Intel did not divulge further about the details of their upcoming 4.5W chips.

Apart from their ongoing efforts to deliver more powerful processors for computers, Intel is also working on their data center initiative. At a media event this week, Intel's senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group, Diane Bryant, laid down the foundations for the company's goal to re-architect data centers. Intel wants to transform the traditional network-centric model to human-centric.

"Data centers are entering a new era of rapid service delivery," said Ms Bryant.

"Across network, storage and servers we continue to see significant opportunities for growth. In many cases, it requires a new approach to deliver the scale and efficiency required, and today we are unveiling the near and long-term actions to enable this transformation," she added.