Intel vPro platform with Intel Core Ultra processors transforms the way businesses use, secure and manage devices

The commercial PC market is driven by high-end computing solutions that increase user productivity and help service organizations protect and maintain devices. Corporations must empower mobile and hybrid workers while deriving value from artificial intelligence (AI) to improve business outcomes. Moreover, both the public and private sectors need to address sustainability initiatives that address the full lifecycle of computing fleets. To stay ahead of changing requirements, a turning point in computing architecture is needed.

Introducing Intel® Core™ Ultra processors

Intel® Core™ Ultra processors are shaping the future of commercial computing in four key ways:

Energetic efficiency

The new product line is characterized by a holistic approach to energy efficiency, which is beneficial for mobile work. Significant changes in microarchitecture, manufacturing process, packaging technology and power management software result in up to 40% lower CPU power consumption for modern tasks such as virtual camera video conferencing.1

Artificial intelligence

Intel Core Ultra processors feature an AI-optimized architecture that powers new user experiences and the next wave of commercial applications. The CPU, GPU, and new Neural Processing Unit (NPU) are capable of performing AI tasks as directed by application developers. For example, intensive mobile collaboration is possible with support for AI-powered background blur, noise suppression, eye tracking and photo framing. Intel Core Ultra processors deliver up to 2.5 times faster AI inference performance per watt compared to Intel’s previous mobile processor offering.2

Platform security

New improvements help further reduce the attack surface of Intel Core Ultra-based notebooks. Intel® Threat Detection Technology now leverages all compute engines, including the NPU, to enable AI-powered anomaly detection in third-party security software. Additionally, the new Intel® Silicon Security Engine enables hardware-based firmware authentication. These security features are supported on all Intel Core Ultra processors.

Device management

Finally, Intel Core Ultra-based notebooks support Intel® Device Discovery Technology, a new way for cloud services and tools to interact with Intel vPro® platforms and collect data to help inform device management decisions. This is made possible by the Intel® Innovation Platform Framework (Intel® IPF), a JavaScript Object Notation-based resident interface that includes plug-ins for various Intel platform features. Intel IPF becomes the new in-band management interface for Intel vPro platforms, enabling remote querying of PCs that can respond by identifying the platform’s brand, current features, usage history and other data sets designed to enhance the functionality of the device management software and AIOps support.

Valuable, comprehensive and verified

A rich portfolio of security and management technologies and a brand verification program underpin the Intel vPro3 platform, which continues to deliver differentiated capabilities for organizations of all sizes.

Intel vPro® Enterprise systems offer:

• The dynamic root of trust

• System Management Mode (SMM) security.

• Multi-key memory encryption

• Operating system kernel protection

• Out-of-band management with KVM remote control

• Unique device identifier

• Device history

• Plugins for in-band management

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