Intel’s Sandy Bridge 
technology is less than a year old, but the next big thing already appears to be on the horizon.
The company showed off prototypes for its “Ivy Bridge” processors this week at its Intel Developer Forum and the early word is encouraging – with faster speeds, lower power consumption and amazing battery life.
Intel’s Sandy Bridge chip was perhaps 
the most impressive thing at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, but the rollout of the next generations processors has hit a stumbling block.
Intel today announced it had discovered a flaw in a support chip that works with next generation – or so-called Sandy Bridge – processors, and has suspended shipments and will be replacing those that have already shipped with the affected support chip.
Intel is courting entertainment 
content makers with its new processor chip.
Big Blue formally unveiled its second-generation Core processor – code named Sandy Bridge – at CES Wednesday, focusing the spotlight on the chip’s video processing capabilities and security enhancements for studios.
Chris Morris: Journalist 