We've already seen that Ivy Bridge doesn't make much of a splash in the desktop space.
But we collected notebooks based on Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge, Arrandale, and AMD's mobile Llano, and found that the new architecture's effect on mobility is profound.
More than one year has passed since Intel hit a home run with its Sandy Bridge-based processors, which we first reviewed in
Intel’s Second-Gen Core CPUs: The Sandy Bridge Review.
The architecture delivered impressive performance at the company's designated price points.
And, thanks to impressive efficiency, our follow-up
Core i7-2820QM: Sandy Bridge Shines In Notebooks showed the mobile incarnation to be a real winner.
