Posted on Wednesday, December 04 2013 @ 11:24 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
FUD Zilla
reports Intel has been working hard to accelerate the introduction of its 14nm Atom parts. The site writes the "Cherry Trail" Atom is expected to arrive in late 2014, which will place it one process node ahead of the ARM alliance which will be shipping 20nm chips.
The Cherry View is a notebook SoC version of a chip based on new Airmont core, while Cherry Trail is the part meant for tablets. The phone version is based on Moorefield architecture and they are all expected to show up in late 2014, most likely very late Q3 2014.
The TDP should go down compared to Bay Trail platform as the new 14nm needs less voltage to hit the same speed and should produce less heat at the same time. With the 14nm shrink Intel’s new Atoms will be able to get more fanless design wins.
The significance of 14nm products for mobile phones and tablets will be in the fact that ARM alliance lead by Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek and a few other players will be struggling to get 20nm designs out of the door in 2014, and Intel can already get to a 14nm.
