The best thing about IDF is that you get to see what's gonna power your PC in near future. And that's what's happening at the ongoing IDF. In addition of demonstrating the world's first working 22nm chip, Intel unveiled two next generation processors. The Westmere and Sandy Bridge are the newest Intel processors built using 32nm process technology. The Westmere is Intel’s first 32nm processor, and historic in that it is the first-ever Intel processor to integrate graphics die right into the processor’s package. As well as supporting Intel Turbo Boost technology and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, Westmere adds new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instructions for faster encryption and decryption.

After Westmere, Intel’s chip integration will continue with 32nm processors codenamed “Sandy Bridge.” Sandy Bridge features Intel’s sixth-generation graphics cores on the same die or silicon real estate as the processor core, and will include acceleration for floating point, video, and processor intensive software most often found in media applications.

Westmere is on track with wafers already moving through factory floors for planned fourth-quarter revenue production.