An old friend has passed some information to us, and this is the first time that we can confirm that Clarkdale, Intel's new dual-core with integrated graphics will be capable of playing HD content.

Intel doesn't want to tell that it has just an integrated graphics core, they are trying to communicate and tell the world that Clarkdale, a Nehalem derived desktop dual-core comes with "built-in media capabilities"

Intel continues and tells its partners that Clarkdale graphics are optimized for HD playback with dual-video Blu-ray decoding capabilities. It also features enhanced video quality with support for deeper colour fidelity and full Windows 7 experience out of the box.

Intel also promises superior audio quality with support for Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master audio and we are quite sure that this part is still in P55 / P57 southbridge rather than in Clarkdale CPU.

Intel promises improved game compatibility, which shouldn't be a problem, as it is almost impossible to make it any worse than it is now.