Acer Aspire S5: World's thinnest Ultrabook with Ivy Bridge chips

Acer has shown off the world’s thinnest Ultrabook, the Acer Aspire S5 at CES 2012. The S5 is also the first notebook to run on Intel’s Ivy Bridge chips, the successor to Sandy Bridge chips. The Taiwanese technology maker will bring the new Aspire notebook into stores in May or June for an undisclosed price tag. The Aspire S5 becomes the slimmest notebook ever with a thickness of just 15 mm. Intel Thunderbolt port and USB 3.0 port will major other features of the new Ultrabook notebook from Acer.

Acer Aspire S5

Intel Ivy Bridge processor is to boost the CPU and graphical performance of the notebook. According to Acer, the processor performance of the S5 will be 20 times better than a notebook with Sandy Bridge CPU. Plus, it will have a 30 times faster graphical performance. Added with DirectX 11 graphics technology, the new Aspire Ultrabook will be a great choice for people, who look for an ultra thin and faster notebook.

Well, the Aspire S5, an heir to Aspire S3, falls under a new category of Ultrabooks. Until today, we have been familiar with Ultrabooks that have Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors. Yes, to have the second generation Intel processor has been one of key criteria for a notebook to be known as an Ultrabook, an Intel standard for high performance notebooks.

The new Acer notebook will entice more companies to bring out Ivy Bridge-featured notebooks. It will result in the evolution of a new kind of high perfuming Ultrabooks. Lenovo has recently hinted its plan to produce an Ivy Bridge Ultrabook for mid this year. Maybe, many more computer makers will soon be coming to the fore with similar Ultrabooks.

What other features that make the new Acer Aspire S5 notable are its long battery life and faster 3D speed. Thanks to the highly power efficient Ivy Bridge chips, the S5 will run about 8 hours on a single charge. It is one key feature that every Ultrabook buyer will aspire. Ivy Bridge chip is the first to feature tri-gate, a.k.a. 3D transistors, which perform 37 percent better than 2D transistors on the current Sandy Bridge chips.

Plus, it requires only half of the power needed for the current chips. Intel manufactures Ivy Bridge chips from the 22-nanometer process, while Sandy Bridge chips are from the 32-nm process. As a whole, the new Intel chip technology is capable to run Ultrabooks brilliantly faster and steady.

Acer is yet to reveal all specs and price of its upcoming Ultrabook. You will meet the S5 super thin Ultrabook in Acer’s stall at the CES 2012, which officially kicks off in Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday, January 10. The company will be exposing more details about its forthcoming Aspire S5 in the trade show. Let us wait for more details.

Via: DeviceMag/PCWorld