Upgrading end-user systems in your enterprise can be daunting. It can introduce unexpected driver variations from previously qualified platforms, adding image management complexity while increasing hardware support costs. Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP) is designed to address that challenge.
Ease your growing pains
Intel® SIPP aligns and stabilizes key Intel platform components, enabling a predictable transition from one technology generation to the next. Enhancing software stability, Intel® SIPP ensures zero changes to key platform components and drivers for at least 15 months, allowing for a three-month qualification period and a 12-month deployment cycle.
Reducing the need for required driver changes or “new hardware found” events between annual technology transitions, Intel® SIPP supports your ability to better maintain a standardized software image for the duration of an Intel® SIPP cycle.
Lower your total cost of ownership
Intel SIPP helps to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) by enabling IT organizations to annually qualify their desktop PCs. Through Intel® SIPP, you can plan for a more predictable annual transition from one generation of technology to the next.
Choose your deployment strategy
In some cases, additional reference drivers might become available after the initial qualification window to enable implementation of a new important feature. Adding a set of reference drivers will not force an image change, as the originally defined reference drivers will continue to be valid for the duration of the Intel® SIPP deployment cycle. You will be able to choose whether to continue to deploy a stable image based on the original reference drivers or implement the new features supported in an additional set of reference drivers.
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP)
Mobile PC Platform |
Desktop PC Platform |
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Processor |
Intel® Core™ i7 3920XM processor Intel® Core™ i7 3820QM processor Intel® Core™ i7 3720QM processor Intel® Core™ i7 3667U processor Intel® Core™ i7 3520M processor Intel® Core™ i5 3427U processor Intel® Core™ i5 3360M processor Intel® Core™ i5 3320M processor |
Intel® Core™ i7 3770 processor Intel® Core™ i7 3770S processor Intel® Core™ i7 3770T processor Intel® Core™ i5 3570 processor Intel® Core™ i5 3570S processor Intel® Core™ i5 3570T processor Intel® Core™ i5 3550 processor Intel® Core™ i5 3550S processor Intel® Core™ i5 3475S processor Intel® Core™ i5 3470 processor Intel® Core™ i5 3470S processor Intel® Core™ i5 3470T processor |
Chipset |
Intel® QM77 Express Chipset Intel® QS77 Express Chipset |
Intel® Q77 Express Chipset Intel® Q75 Express Chipset |
Network |
Intel® 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection Intel® Centrino Advance-N 6205 |
Intel® 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection |
Graphics |
Intel® HD Graphics 4000 |
Intel® Graphics 2500/4000 |
Intel® SIPP reference drivers
At platform launch, Intel will define reference drivers for Intel® SIPP components and make them available to IT administrators. This driver set will be stable for at least 15 months from platform launch, and will be used for the duration of the Intel SIPP cycle to verify image compatibility of Intel® SIPP components.
