Intel releases new details on the 14-nm tablet focused Core M Broadwell processors

[Justin Kahn]

Today, Intel released new details on the chip manufacturing process it has been developing along with information regarding the first product that will come out of it. After a delay of over 6 months because of technical issues, the first product off the line will be Intel's new tablet focused Broadwell chip.

According to the vice president of Intel's platform engineering group, Rani Borkar, the new chip offers seven times better graphics performance than previous models and twice as much power for basic computing. Haswell series chips improved battery life over all, but according to Borkar, Broadwell chips will offer twice the battery life with batteries half as powerful as what we are used to.

The Broadwell Core M is designed specifically for lower power devices such as PC/tablet hybrids with fanless cooling systems. The chips use second gen Tri-gate (FinFET) transistors the company claims provide industry-leading "performance, power, density and cost per transistor." The technology was first used in 22-nanometer processors back in 2011.

The 14-nanometer footprint is a result of Intel's new manufacturing process, that will be "used to manufacture a wide range of high-performance to low-power products including servers, personal computing devices and Internet of Things." Intel notes that its engineers have achieved more than "two times reduction in the thermal design point" in comparison to previous generation processors.

The new Broadwell Core M chip will appear in devices as early as holiday season 2014, with additional devices coming in the "first half of 2015," according to Intel.

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[VitalyT]

According to the vice president of Intel's platform engineering group, Rani Borkar, the new chip offers seven times better graphics performance than previous models

It reads: According to Intel, nVidia and AMD are both out of business, thanks to Rani Borkar, who just switched over to smoking something 7 times stronger...

P.S. We are all but of little wants, just the good'al world domination...

 

[TheBigFatClown]

When I read that the graphics performance of Intels next-gen CPUs would be 7x better than previous models I was very impressed and excited like a little school boy on his first day of school. But you have cast a dark cloud over my hope of this being true. I think you should be penalized for that. My joy has turned to sorrow.

Sounds like you are calling Intel's vice president a liar. Is this so?

 

[hahahanoobs]

Without having to compete with AMD on the high end, ARM should be at least a little worried. Not worried about this chip, but future chips if Broadwell is a hit. Intel engineers are not to be f*cked with.

 

[dividebyzero]

When I read that the graphics performance of Intels next-gen CPUs would be 7x better than previous models I was very impressed and excited like a little school boy on his first day of school. But you have cast a dark cloud over my hope of this being true. I think you should be penalized for that. My joy has turned to sorrow.

Sounds like you are calling Intel's vice president a liar. Is this so?

New to the world of PR bumpf ?
As is usual, it is a cumulative number based on some best case scenario that can't be replicated more than one time in a million.
On the actual factual side, the silicon is 82mm², the graphics cores number 24 (up from 20 in Haswell), and the actual TDP is in the 10-15W range ( I think thermally it is supposed to be sub-5W for most vendor applications)...oh, and it's dual core - the quad seems to be a later arrival.
Since Intel haven't released any piffling info such as core clocks or boost states, it makes any independent comparison to Haswell a complete waste of time.

 

[chip igmo]

And the new amd pr line is no longer 10x better than intel gpu: amd has more cores than the competition...

seriously, amd needs to shape up. maybe the ceo of qualcomm can take over amd?