Local bus is most often used to improve graphics performance.
The Intel performance boost claim referred to the graphics performance if you look at the context.
"The battery life wasn't long enough, the graphics performance was not enough to do anything and the components themselves cost more than $500."
One of the simplest ways to eyeball graphics performance is to look at how much video memory the card has.
The technology allows up to four GPUs to be used in a single computer to improve graphics performance.
And his graphics performance jumped to 3.6.
The iPad 2 delivers an enormous jump in graphics performance.
It is 22% smaller, twice as fast, has twice the graphics performance, and draws less power than the 45 nm A5.
Calling up external hardware, instead of using the processor alone, greatly improved graphics performance.
"I think we're starting to enter a period where graphics performance is sort of a solved problem," Newell said.