Can smartphones really replace PCs? On the well-known domestic Q&A community platform, there are hundreds of such questions, and countless answers. Among them, the highest-ranked answer received more than 500 likes, and the beginning of the article clearly stated "I used to think it was OK. Now I think it is not OK. The purpose of mobile phones and computers has been separated."
With the outbreak of the epidemic, the sales of the online education market, together with hardware markets such as PC, have exploded. The former "sunset industry" has revived its vitality and demonstrated strong resilience. During the epidemic, sales of online education hardware devices represented by personal computers and tablets increased by nearly 50%. The importance of PC has been confirmed and highlighted again during the epidemic, and the role of PC in people's lives is becoming increasingly important.
According to IDC's forecast, China's PC market is expected to grow by 10.7% in 2021, continuing to maintain a strong momentum. In particular, K12 (basic education), smart office, etc. will become the main driving force for the growth of China's PC market. The PC education market is still promising in the future.
For many years, Intel has continued to focus on the education field
In the view of industry giant Intel, the market will not "generate" naturally, they are created. Excellent products and platforms that disrupt industries will drive these growth areas. For example, in the field of education, Intel has been working hard for more than ten years before it ushered in the opportunity for explosive growth of PCs today.
Education is the eternal pursuit of mankind. As early as 2007, Intel launched Classmate PC for the education market in developing countries, providing standard design templates for PC manufacturers who want to enter the field of education. Subsequently, Lenovo, HP, Asus and other brands followed up and launched corresponding products.
Around 2014, Intel joined hands with Google to jointly launch Chromebook market, and jointly launched Chromebooks with several OEM manufacturers including HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, Acer, LG, etc.
Last year, the epidemic triggered a buying boom for K12 online education. Intel, together with ecological partners such as Tencent and OEM manufacturers, created a new category of "learning computers" for students. Based on the needs of K12 students, personalized hardware configuration and software content have been specially customized to help students learn better and parents feel more at ease.
At this year's CES 2021, Intel launched more than 50 new processors for commercial, educational, mobile and gaming computing platforms, aiming to create an excellent PC experience for people, including 6 CPUs specially designed for education. and other processors are specially launched for the education field, which are rare among processor manufacturers, which shows how much Intel attaches importance to this field.
It is understood that Intel launched the new Pentium Silver and Celeron processors for the education field this time, allowing the computer to achieve an unparalleled balance between performance, multimedia and collaboration. These processors are based on Intel's 10 nm architecture design. Compared with previous generations, the overall application performance of is improved by up to 35%, and the graphics performance is improved by up to 78%. It can maintain smooth application performance while browsing and multitasking. It also has advanced camera and connection functions, and supports rich video conferencing and viewing experiences. It can fully meet the needs of students at present and in the future.
is also because Intel keenly understands the demand of the PC market, bringing users a better PC application experience, and allowing ecological partners to share the dividend . Over the years, Intel has gained high recognition from the industry and the market. Many times, when buying a PC, products equipped with Intel CPU are often the best option.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to hardware, Intel has also been promoting projects such as the Knowledge Project for many years, committed to the field of education.
has achieved breakthrough growth with its unique ecological advantages to achieve a platform
Today, Intel occupies nearly 80% of the market share in the desktop and laptop CPU markets (researched by Mercury Research), and its leading position is unshakable. In the future development of educational PC, it will continue to play a more important role.
In addition to the above-mentioned education market, Intel is also well aware of user needs and continues to deepen its efforts in the fields of gaming, commercial use, design, etc.For example, game players pay attention to the smoothness, designers pay attention to the optimization of industry software...
To meet the needs of users, Intel actively plays the role of driving innovation, accelerating integration, and promoting development : From millions of engineers who support OEMs in creating a continuously enriching PC product line, to close cooperation with a wide range of ISV partners at the beginning of design. Intel has always led the cooperation of the PC ecosystem to create a PC that perfectly meets needs.
In terms of technological innovation, in 2020 alone, Intel has achieved important achievements in both Lakefield, 5G, SoC, FPGA, independent graphics cards, oneAPI and other fields, and has also launched the Intel Evo platform certification dedicated to user experience. Looking ahead to the next year, will create a first-class commercial, educational, mobile and gaming computing platform with more than 50 processors from the four major processor families on CES 2021, and more than 500 PCs will be launched this year, which will further consolidate Intel's technical leadership.
Faced with the challenges of future competitors and unknown markets, Intel has also made plans in advance. As early as 2015, Intel began a data-centric transformation path. With its deep technological accumulation, Intel has overcome all obstacles and by 2020, it has become the first company in the industry to cover four mainstream chips, and has made milestone progress in the XPU vision. At the same time, Intel has made advance arrangements for the next ten years to make the road to transformation more solid and far-reaching.
As a high-tech company, Intel's vision is to "create the technology that changes the world and benefit everyone on the planet." It can be foreseen that in the future, Intel will continue to leverage its advantages, continue to promote PC innovation with user-centeredness, and work together with partners in the entire industry chain to help people focus more on efficient work, study and enjoy life.
