Windows 11 may finally be worth upgrading to thanks to Intel

Date:
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:56:03 +0000

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Wondering if you should get Windows 11? Intel may have the best reason yet

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When Microsoft announced Windows 11 at an event earlier this year, it took many of us by surprise. Windows 10 , while far from perfect, is still a perfectly fine operating system, and what Microsoft showed off about its upcoming operating system didnt initially impress us enough to think it was worth upgrading.

For many, it felt like Windows 11 was just Windows 10 with a few tweaks to
the interface. However, weve just got a glimpse of a more exciting and revolutionary aspect of Windows 11 that may make you seriously consider upgrading but the news didnt come from Microsoft, it came from Intel. Find out where to buy Windows 10 How to download and install Windows 11 How to upgrade to Windows 10 for free

At its recent Architecture Day 2021, Intel explained how it is working with Microsoft to make Windows 11 take full advantage of its upcoming Alder Lake processors. Alder Lake CPUs will be comprised of a Performance Hybrid architecture, which will use powerful performance cores alongside efficient cores, depending on the tasks youre running.

When you need lots of processing power, Alder Lake will use the performance cores, but for less strenuous tasks, the efficient cores will be used
instead. This can give you better overall performance while lowering power consumption and could also increase battery life in mobile devices. Working together

For Alder Lakes Performance Hybrid architecture to work well, it needs to
know what kind of tasks youre using your PC for, and this is where Windows 11 comes in, with Intel explaining, as reported by Neowin , that To enable this level of fine-grained coordination for real performance, Intel jointly worked with Microsoft to incorporate this revolutionary capability into upcoming Windows 11 release.

Meanwhile, Mehmet Iyigun, Partner Development Manager at Microsoft, explained that Microsoft has been working closely with Intel throughout Windows 11s development to optimize our upcoming OS to take full advantage of the Performance Hybrid architecture.

This involves using a new feature in Alder Lake called Thread Director, which works with Windows 11s thread scheduler to assign workloads to either performance cores or efficient cores of the processor. Better experience for all

So, why does this matter? The fact that Intel and Microsoft are working so closely together means we should see future Intel-based PCs and laptops that run Windows 11 and take full advantage of the Performance Hybrid architecture of Alder Lake.

This is precisely what both Microsoft and Intel need. For Microsoft, itll
show that Windows 11 is a worthwhile upgrade, and that rather than just being a slight update to Windows 10, its a far more revolutionary leap.

As for Intel, a new range of laptops and PCs based on its hardware that runs Windows 11 and offer greater performance and battery life compared to its competitors, could help it regain some of the mindshare its lost to a resurgent AMD.

Above all, this partnership should benefit consumers the most, as we could be in for some excellent laptops and PCs in the future. These are the best laptops of 2021



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