Posted on Thursday, April 12 2012 @ 20:50 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
FUD Zilla
reports Intel is working on two different Shark Bay platforms for 2013; a regular one with two chips (CPU + chipset) and also a one-chip platform.
We got some additional information as the 1-chip Shark Bay 2013 platform will enable new thermal design points that deliver sleek innovative form factors. This happens only with Shark Bay 1-chip platform as this one will obviously have lower TDP than the 2-chip variant. Intel mentioned touchscreen enabled Ultrabooks that will be introduced later this year with Sandy Bridge and Chief River 2012 platform. In some discussions last year, Intel also mentioned that convertible designs are on its roadmap for this year. Intel will share more details about the 1-chip Haswell 22nm Shark Bay 2013 platform at a later date.
Intel is aware that Windows 8 and Android are both going to challenge traditional notebooks and x86 tablet roadmaps in second half of 2012 and especially in 2013 when Windows 8 gets stronger support. Haswell and Shark Bay 2013 will be Intel’s second generation of 22nm, while the ARM alliance slowly but surely starts its migration to 28nm.
