Intel wants to banish cables, connectors with new Broadwell chips
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.
