International Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas (Scicasts) - Intel Corporation introduced today its 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family, with several new key features, services and partnerships that combine to deliver an entirely new visual experience with processor graphics built in.

Intel has unveiled the launch of its Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology products for laptops powered by five new Intel Core2 Duo processors.

Intel has announced the introduction of a new family of low-power processors designed specifically for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and a new class of simple and affordable Internet-centric computers arriving later this year, which the company has named “Atom”.

Apple who has been using IBM and Freescale Semiconductor to provide the PowerPC chips used in the Macs for the past 10 years, has announced plans to release models of its Macintosh computers using Intel microprocessors by this time next year, and to complete the transition of all its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007.