From InfoWorld: Bring a laptop into the room, and it wirelessly links to your monitors, external hard drive and printer. That's Intel's vision of a wire-free world for PCs with its new Core chips based on the Broadwell microarchitecture.
Intel announced Thursday the availability of the new fifth-generation Core processors for PCs with support for technologies that could rid computers of a myriad of cables and connectors. The chips are targeted at business laptops, desktops and mini-PCs.
Laptops with the Broadwell vPro chips will be a stepping stone to Intel's ultimate plan to remove cable clutter around laptops and desktops. Intel's wire-free plans call for users to stop carrying power bricks and to charge laptops wirelessly. In the same vein, users will be able to wirelessly connect to peripherals, which could reduce the need for display or USB cables.
But for now, the new Broadwell chips will support only wireless connectivity to displays and peripherals. Wireless charging is expected to come in the second half of this year with the chip maker's new Skylake processors, which will succeed Broadwell.
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